How much do you spend on your adult children at Christmas?

aklmatthews

My two age 21 and 23 have £100 for mane present that they chose then we spend about £70 each on smaller presents for Christmas day we have spent about £120 on my granddaughter age 1 my mum byes us are meat for Christmas dinner and gives us £50 to buy other food for Christmas I usually get £20 in Christmas card and perfume and chocolates on Christmas day oh gets dvd and chocolates on Christmas day

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Cranny44

My mum spends......... nothing on me or my older 2 children as they are over 21 (They have 9 grankids and 5 great grankids). My youngest gets £15 as do the other under 21s. Although she did give us a small box of after eights for my dinner table seeing how shes on a cruise with my sis.... but OH ate them same day.

I dont get her anything either though as times are tough for all of us and she is retired but my step dad still works and they have a mortgage to pay. I dont buy for my grown up nephew and niece either just for my nephews son whos only 4 and i spend about £15.

My MIL is different she spends around £100 on me and OH and the kids get £50 - £60 each to spend.

As my eldest are 21 and 24 i spend about £50 - £60 on each of them and about £80 - £100 on my 15 yr old.

I certainly wouldnt give in to any demands for large pressies or lots of money being spent on them, likewise i wouldnt ask for anything either.

life_in_termoil

I have 4 children (2 adult 22 and 19) and 2 smaller ones aged 15 and 14. They all get the same £100 each plus afew stocking fillers (yes they still have stockings). They will get £100 each until they have children of their own.

wendz86

My parents spend around £80-£100 each on me and my sister (25 and 27). I don't demand anything though, my mum asks me for a list and i ask for a few small things. I honestly wouldn't mind if they spent less especially as they have my daughter to buy for too now.

carlamarie_2

my mum and stepdad have 5 kids between them, 3 married/partners and 2 single. we all get £75 each (which is spent on a few gifts) and oh's get £25 each (usually 1 or 2 presents) they have 7 grandkids aged between 6months and 17 and all get £40 each spent on them (again 1-2 presents)

my dad has 3 grown up kids and my brother whos 12. he doesnt buy for the grown ups, and spends about £150-£200 on my brother. he has 9 grandkids (the 7 mentioned above plus his girlfriends daughters 2 kids) and he spends £20 each on them.

my mil and fil, gave dh and i £50 each for xmas. then when fil's back was turned, mil gave me another £100 and dh another £250

poet123

I spend about £200 per child even though they are 27,25, 23 and 14. They do all still live at home though, once they move out it will be scaled down. Till then we will just do Christmas as we have always done it. They don't demand though, in fact they get all "surprises" as they don't actually ask for anything in particular. Then in the case of the older three I top it up with a cheque each.

banwa

life_in_termoil wrote: »

I have 4 children (2 adult 22 and 19) and 2 smaller ones aged 15 and 14. They all get the same £100 each plus afew stocking fillers (yes they still have stockings). They will get £100 each until they have children of their own.

Same ages as my 4 step children. Their Dad and I will also be giving them £100 each, and they will get loads from Grandparents and their Mum too so i think they will do okay:D

I think we will carry on giving them that for a while too, we are quite poor but they don't get much else from us all year round.

hostertlady

my children ( 21 and 24) still live at home and i have spent about 200 each on them,,,, everything is more or less the same as it has always been to be honest.......they dont ask for anything, they leave it to me..........and i enjoy getting for them...
when they leave home or when they have children of their own then i will scale it down a bit..

my mum gives me £30 to spend on myself for xmas..... and buys my hubby a book or something x

lilac_lady

I give cash to my children so that they can spend it in the sales after Christmas. I spend £40- £50 each on my grandchildren after finding out what they want/need.

I can afford to do this but they never ask for anything, it's my choice.