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

****kara****

well when I was younger my parents couldn't afford much and I appreciated the toys I did get more. Most of them were 2nd hand but I truely didn't mind and it did teach me the to appreciate the value of money from a young age which is good imo

We aren't well off either and as I said earlier I have spent around £50 each on mine. We haven't ever been on holiday and 99% of my clothes are 2nd hand but again I don't mind :)I have bought there toys in sales and 2nd hand from bootsales so they do have loads to open and I know they don't mind the 2nd hand toys (even managed to get my son the old ds for £2.50 which he loves). I have bought my daughter a swimming dora the explorer doll from there for 50p, looked it up and it's worth £20 new. They have a field day down the bootsales! lol I have bought him some xbox360 games he wants from there for as little as £3 so why would I pay £20 in the shops? I do buy them things throughout the year aswell

I did go mad one year when I got my back dated maternity pay and bought everthing new but do you know what, they played with the £1 shop stocking fillers and didn't even touch the £40 batman to I bought him so it went to a charity shop :mad: lol.

I think imho even if I could afford it I still wouldn't go mad. I have seen the affects of some of my friends who really spoil there kids and now the deeply regret it.

thatgirlsam

underpressure is not going in for the season of goodwill to all men this year.. he/she is going to say what they really think!

who cares, really!!??

just another knob on the internet ;-)

vik6525

Dora2010 wrote: »

I am shocked as to how much this post has got out of hand!

Why is there a need to fight against one another? I am sure if a work colleague had a different opinion to us we would not dream of taking things this far, yet it is deemed OK to do this on a forum.

There are those who are happy to spend hundreds on their child and others who will spend £50. It really is down to the individual and no-one should be slated. The only thing that surprises me is why someone who can spend £500-1000 per child would need to access this money saving forum.

Flip it the other way round...
Its because I access a money saving forum that I can afford to spend a lot :D

thatgirlsam

vik6525 wrote: »

Flip it the other way round...
Its because I access a money saving forum that I can afford to spend a lot :D

good for you

UnderPressure

balletshoes wrote: »

Tesco right now are selling chocolate oranges for £1 , and she already has a bike, laptop, Ipod, DS, Wii, mobile phone etc etc etc. I know we are never going to agree on this issue, and you'll carry on thinking I'm tight-fisted.
Whatever.
None of her Christmas stuff has been bought from any pound shops this year, nearly all of it has in fact been bought through great deals on the Grabbit boards.

Tis the season to be jolly - you know, goodwill to all and all that .

oooooooooo off to Mr T in the morning then I have finally found soemthing useful to spend my clubcar vouchers on :rotfl:

So by your own admission yours already has the latest and greatest how did you manage that on 50 quid? No come do tell I would love to know I really would?

Or are you saying that in fact in previous years you have spent a lot more and this 50 quid bulging santa sock thing is a new experience?

You simply cannot buy laptops, ipods, ps3, ds's wiis bla bla bla for 50 quid not easily anyhow, and that woul be 1 present hardly a bulgin santa sack now is it??

You are the person that quoted the 50 quid bulging sack arent you? I might be wrong and cant be bothered to go through all the drivvle again to find the post if not then mmmmmmmmmmm thanks for the teco heads up

balletshoes

UnderPressure wrote: »

Oh dear f you are going to try and "hit back" at least have the decency to read my threads properly.....................

I said you would be hard pushed to have a santa sack bulgin with 50 quids woth of poundland tat not that she had indeed been to poundland and the poster openly admitted their miserly way were through choice so yes I hope it poke them a bit!

And so far as "well they get loads of present from family members" yeah because the chances are your family dont agree with you either but with everyone running around thinking about poor mum and dads feelings family decide to spend a bit extra to make sure said relative does feel like a normal kid!

I would be so shamed if my family spent more on my kids at christmas than I did :eek:

I dont !!!!! foot around there are kids in this country deeply unhappy because their parents spend too much time thinking about themselves and what they need, limiting your child to 50 quid at christmas which with the best of intentions buy jack sh** so you can then go to the sales and spend hundreds on clothes or ooooooooooooooooo lets go on a family holiday we will spend less at christmas to pay for it, this just oozes selfishness to me :eek:

Next........................................

None of my family spends more than I do on my DD. We all have a budget for spending on grandkids, nephews, nieces, and we stick to it - and its less than £50, always has been.

I didn't "restrict" my budget to £50 for my DD - thats what I've spent this year. I have in the past spent more, if what DD wanted that Christmas cost more (but I've not yet spent as much as £300 on one Christmas). Who knows? Maybe one year she will ask for stuff that costs hundreds of pounds, and hopefully I'll be in a position to get her what she wants without going into debt for it.

I hate the January sales, and have no interest at all in spending hundreds on clothes or family holidays (we haven't had a family holiday for 5 years).

Next?

JC9297

I think it is very sad that you deem anyone who has a low income a failure, many people find themselves unable to earn a lot for a variety of reasons, including disability or illness, there are also many jobs that contribute greatly to society but are not well-paid. Presumably you only measure success in financial terms, thankfully most people value other attributes more important than income. Will you tell your children they are failures if they end up working in a 'worthy' but low-paid field?

UnderPressure

thatgirlsam wrote: »

underpressure is not going in for the season of goodwill to all men this year.. he/she is going to say what they really think!

who cares, really!!??

just another knob on the internet ;-)

Well how charming is that, my word so just because someone has a differnet opinion to you rather than accept that or join in a debate with something meningful you simply label them a "knob head"

How eloquent.................................:rotfl::rotfl:

thatgirlsam

UnderPressure wrote: »

Well how charming is that, my word so just because someone has a differnet opinion to you rather than accept that or join in a debate with something meningful you simply label them a "knob head"

How eloquent.................................:rotfl::rotfl:

well what else would you call someone who filled up a shed with brand new toys then chucked them??

vik6525

JC9297 wrote: »

I think it is very sad that you deem anyone who has a low income a failure, many people find themselves unable to earn a lot for a variety of reasons, including disability or illness, there are also many jobs that contribute greatly to society but are not well-paid. Presumably you only measure success in financial terms, thankfully most people value other attributes more important than income. Will you tell your children they are failures if they end up working in a 'worthy' but low-paid field?

Im going to jump to his defense here (Im assuming its a he!) because this is all getting a bit out of hand.
I dont think, for one minute, that 'Under pressure' is slating people who simply cant afford to spend a lot of money on their children. You'd have to be pretty hard hearted to do that, and I dont believe he is.
What hes (rather cackhandedly!) trying to say is that on MSE, theres a terrible culture of 'One upmanship' when it comes to spending almost nothing on things. And with that culture, comes a lot of sneering at the people who do spend money.
Its almost like its becomes the 'Anti 1980s' in that way