to ask what do you get for Christmas if you are rich?

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if you are genuinely rich, what do you ask for and what do you get your other half, or your kids?

I'm interested cos we went on holiday this year and seen some enormous superyachts and I just wonder, what do those types of people get their kids or each other for Christmas?

Its not a problem I'll ever have.

And of course I'm jealous, but I'm more nosey than anything else.

aftermidnight don't need to defend it, I was just as I know I'll never be able to write the same - it's like another world!

wishes I was your daughter

If I had a butt load of money I would initially want experiences that having buttloads of money can get you. VIP boxes, trip to Monaco F1 for hubby, private box at football ground, meet and greet for son with gaming geek heroes etc. Our favourite bands hired to play a "festival" for us. daughters favourite DJs playing too. 👍🏻 This is in addition to taking many many holidays. Things will break or get boring but the happy memories will last. . We are not loaded in the slightest but it's nice to dream.

Obviously in my new super rich state on the post above I would give those things over a few xmases. 😁

Friends of ours are fully paid up members of the several million club.

He drinks Starbucks coffee, she hates it, she drinks Costa, he hates it.

They buy other the relevant coffee house gift cards heavily loaded and as it lasts for most of it not all of the year they get a nice feeling when they use it.

The children get a budget of £200 each and then they gift the same to a charity of the childs choice.

The wealthy people I know go for watches, jewellery for the adults, and tech for the kids. Nice trips away for Christmas are also quite common.

Troubleindafamily - that sounds so lovely.

I suppose if you have loads of money you live a life where you get stuff quite a lot of the time, therefore xmas is just another time to get stuff, maybe that's why the rich get small stuff for xmas or give their kids not much

oohhh I'd love a costa gift card, that would be lovely!

Princess Diana spent huge amounts on her first Christmas with the other royals.

By all accounts they laughed like drains.

Princess Margaret just got given an ashtray, or some such, by another royal.

I would place aftermidn1ght in the just about managing category

Last year my DH got me a real live unicorn. However, it was really dull, and I was forever clean up rainbow coloured shits. So we barbecued for our New Years Party

Hugely depends if they are nouveau or old money rich

Nouveau- big diamond encrusted gold Rolex, Tiffany bling, Birkin bags, white Range Rover with full body kit, fur coats, designer dogs shipped from Russia, basically anything super expensive, super ostentatious and in your face designer

Old - Hermes scarfs and ties, always discretely patterned, there is a blue blood saying, “wearing crests of other people belongs to the footmen”, jewellery from Asprey and Garrard, food from Fortnums, antiques and paintings, equestrian and shooting paraphernalia, first edition antique books

The really wealthy folk I know don't go overboard at Christmas.

That's because these days the average Blohm+Voss have so many safety features, dahling.

Oh and expensive crates of Bordeaux !

I work for a multi multi millionaire

Amazing how on every single thread on Mumsnet, someone manages to shoehorn in some snobby bollocks about tasteful old money versus nouveau crass money.

*cases not crates !

We have a few extremely well off friends, and they all do the same thing as us despite being very very well off - they have similar tastes and probably spend more than us by buying nicer things, but don't go silly. They buy nice thoughtful bits or experiences, or if one knows they want new e.g. sports equipment, they'll get a fancier version of that than they would have bought for themselves.

But I guess that's why we're all friends despite some in the group being like us and others being really wealthy - similar outlooks.

TinklyLittleLaugh I only speak as I find

I know quite a few super rich (private jet / live in a castle type lives) and they are massively understated gift givers! Presents I can recall are livestock (one friend got a pair of peacocks for her 40th, another got a field of Alpacas!), often they will have a break away, or small things like books and scarves. Jewellery features, but I would say costume stuff as often as expensive things. Ooh, gin / whiskey calendars or actual bottles are very popular. As is art. Tickets for shows also common.

Mostly just handy, slightly frivolous things.
So new pyjamas- but plush, naice ones. Or cosy bedsocks.
Nice dishes for entertaining.

There's less of a need to go overboard or overcompensate because there is nice things throughout the year. Big birthdays are more ostentatious.

We are very comfortable, but not rich. We don’t really get any presents for each other. Maybe a treat that we can share (hot air balloon ride one year, for example)
Basically, we buy ourselves anything we want, so don’t ever have a ‘list’
Tend to get theatre or concert tickets for parents (for us and them to go) as it’s nice to spend the time together.
Anything I want that I can’t afford to buy myself is waaaaaaayyyyy too expensive for anyone else to get me (even if they can ‘afford’ it)

We aren't super rich, but do ok.
For us, our presents are nothing, literally nothing, because both of us can afford to buy whatever we like, whenever we like. So presents are pointless.
We must be the boring middle in between those who get each other yachts, and those who really need/want something and hope to get it for Christmas.

Yep this is us too. DH gets me a box of nice chocs and I get him a Panettone. Other than that, nothing. If I want a handbag or cashmere or whatever I would rather just buy it when I see what I like, ditto him. Sometimes if we buy something very expensive like an artwork we'll call it "the last 5 years' Christmas presents".

Tinkly I don't think it's snobby bollocks exactly: if you've always had enough money to get what you want all year then Christmas isn't going to be as exciting as it is for the 99% of the population who save special things for special occasions.

And I can easily recognise that if I won Euromillions next week it would be solid gold helicopters for everyone for Christmas

We are new money. Already have the Landrover, no need to wait until Christmas, have no interest in designer nonsense. My Christmas list involves some David Austin roses, a handpainted silk scarf from a local maker and some books.

Amazingly, I have found that wealthy people tend not to conform to outmoded stereotypes. The vast majority of people who make their own money do so because they are very bright. Footballers/reality stars are not the norm.

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"wearing crests of other people belongs to the footmen" I'll have to remember that one!

We're generally pretty crap at Christmas because we are fortunate enough to buy what we like when we like throughout the year. DH has bought me a new treadmill and some weights for Christmas as I like keeping fit but suffer anxiety so I hate the gym. But on the other hand for my December birthday all I've requested is some fluffy Disney pjs and socks from primark

DH would love some sort of Ferrari watch. It costs upwards of £300,000. He will definitely keep dreaming!