How much do you spend on your child's Christmas?

bestpud

MrsE wrote: »

I have no problem on earth with parents buying highchairs or clothes or anything of that kind for their kids at xmas.
But them using essential purchases to "beef up" how much they have spent & possibly make parents who have spent less feel bad, thats what I have a problem with.

Has somebody done that on here?

If people wanted to 'beef up' the amount they have spent, why would they say they'd bought clothes or a highchair?

Wouldn't they just say they spent x amount and not say what it was spent on, so as to leave the impression they have spent loads?

You seem to be reading an awful lot into this and I think that may reflect how you feel about gift giving...?

kegg_2

Maybe people also follow what they recieved at christmas. I know i always had a stocking full of pants, socks and toiletries and now i do the same for my children.
I know others who fill their childrens stockings with arty stuff as they enjoy that sort of thing but even as youngsters my children were never arty so it would be a waste to buy it.

MrsE_2

Lunar_Eclipse wrote: »

I agree with this. Additionally, I'm also beginning to feel as if I haven't bought my children enough, given our income. Or perhaps all the high spenders on this thread have six figure incomes, although I doubt it, purely based on statistics.

That was my point exactly.

MrsE_2

bestpud wrote: »

Has somebody done that on here?

If people wanted to 'beef up' the amount they have spent, why would they say they'd bought clothes or a highchair?

Wouldn't they just say they spent x amount and not say what it was spent on, so as to leave the impression they have spent loads?

You seem to be reading an awful lot into this and I think that may reflect how you feel about gift giving...?

Me? Hell no!
I'm over the moon that its getting a little cheaper:D

bestpud

balletshoes wrote: »

Lets face it, the amount of underwear/nightwear ranges which come out in time for Christmas when you don't see them any other time of year, suggests a lot of folk get them as christmas pressies .

Mine have always had new pjs on Christmas eve - then we snuggle up and watch a film before they go to bed.

Plans_all_plans

Lunar_Eclipse wrote: »

Additionally, I'm also beginning to feel as if I haven't bought my children enough, given our income.

I feel very sad to hear that. You really shouldn't feel like that. It is only advertising that makes people go mad en masse at Christmas.

Your children don't need to be showered with gifts to be loved and I think that as a society we would do well to remember that.

MrsE_2

bestpud wrote: »

Mine have always had new pjs on Christmas eve - then we snuggle up and watch a film before they go to bed.

I bought DD PJs, an xmas eve tradition. Even though shes 23.

bestpud

MrsE wrote: »

Me? Hell no!
I'm over the moon that its getting a little cheaper:D

Don't blame you!

Maybe you are analysing it more because it's such an alien concept to you?

I do think you are reading too much into it though. Giving practical gifts to children is not considered odd at all in many families so we don't even think about it iykwim?

There is no ulterior motive as such - it's just the way we do things...?

For example, I had a food mixer for my 18th birthday and was over the moon with it. I didn't see it as odd but some people looked like I had two heads when I told them that was my main present.

It depends on the child and their age, obviously, but it's not necessarily a terrible thing to do.

mich13x

bestpud wrote: »

Mine have always had new pjs on Christmas eve - then we snuggle up and watch a film before they go to bed.

This is a tradition in my family too, my parents did it with my sisters and i, and i will do that with my children when they are a little older, at the moment bed time is 7pm for DS and i couldnt keep him up longer if i tried :rotfl:

kegg_2

Lunar_Eclipse wrote: »

I agree with this. Additionally, I'm also beginning to feel as if I haven't bought my children enough, given our income. Or perhaps all the high spenders on this thread have six figure incomes, although I doubt it, purely based on statistics.

We dont have a six figure income but we dont have any debts apart from our mortgage which is tiny compared to most. Nor should you feel that you should spend more just because it is my choice to. You probably spend you money on things i never would but and it is that which makes people different. We are all entitled to make different choices and it would be a very boring world if we all thought/did the same.