To ask how much your spend on Christmas presents?

[Peaspleaselouise]

Just that.

Amount spent on children, other family, any friends you buy for, any friends’ children, godchildren, teachers/TAs etc, other gifts such as one for the particularly helpful postman etc.

I’ve saved up over the year but the money just seems to have frittered away, despite trying really hard not to spend too much individually. Agh!

Christmas is horrendous. It all seems such a waste ( time, money,stress).

I do try to keep it down but it all adds up. Circa £800 for the festive period ( presents, food, alcohol, travel etc).

£20ish for children other than my own. £100ish on my own dc

Last year was our first year as a family and it was MAD! Before that DP and I just did our own thing with families (both students) whereas last year we spend 4 days down south with DPs family then 5 days with mine up north.

Presents spent about £40-50 per couple (my parents, his parents, my nan and grandad, his mum and dad, his sister and BIL, my auntie and uncle), random gifts for other relatives (aunties and uncles, granny, niece, nephew, my sister) ranging from £5 to £30. Plus petrol driving up and down. Then about £100 on each other. Nothing really for DD as she was only 4 months old and got tonnes as it was, just clothes and things she needed for her room.

All in probably spent around £500. Aiming for way less this year, probably more like £200 all together. We aren't travelling and have just bought a house so should be easier.

Maximum £25 per person this year, which comes to about £500 all in. But we don’t have our own children yet, we’re trying to spend less than that, and my family have all agreed to be frugal as we care about the food and being together more than the presents. It all seems a lot. I’ve spent a lot more I couldn’t afford in previous years, I don’t want to buy things for the hell of it

We don't have lots of family to buy for, around £400 each on my 10 and 16 year old boys, and £200 on my 25 year old and his girlfriend. Probably about £50 for my Aunt and brother each. For years me and DH didn't bother with each other but last few years probably around £100 each. And £10 Secret Santa at my work.

This year will be ds, 3x dsis and one dB, probably £200. Plus another £150 on tree, food, cards, bits & pieces.

About £35 for each dc (stocking and everything), £15 family secret Santa, £10 for nephew and £10 for work secret Santa. That's it and that's stretching the budget to the max. So £140

I don't keep track so far it's worked out at about £800 and I'm about 2/3 of the way through with presents.

We do a weekend visit to se family which is the best part of £500 after we've paid for flights etc. Then the parties and days out start creeping in and add a small fortune on.

I really don't like to think about it in terms of how much we've spent to be honest. But we can afford it and would happily cut down if we couldn't for any reason and I'm just a massive child and get very excited

DS £200, DH £250, parents £45 ish each, DSIL and her partner £30, my auntie and her partner £30, DS godmother £40, teachers £10x2, friends’ children x15- between £10 and £3 each (got a lot of activity books in book people )
So a fortune basically. Need to reduce it next year!

To much, more than we can afford but the list keeps growing. I started in September approx 250 per month. I have the DC my parents and ilaws. I still need Dneices and nephews, teachers, siblings chris kindle plus all food shopping. It is a pain.
Easily 1000.00 when I am done

Have a 1k budget.
Have 4 DC about 170 each
Inlaws, my sister and DH. My DH and a few token gifts for extended family

Am under budget atm and nearly finished

Update £700 ish and I am all done. Don’t know how much DH has spent on me though.

£20 per person for sisters, parents, grandparents on my side (we’re not close) £50 each for dh parents, £200 for dh, £150 ds who’s 1

£75 each parent
£20 each dn/nephew
£500 each dc

I’ve spent around £600 so far, not much left to get. No kids, but large extended family that I spend lots of time with.

I have four DC and always aim to spend the same on each of them. Youngest is only four weeks old though so I obviously haven’t spent quite as much on him as he won’t have a bloody clue what is going on. I’ve almost finished buying now and I’d say I’ve spent £100 on the baby and £200 on each of the children so £700ish in total.

I only buy limited relatives presents and I wouldn’t say I spend more than £50 all in all. Spend similar on DP. Don’t generally buy for friends, we’ve never really done it. Definitely never bought the postie anything...

£500 for husband, £40 for all other family members.

No actual budget on my own children as I buy throughout the year using sales and discount codes etc so I do save a lot on items. Friends children usually between 10-15 but items usually have a higher rrp as I've bought when I see them with good reductions- playmobil bargains this year. £15 per nephew and niece and my siblings. 7 teachers - spent £15 altogether including giftbags and tisssue paper. Again I've got deals.

Imagine how nice a Christmas without the presents would be .

I spend on presents:

DM & MIL - about £40 each
Nephews and nieces (age 3-20) about £30 each
DS & DD - about £200 each inc all stocking stuff
DH - about £40
Friends and some of their kids (about 15) £10-25 each
Music teachers, sports coaches - about £10 each
Guide leader - about £20
Bin men - £10
Used to give to postman but stopped as got the feeling he was offended

Lord knows what I spend on food and drink [hangs head in shame]

Honestly, all in about £300-£400 on each DS, about £200 on DH. £80-£100 on DM and DF each. £50ish on MIL and SIL. £50 on GGP. We will probably spend about £2000/£2,500 all in, including all presents, food, booze, theatre trips, days out etc. It’s a lot, I know, but we can comfortably afford it and when we couldn’t we did it for much less.

Each year it’s different. Adults in DHs side of the family do secret santa for the adults. We each have 1 adult to buy for and a £25 budget (so £50) then our 3 nephews and it’s usually £20- £25 each on them.

My side of the family we just buy each other’s kids and not the adults so £20-25 on my 2 nieces.

I buy mum and step dad something each - again around the £20 mark, and stepdads parents the same again.

DDs budget varies year on year. I try to keep it under £200 but we sometimes go over - especially if I pick stuff up throughout the year. In our house Santa doesn’t bring big ticket items as he has too many children to make presents for - one medium toy or 2 smaller toys from Santa and he fills them stocking. Big ticket items are from mum and dad so she knows some years we can afford more than others.

All in all we try to keep spends around the £500 mark but occasionally it’s more - never less. We buy each other stuff from what ever is left over in the budget and sometimes that’s a small thing like slippers and other years it’s a bit more.

We tend not to go OTT with food and drinks. So don’t spend a whole lot more - we never host though as our place is too small. Alcohol is bought ad hoc - DH gets some beers in and I might have some wine. We do buy a bottle of baileys for Hogmanay as I like a little glass to see in the bells and maybe also have a couple of glasses on Christmas Eve with DH.

Pre baby my partner and I spent about £300 on each other and I spent about £400 total on my family and friends. He spent about £60 on his parents (no other family) so as a family we spent over £1000 on presents alone which makes me feel a bit sick!!

Now on maternity leave so have set a limit of £50 on each other and I have budgeted £150 to cover small gifts for my friends and family and a separate £50 for theatre tickets for my mum who has been so amazing and supportive this year. I have decided not to buy for my extended family and only buying for kids not grown ups other than my parents and siblings this year. So cut down to £400 as a family.