Budgets

[mumest1019]

Want to know how much other people spend on family (siblings, parents, etc) struggling as to how much to spend this year?

[Wildorchidz]

Some will spend hundreds if not thousands
Some will spend nothing
A lot will be in between

[stridesy]

I spend about £30 Each two parents, brother and sil and nephew. Oh spends nothing on his family. They used to do a secret Santa and spend £100 (2 brothers&1 sister and wives) but it got silly ie exchanging money at Easter. Plus his parents passed away. Some years I go over for my parents or with my mum we do an afternoon tea sometimes and that’s about £15.

[WagtailRobin]

I don't have a budget, but I save from January every year and start Christmas shopping usually around September (although this year it was July). I have a lot of people to buy for (33 to be exact) and it wouldn't be affordable for me if I didn't save in advance and also get a head start on buying.

I also do my mum's gift shopping for her, she saves all year as well but I do all of her physical shopping for her as she has mobility issues, so I always have a lot to do to prepare for Christmas.

I love it though, my whole family loves Christmas, it is a big thing for us and we do go overboard but that's just what we do.

In terms of budget I don't personally set a budget but the combined total of what both my mum and I have spent this year would be around the £3000 mark.

We're officially finished buying (apart from the big food shop).

[TotheletterofthelawTHELETTER]

It totally depends on your income and family size.

I buy for my parents and 4 nephews and spend around £30-£40 on each of them. My DD gets between £300-£500 spent on her.

If I earned more I’d spend more and if I earned less I’d spend less.

[roundaround]

We're on a tight budget this year so the amount we're spending is less compared to last year.

£20 on each parent and £10 on each sibling. Mine and DH siblings are all very young though so we don't feel we need to spend much.

We don't buy aunts/uncles/cousins etc any presents.

[BarbedBloom]

We spend £40-£50 for each of our mums (his dad is dead, mine absent).
£20-£40 on my sibling.
£20 on my stepdad.
£30-40 on BIL and SIL's joint gift because they don't get presents from anyone else (MIL gets them vouchers).
£20-30 for each of our three nephews.
£20 on DH's aunt.

We do spend a fair bit on each other though as we don't have children and have a decent amount of disposable income. Other budgets mutually agreed with everyone else. But I will sometimes go above if I see something someone will love.

[ifoundthebread]

Between us excluding our own dc we have 17 to buy for. We don't set a budget per person but our gifts this year range from £5 for a joint gift and £65 for an individuals gift. We make sure not to spend for the sake of spending and buy something they would like/want/need.

[Elle7rose]

£50 on parents. £30ish on siblings.

[ritzbiscuits]

We're stopped buying for adults in our family. We don't want stuff, and it's less stress all round.

Previously spent £50ish on parents and £30 on my Brother/Wife. Now I just spend £20 each on their two children. I'll buy mum a couple of small presents like a Christmas plant and photo of her grandson, but that's it.

In return they only buy for my son. Presents for me/DH come from each other.

[RoseMartha]

£15-20 on parents and siblings
£10-13 on nieces and nephews
£50-60 on kids

[73kittycat73]

About £80 each on two nieces, £35-40.00 on two brothers, and a few hundred for my mum. She's single, as am I (Happily. ) so we buy for each other.