How much does Christmas cost you?

3_cheeky_princesses

We do spend a lot and i would be too scared to add it up to be honest! We do have 4 children and a large family tho.

I buy things during the year in the sales (brought loads in the Boots 75% off in Jan for Christmas) and rarely pay full price for anything so this does keep costs down and its easier as i am not paying for everything in 1 go either so the odd amount of cash here and there spend isnt so noticeable.

Dorato

Mum - £100
Other Family - £40
Friends - £40

So £180 in total, although I may go over or under or w/e. It changes each year.

jetty

mary-op wrote: »

jetty - I| only ordered it cos it was postage paid apart from that was free and knew I could give it to someone.
Not really up on modern fashion so had to look up on the internet how these things are worn..............lol:rotfl:
Think I'd just have looked like an old biddy in a shawl................lol Grandaughter will carry it off a treat

I'm sure she will love it (i saw the offer and wish i'd gone for it now lol )

tamsin1982

my son about £250
dad £40
6 siblings+ partners - my sons school photo and somethin small each/between them is about £40
16 nieces an nephews :eek: the amount i spend varies but its capped at £15 ish, and ive managed to do most of them for less than £8

so total is roughly £500 which for 24 people i dont think is too bad

I have bought things i think practical that my son classes as a present like ben 10 pjs :rolleyes: so although he will get alot there isnt much he wouldnt have got had xmas never happened! I try to do this for other people aswell, like my nephew who is unable to work so is like most of us living on a tight budget - he loves gettin deodrant/shower gel etc cos he doesnt have to get it from his weekly allowance!
my brother actually enjoys xmas for the reason of new pants an socks lmao :rotfl:

yippee_kye_yay

this is our household present giving including what both dh and myself pay out

dh to me- 200
me to dh - 200
ds -300 (includes his birthday on 29th)
dd - 230

mum - 50
dad 30
stepdad - 20
dads gf - 5
nanna1 - budgeted 20 finished at £5
nanna2 - 17

niece budgeted 20 but finished at £14
nephew 1 - budgeted 20 actual - £15
nephew 2 - budgeted 20 actual £0 (silly sainsburys!)
little brother- budgeted 20 actual £13

best friend - jokey present £10
best friends dd - £23
goddaughter £10
friends ds - £8
friends dd - £3.50

motherin law -£30
father in law £35

so in total 1218.50to be precise lol

thats obviously without all the gift wrap, bows, boxes etc, food (we dont go mad on the food really), stockings, xmas eve hamper etc etc etc

the big mistake we made this year was buying all the kids presents in august. there was redunancies made at dh's work which he survived but the company was still having trouble so we decided to buy all the kids presents just incase it went t!ts up.
since then, just about EVERYTHING we have bought them have been in half price sales!
next year we are giving mil money each week to look after so we can buy things the kids want when they go in the sales

Mrs_Ryan

Silly money in my case :rolleyes:

OH - £200 (last year about £8-900 :eek:)
Mum - £80 (last year about £500 :eek:)
Dad - £57 (last year about £500 again :eek:)
Brother - £2.99 (last year about £20)
SIL - £5 (last year £17)
Niece - £10 (last year about same)
Niece 2 - £5 (last year £10)
Nephew 1 - £5 (last year £10)
Nephew 2 - £10 (last year about 15)
Nephew 3 - £8 (same as above)
Sister - £20
BIL - £2.99
Best mate - £100 (she always ends up costing me loads :rotfl:)
Other mate - £14

Grand total - £534. I am v proud of this.... last Xmas cost me about 4 grand - all on credit :eek: This Xmas has mainly been paid for by debit card although a couple of things have gone on my Studio catalogue - nowhere near as many as last year. I know it still seems a lot but I have cut right back and made hampers etc this year - I think a £3.5k saving is pretty darned good myself!

doelani

Mrs_Ryan wrote: »

Grand total - £534. I am v proud of this.... last Xmas cost me about 4 grand - all on credit :eek: This Xmas has mainly been paid for by debit card although a couple of things have gone on my Studio catalogue - nowhere near as many as last year. I know it still seems a lot but I have cut right back and made hampers etc this year - I think a £3.5k saving is pretty darned good myself!

Well done, I know when I used to use credi cards for christmas it was like monopoly money, just spend spend spend. I have really cut down since paying cash too.

moneysavingmumofone

This is a rough total amount for this year:
DS: £100
OH: £30
Mum: £50
Stepdad: £40
Nan: £30 (but £9.50 of that was clubcard vouchers.)
Uncle: £10
Sisters 1 and 2: £15 each
Sister 3: £11 (£8 of that was clubcard vouchers)
Brother 1: £17
Brother 2: £15
Brother 3: £10
Niece: £4.50 (sounds tight compared to the others lol but got bargains!)
Stepdads mum and dad: £3 (home made stuff)
MIL: £40
FIL: £15
BIL 1: £5.50
BIL 2: £11
SIL 1: £5
SIL 2: £6
Niece: £6
Nephew: £11.50
Teachers x 5: £5 altogether
Staff room present: £5
Ohs friend/his wife and kids: £10 altogether
Total £470.50 Not bad for all that and the rrp is a lot more!

anniemf2508

This year so far :
Daughter:£85
Son:£50
Grandparents: We made them a hamper came to about £30
Neices x 2: £10 each
Mum: £10
Dad: £10
Best friend and hubby: £25
Best friends stepdaughter: £10
Brother: £10

Me and hubby are not doing presents this year as he had a ipod touch last month and hes buying me a new laptop.
I also have my brothers birthday on the 15th dec and mums 60th on the 22nd dec so have to budget for them too.

Kazipoo

I have a catalogue that I use specifically for Christmas presents, I always take goods over 52 weeks interest free, that way I can use it every year, knowing I can get my girls the gifts they really want.

I have 4 girls aged 16, 14, 11 and 10, and a hubby who has to have everything. My spends so far are:

Eldest around £420
Second around £260
Third around £80
Fourth around £40

Still need to get main presents for third and fourth and stocking fillers for other two, approximating it will cost me around another £300 for the kids.

Will probably spend around £250 on the hubby, although it may be considerably more this year, because something I plan to get him involves a possible finance arrangement (funds allowing).

I generally have around £20 spent on myself, because I am the most horrible person to buy for.

To me Christmas is about the kids and while I can afford to buy them the gifts that they would really want, I do.... I was terribly neglected as a child and I probably over compensate when it comes to my kids.:rolleyes:

I am quite late this year with my planning, usually I would have had everything bought and be laughing at others that are not so organised, but this year has been a little hectic and we have had to stretch the pennies that little bit further.