How much do you spend on dc's at Christmas?

[justalittlelemondrizzle]

I spend about £70 - £100 each. They're 8 & 10. But from what I've seen at Christmas time -on facebook- eek other parents spend hundreds.

It'll depend on what they want. DS is 4(almost 5) and DD is 2.5 and we've spent about £60 each on them. DS hasn't asked for anything "big" this year, and DD is getting a (secondhand) doll house as well as some little Playmobil/My Little Pony bits.

What is wanted plus some surprises. When I think I have a good selection I stop.
Probably £3/400

DD will only be 17 months so only spending about £30 but when she's older and know's whats going on maybe £150, more or less depending on what she wants

Louise: I buy all our dds gifts in a sale or with a discount price, but not before late October/start November where I'm more sure of their wishes
They are still so small so wishes changes. I live in Denmark and here a lot of toy stores and supermarket have weekends with 25% off or similar from October and onwards
Got dd1 a doctor doll she's been talking about for half a year now with 25% off. All dd2s birthday gifts (birthday next week) is bought on Amazon between the low pound currency makes them around 33% cheaper than Denmark., even with postage on top

Completely depends on what she wants and what I can afford.
If my daughter was crazy keen for a £30 gift I'd get that plus stocking, if the item was £300 and a desperate want I'd try to get that plus stocking.
I don't feel the need to spend 'up' to an amount and I have never seen piles of gifts on my FB, I have sometimes have seen a pic of a friends child thrilled with their new bike but that's about it.

I'm fortunate financially but have no issue with buying 2nd hand DVD's or WII games if the boxes are in good condition -(£30 or a fiver - no contest)

Some people will barely be able to afford to feed their family over Christmas, others will spend a fortune on food, gifts and trips.
I just spend within my comfort zone .

It's a case of whatever we can afford, I don't use credit cards so if I don't have the money he doesn't get it. He has incredibly overgenerous grandparents and the bigger expensive presents that I wouldn't buy are always got by them.

Will probably spend around £100 this year.

It works out to around £150 each, more or less. Last year was about the same. Before that was around the £80-100 mark as they were younger and stuff didn't cost as much! They are 5 and 8 now and the youngest wants a hatchimal and the eldest a trip to Harry Potter world (£75 for 2 of us 😱).

Who cares - it's not a competition. What some randomer on the internet spends or does not spend has zero bearing on what we will or won't spend.

Sick of the endless "I've bought an iPhoneX, Xbox, £500 Harrods gift card - is that enough?" posts.

My DD will be 3 months come December so will need new 3-6 month clothes. That's all she's going to get! So I imagine somewhere around the £30 mark. I've only got my maternity allowance so I feel mean but she won't remember so it's ok!

Funnily enough we had this conversation last night. DD(20) and DS(24) are both still at home and both working. For some reason I've always spent about £150 on them and still bought stocking fillers. They've had a big gift each year.
I said to them last night that as they were both fully functioning adults (most days) Christmas would come down to £100 cash and a few small gifts on the day.

This year £800 to £900 as we are buying them an iPad Pro each and then stockings etc soon adds up

missadasmith: don't feel bad. And please don't compare. Your are doing the best you can for your kids.

Up to 150 each probably. I have 4 DCs

DD 16 and DS 6 months will each get about 100 on them. DD just had her 16th birthday and wanted photography equipment, with the party, meal etc I spent close to a grand so she knew Christmas would be modest. DS started crawling at 4 months and has been in full suicide/kamikaze mode ever since forcing me to spend 200 on a play area (cage with soft play) in the corner of our lounge so I could pee and answer the door without him sustaining further injuries. I cant pick him up all the time due to bad slipped disks and monster fibroids. We are actually seriously skint now so 100 is generous really!

About £30-40 ,this includes stocking stuff.Stuck for ideas ATM.
She didn't get anything from us at all for the first 2 years as she got far too much from relatives.
When she was little she made modest Christmas list for Santa as we said he had so many children to get things for that there was limited sledge room also the elves didn't do electrical goods.!
She's now 14 and luckily still doesn't ask for toouch.

My budget is £150 each but suspect it will be more like £200 each.

Their Dad will get them one good present each (and possible 2-3 very cheap ones if he's generous - think free stuff from cereal boxes).

I've no other family so that's it.

This year £150 for the younger two and maybe £200 for the teens if we can stretch to it.

Some years it is more but this year i'm on a tighter budget.

My parents always spent huge amounts on my sister and I, probably around £1000 each and although I'm not going to say i didn't enjoy it, it was totally unnecessary and I think it was done to make up for the fact that they were always busy and never had good relationships with us.

My DD will be 4.5 months at Christmas and needs clothes and a high chair so that's what she'll be getting, probably spend £60 or so - she won't remember! Probably a bit more when she's older but hope to make happy memories rather than throw material gifts at her as a 'sorry we've ignored you all year'. not bitter I promise

Why on earth would what other people spend affect you in any way?

If someone spends £6.47 only, does that make you feel better?

If someone spends £81,342, does that make you feel inferior?

You spend what YOU can afford surely??

I think it also possibly makes a difference with relatives gifts as well? We have no family, my parents tend to stick £10 in a card otherwise it’s just me and my daughter so no big piles for her, she honestly doesn’t care, and no Facebook posts from me about it. Why would people do that other than boast maybe?

Everything’s come to £148 this year for my DD (2), £2 under budget
Managed to get stocking fillers for £16 in total (crayons/playdoh/happyland figures etc) and then 4 main presents, one of which is a toy kitchen from very which is on buy now pay 6 months later luckily so actually only spending £76 currently

£350 per dc. 2 in Mid late teens and a 21yo. Two of them have already had it in cash to go towards winter holidays, so there'll be nothing to open on the day. The first time this has ever happened. I don't mind it actually, saves the faff of endless shopping for things they don't want or need.

This year our DD will be 1 - she was only 4 wks old lady Xmas and had so much STUFF it was unbelievable.

I told people not to buy anything but it was ridiculous, half the stuff she didn’t wear/use as at 4 weeks you just can’t....
She turns 1 in November so we’ve said small presents if you must or a voucher for Clark’s etc but we really don’t want stuff
We would rather people write her a little memory or letter to go in her capsule/jar.

I have 2 step children too who are the type to ask what their ‘budget’ is for Christmas, then spend the months leading up to Christmas planning what they’d like. Bloody ridiculous and I put a stop to that when I met DH.

Now we get a list of ‘would likes’ and we select off that what we can afford.

It’s about the time spent together not the amount spent for us.

Even if I had the money I still wouldn't be spending over £150... Surely they don't need that much stuff. I was an only child and my Mum got me what she could afford which I was always grateful for. One dear present that I would usually ask for and then smaller cheaper ones.

depends on ages - when my dd was 0 - 10 you could get a heap of stuff for not much money. Maybe £50/£70 resulted in a massive pile and a stocking full. My dd is now 21 and probably the height of my spending was about £300/£400 between 14 and 18 to get her a decent amount of good/useful/tech type stuff and maybe a bit of cash/vouchers too. Now she's left home probably £100/£200