How much do you spend on your children at Christmas?

[HuckleberryBlackcurrant]

Just wondering what is normal these days. I would say we spend about £60 per child. We have 3 children.

Depends on how we're doing financially. Last year wasnt bad and we spend £200-250 each (2 kids)

This year has been much tighter and we've spent £150 on eldest and a tiny bit less on youngest

I've spent £600 on my youngest this year.

I reckon I will be about £700-£800 on eldest.

Don't buy presents for anyone else except our parents.

Around £150 each, bit harder as they've gotten older but at the same time they're also old enough to understand budgets so they don't have wild expectations. Usually about 4 things each. I just feel lucky that none of them are particularly into brands!

Spent around £700 on 11 year old ds and £300 on 2 year old dd.

Around £500/£600 each maybe bit more by time ive finished- 2 dc, 14 & 12

Can you get PJs, books, sweets and stocking fillers all for £30?

1dc, usually about £400-500

We aim for around £200 each. We've got all the presents now and spent around £300 for teenager, £100 on 2 year old and somewhere in the middle for nearly 5 year old.

I think it depends on your income, amount of kids, their age, amount of other relatives who give them presents and your general approach to presents. One of DD’s friends only got things for Xmas and birthday so always a lot of presents whereas my DD used to get things through the year, plus we never give her clothes as a Christmas present (only socks) we just buy it whenever she needs them or fancy them and we have money.

My son's 18 xmas eve and he's had a new computer for gaming (3k) and has a few suprises to open for birthday and xmas. Last computer was used daily for 7 years so know it will be next used for next few years.
Only have the one and he would definitely get less if we'd had another child.

About £800 but I don't budget for him. I save and get Love to Shop prepaid Mastercards every year to the value of £1100 and £200 M&S. He is an avid collector of large Lego sets and he likes nice clothes which he enjoys receiving for Christmas. Neither of which are cheap. He also reads a lot and so will receive new books, arts and craft things.

You will get people saying that anyone who spends more than 20 quid on their kids spend it on 'tat', I don't. You will also get people saying they'd rather spend the money on activities with their children and days out. We still do many activities and days out etc!

£300 on each of the 4 children,all teenagers.I do Park vouchers every year and start buying in September time so it works out well.

Only have 1 DC (age 4). It's about £500 this year.

£100 per child

I don't have a budget as such. They get from quite a few members of the extended family so I don't need to buy loads of things.

They get a selection of (physically) small gifts in their stockings from 'Santa' then a few books, pyjamas, and clothes plus something they want from us but that can vary from an action figure or lego to an SLR camera or a bike (quite fond of wheels as presents actually, they've had roller skates, skateboards, and scooters over the years). Depends on the year, but probably a few hundred quid each but that could vary from £200 to £700.

We do advent activities with them still (they are teenagers and insist on it these days, it's tradition!), some are very cheap (e.g. we always make paper snowflakes, our town does an ice sculpture trail round the centre) and some are very expensive (we're going to a light trail this year). So they get experiences all through December as well.

@Nineteendays

Yes, usually roughly that

When they’re tiny £50 is plenty. Now mine are 13 and 16 (17 the week before Christmas) and £500 is more realistic. This year one wants a Switch (£300 for the console and one game) and the other an Apple Watch (£280, we bought a fairly basic model).

Around £250 each, DS is 21 and DSD is 14. The good thing about having an adult is he has started getting us really good presents!

Probably £200 each once I’ve got extra bits for stockings etc. We don’t have extended family so what they get from us is it!

Maybe you don’t need to spent as much on the 3 month old?

About £300 each I have 4 children, oldest 14 youngest 6.
Then a stocking with 3-4 small gifts and lots of sweets/chocs and new pjs so probably about £350 each all in
The youngest is 6 a few days before Xmas so her £300 will cover birthday and Xmas. It probably will come in at less as she is really struggling for ideas this year and there aren't any toys she really wants. She has everything!
It doesn't go that far with the oldest though as he is now in mens sized shoes and clothes so a pair of trainers alone were over £80 and that was with 25% off. He will have trainers a new gaming chair and not a lot else

Four Grandsons £250 each... which is (£200 cash £50 presents)
Two grown up daughters £200 each in presents.. usually a kitchen gadget .. this year a new airfryer.. then perfume ..pjs.. piece of jewellery...Eldest
Grandson turned 18 in Summer l gave him £500.

Averages about £200 for presents per child for 3 dc. But middle child will get more of that this year because the type of thing she wants costs more. Food etc will cost extra. And experiences and theatre/concerts are on top - we splurge on those and are also paying for PILs to come this year and it will add up to £600 as we go to a few and pick good seats. Some years we'll get a bigger present like a computer or good phone so those years would cost more.

We don't save/budget for Christmas, it just comes out of general income.

TBH you’re better off asking ‘what’s your monthly take-home pay and, after all essential bills, how much are you able to put towards Christmas presents’ if you want to know what ‘normal’ is.

Some will have to save all year for the bare minimum in presents and some can spaff away a months pay check merrily.

You need to compare yourself to people in similar financial situations to you if you want ‘normal.’

Hoping to stay at under £150 each, including stockings, chocolate etc. Our budget doesn't have a lot of give in it this year to be honest.