whats everyone buying their kids for xmas?

CharleneUK

From us
DD1 (10 years old)
MP3 player
Clothes
Books
From my mum:
Animal palz
Silver locket

No doubt various other bits and pieces from relatives.

DD2 (4 years)
Clothes
Books
Kitchen (o.k, dh caved!!)
puzzle

From my mum
Twin fairies

DD3 (1 years old)
Clothes! She won't care either way this year! LOL.

Just read some of this thread. No way do I think it's mean to buy clothes! Of course you buy clothes all the time, but these are new 'party' outfits and bits and bobs, which I personally know my kids will be very happy about! They will get toys anyway, just not from me this year (excluding the kitchen! Lmao)

JAMIEDODGER

i have 4 kids i didnt spend more than £50 each on them. DS1 got a tshirt,an alarmclock, a seriesof unfortunate events book and a PS2 game.DS1 got a football and bag,a PS2 game,a suduko book and a poker set. DS3 got some boobahs and a boobah house, a thomas annual and a bob toy and DD got a dora annual,a dora puzzle and a teaset and a toy phone. i dont spend a great deal and my children never feel unloved because i dont buy them hundreds of ££'s worth of stuff. i buy what i can afford:)

Spendless

jellyhead wrote:

i asked around at the time (i was gutted that at 7 he didn't believe in it) and most children seem to stop believing at age 9-ish. my nephew is nearly ten and this year he stopped believing, other nephew is 7 and believes in FC completely. i casually mentioned it in a year 5 class i helped in, and more than half believed in FC and a couple were even going to lapland, at age 9.

i wish spud had believed in it for longer, i felt quite sorry for him.

I think this might be the last year DS believes. He goes to Junior school in Sept, and I think once he mixes with older children he won't believe. My nephew a year younger than my son has already questioned my mum and my nan about it, so doesn't look likely that he'll believe for much longer either.

Our front room though it still has loads of pressies doesn't look at OTT as it has in prev years, partly cos we cut back and partly cos nan instead of wrapping everything seperately has put it all in a great big xmas bag . Just ogt to wait for rest of family to wake up now:D

jellyhead

we got loads of stuff, far far too much. we're putting some of roo's presents away and he will have them in a few months time.

i've noticed that on TV people seem to only buy one present for their grandchildren etc. and it's only the parents who buy more than one. i'd prefer it that way really. my mum asks me what my 2 would like, i tell her one thing and she buys it along with 2 dozen 'small' presents.

jacky48

what does dd and ds ,ean lol:-)?

jacky48

what does dd and ds ,mean lol:-)?

fesdufun

jacky48 wrote:

what does dd and ds ,mean lol:-)?

Dear daughter and dear son