Christmas spend for each child this Christmas

CapricornLass

About £100 for hubby, and both sons.


For my parerents, one sister, B-I-L and her three children ( now all adult) there is an agreed family limit of £30 for each one, which is done as combined gift from our family to each of them. I also buy or make a couple of presents for some very close friends , equallling about £10 apiece. I probably spend around £600 in total.



Mind you, I've spent about £600 on Christmas presents for the past 30 years!

74jax

My DD is 21 next year and finishing uni, so I'm taking her away for 2 weeks and this will be her xmas/21st/graduation gift. Last year I paid for us both to go to New York in the new year too. I always ask her if she would prefer a gift or trip away and she always picks the holiday.

Hubby gets around £300 on him and my brother / sister in law £100.i have a great nephew now who has £100 on him as they picked a baby monitor. And 2 nephew's get a bottle bought. Then it's my mum with £50 and that's all I buy for.

Lioness_Twinkletoes

thorsoak wrote: »

For my grandchildren (now totalling 9) it will be in the region of £15-20 per child. I try to go for the rule of 4 - something they want, something they need, something to wear, something to read.

I am assuming that's 4 gifts per child - so how do you manage that on £20 per head?

I spend around £100 - £150 per child (they're adults now). About the same for the in laws, £100 for the partners of the children and circa £250 on my husband.

thorsoak

Not too hard .... girls always want nail polish/glitter/claire's make-up - c£5,they all need a top-up card for their phone or something to do with their sports, a book - around £5, and something like socks/gloves/hat to wear - again around £5. Buying things as and when I see them and when I've been talking to them adds to the fun. The twin babies this year are getting nappies as the things they need! :-D ....But as it's their first Christmas, they will have a Big Present too, as have all the others for their first Christmases :-D

bertiewhite

I've spent a total of £96 on my (only) 3 yr old Grandson this year - on a ride-on pedal tractor for outside and a wooden train set for inside.

I was only going to get him the tractor but thought if it's horrible weather on Christmas day, he'll still get something to play with inside.

Plus, it's the first Christmas I've had to opportunity to treat him.

chelseablue

We have a 4 year old son

Any other year would be a max of £100

This year £6,000 on a holiday to Australia :rotfl: going on 15th December

Kim_kim

Lioness_Twinkletoes wrote: »

I am assuming that's 4 gifts per child - so how do you manage that on £20 per head?

I spend around £100 - £150 per child (they're adults now). About the same for the in laws, £100 for the partners of the children and circa £250 on my husband.

I was wondering that, it seems impossible.

thorsoak

Kim_kim wrote: »

I was wondering that, it seems impossible.

No ....they love lots of little bits - around £5 for each thing is very do-able. They all love books - and I've always found something different but interesting - either from Amazon or the local bookshop. The girls (aged from 8 to 18) have all loved their glittery bits and pieces, the boys (now 14 & 20) have their "gaget bits" - and I've always been able to find jokey socks/beanies/gloves/scarves that tickle their fancies - and a £5 top-up or gift card is always acceptable. It's been part of their Christmas traditions as well - "is it a need/read/want or wear one next?" as they open their presents. I put a lot of thought into what each one gets - although the year before last, there were a few swapsies going :rotfl:

Maybe as the older ones become the "adults", their presents will become a £20 gift voucher but its been such fun trying to keep doing this - it has been part of the enjoyment of Christmas.

SandraX

Sadly, those that can least afford it will spend the most, percentage-wise.

In this day and age of media/fb/twitter/etc/etc, very hard for parents/guardians to please children and feel good as some will spend, throw away so much money on useless presents.

charlieismydarling

I only buy for my ds and my parents.
My brother, sister and nephews and nieces get an indecent amount and are very spoilt.

I am struggling financially, being a single mum. I donate a sum to charity in lieu of gifts. I hate to waste money just for the sake of it. That is not what Christmas is about.