...to not buy DD 22 mths a 'big' xmas present?

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Both sets of grandparents have already bought her frigging enormous very generous Christmas presents. I'm seriously thinking about only getting her stocking filler type presents (books, small toys etc) and not getting her a 'main' present from DH and me.

All on the basis that she's excited by the razzle dazzle of Christmas but is actaully still too small to know what's going on. Can't help feeling I've got enough expensive Christmases ahead of me to take the cheap way out this time.

Is this just unbelievably tight? My husband is a Yorkshireman so I may well have just been living under thrifty regime for too long.....

Sounds sensible to me.. its not as if she is going to know or remember...

Yabu and id call social services if I knew you

You know yanbu :) ds is 3 and still mostly enjoys unwrapping. He had a gift he got to unwrap a week ago and all he wanted to do at home was wrap it back up and unwrap it again. Same last year. It truly doesn't even matter what is inside. Well, it does Moreso now, but not too much!

YANBU. At all.

Don't fall for the capitalist lies that you need to spend £££ at every occasion.

Very sensible! I wish I had taken advantage when DD1 was that small as now DD2 is only 18 months but needs to have the presents and santa stocking or DD1 would think Father Christmas had forgotten her!

Get her a really big cardboard box to play in.

Very sensible.

Thanks all

Memoo - could I convince you not call social services if I promise to wrap each board book up in a comedy large box to really get my money's worth out of each miserly prezzie prolong the joy? (Although you might need to give them a tinkle when I use said boxes to construct a prison for the Little Dictator wonderfully imaginative playhouse).

You've got sooooooo many years ahead of mega bucks Xmas presents, and tbh she'll won't know or care if you spend 50p or £50.