How much?

babes21

Hello everyone

How many people do you have to buy for at Christmas and how much do you spend on each of them?

Racklen

mum
dad
brother
sister
niece1
niece2
niece3
niece4
nephew
brother inlaw
sister in law1
sister inlaw 2
mother inlaw
father inlaw
motherinlaws hubby
close friend ^& partner
Close frien& partner & baby
close friend & partner

normally spend approx £5-20 per person , however this year am making all the gofts so cost will range from 50p-£10 per person so i would avaerge i out at £2 per person once im finished - not bad really

oh forgot my own partner ( silly me)

johnswife

at the last count about 42, price wise £5 or less for most but my mum, brother, hubby, 3 daughters and father in law I will spend more.

mum2one

help - need a brandy after looking at the list, have to buy off daughter as well for a lot of the presents

Parents - £100 (£40 from daughter)
daughter - Budget is £100 thou ends up near £200
Childs present - me £5.00 daughter £2.00
Adults present - me £10.00 daughter £5.00

2 my best friends, spend £20 - £30 from me £10 from daughter

Without my parents and daughter, we have
57 people to buy for

So far weve done 3/4 of the presents, ahve done some major bargain hunting, and have spent £300. reckon £50 cover the rest then family.

Last xmas, daughter was as nursery, I was away staying with english mate in Tunisa, get a call from my mum, list came from nursery, need presents for 20 children,
you can imagine the conversation **** are you sure its cards only, no def presents, mum pipes up go to poundland and get them 2 items each.
No way- went to local market, got each child 2 presents, + taxi fares, £20 al in.
Wrapped, took them to nursery, teacher ova the moon, apparently it was just cards.
Told daughter do not pull the same stunt this yr, her excuse, its my 1st yr at school, I may still get things wrong!!

need a massive xmas stocking this yr, asking, for tall, dark, handsome male about 25, millionaire, I can dream!!

mum2one

Racklen wrote: »

mum
dad
brother
sister
niece1
niece2
niece3
niece4
nephew
brother inlaw
sister in law1
sister inlaw 2
mother inlaw
father inlaw
motherinlaws hubby
close friend ^& partner

Close frien& partner & baby
close friend & partner

normally spend approx £5-20 per person , however this year am making all the gofts so cost will range from 50p-£10 per person so i would avaerge i out at £2 per person once im finished - not bad really

oh forgot my own partner ( silly me)

Got to be nosey, what are yo making, need soem money saving ideas x

piglet6

We buy presents for about 40 people (including 4 x "joint" presents for 4 couples), and it varies how much we spend on each person. If you ignore parents (we are both only children, and tend to spend a bit more on our parents because we like to buy them several bits and pieces each, so spend more on them than most of the other people on our list), it probably averages out at about £10 per person. However, this fluctuates wildly as I shop throughout the year to get the best bargains in sales, etc, and we always choose the present with "would the person like it?" as our first priority, rather than "does this fit within our £10 budget?". Obviously, we wouldn't go mad and spend silly amounts, but if, for example, we see something we think if perfect for somebody at £15 or £20, we wouldn't write it off as impossible straight away...quite often it balances out because we will pick up something in a sale for somebody else for under £5, so its swings and roundabouts for us!

I would say overall we spend about £600 on presents. I realise this probably seems a lot to most people, but we use John Lewis vouchers from Pigsback, Boots points and WHSmith points and we also save throughout the year. Vouchers and points usually make up £200-250 of this amount and the rest is spent in cash. None of it goes onto credit cards - it is all paid for in advance of Christmas out of savings, and we enjoy giving these presents, so we are OK with this amount.

Piglet

milkydrink

My God!!! All that shopping'n'wrapping'n'delivering!!!

We have hardly any presents to buy: Me, Hubby, daughter(20). I will prob spend about £250 - £500 on each of them.
Will get daughters boyfriend a little something - £20.
3 parents - £30 (ish) each.
2 nieces & a nephew - token presents a book or something - £5 -£10 each

& thats it!!!!!

mum2one

kimevans wrote: »

My God!!! All that shopping'n'wrapping'n'delivering!!!

We have hardly any presents to buy: Me, Hubby, daughter(20). I will prob spend about £250 - £500 on each of them.
Will get daughters boyfriend a little something - £20.
3 parents - £30 (ish) each.
2 nieces & a nephew - token presents a book or something - £5 -£10 each

& thats it!!!!!

Do you want to swop families x

milkydrink

mum2one wrote: »

Do you want to swop families x

Saying that, I probably spend about £1,000 on those few presents, so I don't get off that lightly.

But my God, the work that must go into your shopping list, what a mission.

moneysavingmumofone

Have to buy for:
Oh £30
My 2 year old son £70-£100
Mum £30
stepdad £20
Nan £20
3 sisters £10 each
3 brothers £10 each
sisters husband £5
my niece £10
uncle £10
uncles girlfriend £5
stepdads mum and dad £5-£10 (basket to share)
ohs mum £20-£30
ohs dad £10-£15
ohs 2 brothers £5-£10 each
2 brothers girlfriends £5 each
ohs niece £10
ohs nephew £5-£10
3 friends £5 each
4 of friends children £5 each
2 of ohs friends children £5 each
erm think thats it! What i will roughly spend on each is next to their name I also buy a £1 present each from my son on top of their main pressie. I must admit we do tend to spend more on my family as ohs family is not really as family orientated as mine and christmas isnt such a big thing to them. I think its because their 3 boys have grown up but my mum still has 4 kids under 16 at home

Racklen

mum 2one im not super at making things but started last january on the birthday gifts making make up bag sets for the younger women in the family through this year and some frilly tisse holders and wall hangers for mums.also got air drying clay whic was a new project for mothers day (approx £3) and just amke a tile/plaqure with a flower on for mums.(not very good with clay but it was fun)

but i recently got a old sewing machne ( thank god no more sewing by hand) so im making some tote bags for the adult females who hate carrier bags, a journal holder for my artistic niece whos always drawings, writing peoms and songs etc, rag dolls ( copied my holly hobbie doll ive had all my life) for the 2 young nieces, my sister is a single mum with very little storage space at her house so ive made a material wall hanger so she can put things in also wuill be out of 1 years olds hands too, bills organiser file, carrier bag holder, ive done a birthday book by tracing a pretty flower on the corner of some cheap nice aper and put lines and a month on each sheet so she can keep track of all her birthdays and daughter ( shes just started infant school) A paper mache piggy bank for a sister in law ( she said she needed a new one and wanted it pink, plus still love paper mache) Ive been ends of rolls fopr a £1-£2 even m,anaged to grab 3 meteres of laura ashley fabric for £2 super bargin

strugling with the men in the family though at the moment.ive made things in the past but never made everyoine before,, ive done necklaces in the past too

i just google things for ideas on thngs to make theres tins if things people have done on the net for inspiration

id like to do recipe books and calenders some times too , i just like making things and have a very appreciative family who like the effort and thought that goes into it.