What’s your Christmas budget?

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I’m interested, having read the thread by the poster who is sad that she is limiting herself to £200 per (adult) child.
We’re pretty well off but I wouldn’t spend more than that on my young kids each. Am I a total miser??

It depends what you buy and for how many.
In my family it's for 3 or 4 people depending on which house.
They don't have a turkey - just a small chicken crown. Frozen roasties, frozen veg, maybe some pigs in blankets, some stuffing and gravy.
No wine because no one wants it.

Do you buy gold plated eggs and chips or something??

Ha ha, not quite although I am partial to a Burford Brown! Ok I might have exaggerated here or rather included drinks and probably nibbles for a games night that evening.

My teenagers have a £200 budget each. I don't buy through the year, instead I buy over the black friday sales in order to get things that are relevant to what they want now not what they wanted 6mnths ago. I've made some brilliant savings this year ie 20% of at H&M, 35% and the england official rugby store which makes the money go a lot further. They go to there Dads on boxing days and will get another heap of presents which I feel is relevant to what I spend.

Other than that £40 on secret santa for the grown ups in my family, £30 on niece which is something like a trip to father christmas and bf probably about £50.

We are all going to lunch at my brothers this year - I'm bring the turkey and the crackers. My daughter works at a garden center and we will get out tree for £20 this year.

To be fair I read the original message as £50 for the Christmas big shop, not just Christmas Day. And I fully appreciate everyone has a different budget and I appreciate Christmas can be a difficult time for those trying to make ends meet. I do also donate a hamper to the food bank and I’m very grateful for what I have.

Same as this!

4 DC. Adult DC get exact same as younger 2.

£2-300ish per child (3 of them)
£100 ish on DM and DF combined
£50ish on auntie and uncle
£30ish on friends

£80 on xmas tree
£150-£200 on xmas dinner
£150 meal out on Boxing Day and NYE

Don't feel pitiful 150 per DC is more than enough.
I have really tried to hold back with seasonal 'tat' and fast fashion this year due to pure waste x

No budget on the 4 DC, we just buy whatever they ask for, they never ask for loads the most expensive things we’ve ever bought have been a MacBook, musical instruments and consoles we wouldn’t spend that much every year.
This year it’s things like clothes, aftershave/perfume, trainers and books. I’m probably not doing stockings this year, but the extras like pyjamas will still add up when it’s x4.
Parents around £150, my sibling and their family (4 people) around £200. In-laws £50, in law siblings and their families (12 people) around £200/£300,
DH around £150,
other people eg Godchildren, teachers, coaches will be another £150-200 probably.
We’re hosting this year so the food and drink will be around £300,
Christmas trees will be £120, plus £30 to have them collected in January and I always buy a few new bits so say £40 for that.
Christmas meals out, drinks, parties and trips another £500 at least plus any new clothes and getting hair and nails done,
Christmas cards £30
NYE party £150.

The thing is the other food eaten over all the Christmas days would be bought anyway.
If Christmas didn't exist I'd still be buying food.

We don’t really budget but this Christmas have spent about £200 on each adult/almost adult children plus stocking which would be about £20 each max. Dd has a lap top this year which is £350 but it’s not totally for Christmas although giving it to her then. We won’t be making up to DS the same amount but will give him some money for a trip he is taking in January so he will get around £300.

DH and I have had similar spent on us, possibly more.

I spend £10/£15 on nieces and nephew and under £10 on one of my DB’s and SIL and SIL and BIL on DH side about £20 each (they don’t have kids).

MIL has about £50 ish spent on her.

Do you not eat different food though. We seem to have loads of guests and drop ins so the usual meals don’t work!

Some things are different but we are buying those instead of the stuff we might normally get. So it's still one food shop.
But we don't have loads of guests dropping in that require anything more than a mince pie.

I’m spending £300 on my 18 year (musical instrument), plus some chocolate and small stocking fillers. Will probably spend a bit less on the 15 year old. DH and I buy token presents and I don’t have a lot of other family to buy for. £100 total for bro, SIL and their two. We’re veggie and eat extremely well without spending a fortune. My mum makes Christmas pudding and I make mince pies. Christmas dinner all home made. We blow the budget on wine though.

I save a bit each month towards Christmas which I can afford without difficulty.

True but I tend to buy ‘fancier’ food at Christmas and we might have brunch most days as we get up later. However, this is reminding me to show restraint as I end up throwing stuff out because we can’t physically eat it all!

I was trying to stick to about 300 per dc (4) but I have totted it all up and it averages at approx 500 each plus Santa visit + Disney on Ice. Dh £200 and family /friends gifts total £1000. Including food/alcohol it'll be about £4k, also going back to my hometown hotel is £600 + spending money= £5k all in 😬

Around £200 per child (we’ve got three). £50 on our granddaughter, around £50 each on our mums and about £50 on each other. We’re not spending loads on each other this year as we’re going on holiday in January so that’s our Christmas present really.

Well I blew my predictions out of the water!

I've actually spent
£300 on each dc
£300 on dp
£30 on dm
£20 on df
£30 MIL

Ffs every year I say “I won’t spend as much next Christmas” and end up spending similar but this year I’ve spent more. I do have ADHD though and that impacts me due to poor impulse control.