Christmas vs Birthday

[Ayemama]

Do you give your child more gifts for their Birthday or Christmas?

My DH thinks the kids should get more for Christmas but I think Christmas should be more about family with some special gifts for everyone but the emphasis being on spending time together and having a nice day and Birthdays are where you get more gifts wether this be an experience or physical gifts as it's your own day.

What do you guys think?
How do you do it on your family?

When I was younger we definitely got more at Christmas than birthdays for some reason. My parents would ask what we wanted for our birthday and if deemed to big of a present then we'd have to wait till Christmas. A bit annoying considering my birthday is in the middle of summer so nowhere near Chrismas!

We go nuts for both.

More at Christmas

Birthdays my dc can ask for specific gifts. Christmas is for surprises in our family!
£wise more at Christmas..

If my DC want a birthday party, then I spend less on presents.

Def more at Xmas.

But we don't get family spoiling them so it's us.

They get a couple of 'good' presents at bday but usually Big items are for Xmas... Eg xbox, phone, tablet etc.

Christmas by a mile. Birthday, usually have a party and a gift or two from us and then one gift each from rest of family.Christmas is a huge pile of presents.
Probably do it this way as my parents did.

About equal. Although birthdays are easier as I don't have to balance to make things equal (even though they don't notice)

Christmas is the big gift event in our household. I guess main present value may be equal but our DC get lots of other gifts under the tree and in their stockings.

One decent present and a day out or party for their birthday and lots more presents at Christmas. Cost wise it is probably the same for both.

About the same. The amount we spend varies randomly with what the DC want. (Christmas has more extras because of stockings though.)

Well.Ds1 birthday is Boxing day so.......

My kids are grown up now. But we always got more for our kids at Christmas, I think it was all to do with Santa, and the old idea that if you were good you got pressies. I never wanted my kids to feel they hadn't been good and Santa had been mean. And it sort of carried on from there.
No idea what parents tell kids now but if I did it all again I'm not sure I'd go with any of the Santa thing at all.
And I do think more like you now OP about the Christmas and birthday thing.

I do the same. Though ours is a bit different as his bday is Christmas Eve. Which makes it interesting 😂

The hear you monkeys! Xmas birthdays can be difficult!😂

As a child I always had more at Christmas. This is probably true for my dc too. Probably because we buy Santa presents then presents from me and dh too.

Our DC have always had a big present on their birthday as it is all about them. At Christmas we have several smaller presents to unwrap.

I hadn't thought about it before, but we do quite a chunk more at Christmas than birthdays. Both would have a similar size main present, then 3-4 smaller things on a birthday and at least 10 smaller things plus a stocking at Christmas.

I'm the only person who gets dc any presents, so I over compensate on both occasions.

More at Christmas. DC get one gift for birthday plus a treat day out and lots of gifts for Christmas.

I think it is roughly the same here.

Fairly even with a few good presents, plus a Christmas stocking. One DC is within a week of Christmas, so for our sanity, we're fairly measured and he does get what he needs as needed through the other 51 weeks of the year rather than all opportunities in one week. Also some seasonal stuff wouldn't make sense to buy in the warmer months and hold onto.

Some things like bikes tend to be given to both around the other DC's birthday in the spring as it's the start of the season to use them.