To ask how much your spend on Christmas presents?

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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!

3 older kids 250e ×3
2 younger kids 750×2
Dh 400
Family and friends 750
Food 300

I keep spotting something for one of the younger kids and then have to even it out with something for the other.

I really don't know. I should add it up and shock myself, then I might rein it in a bit.

So far I've got 2 things for dh and lots of things for our 2 dc. Spent hundreds already but I just keep seeing lovely things they'll love and we all love Christmas in this house.

I make sure my two eldest have the same spent but it depends on what I choose to buy each year. I do regret buying too much quantity when they were younger as it sets expectations that are much more difficult when the teenage years hit. This year is going to be expensive but I am buying electronics that they need for university and 6th form. My youngest disabled child money is spent on year round activities. I know a few people who spend £100 on the Christmas Eve boxes per child, the pressure on those who cannot afford seems to be getting bigger just in the short time of my DC growing up.

2 DC - around 100 each. This might increase with age.
12 nephews and nieces up to 20 each
Parents 60
This year DP and I are buying a luxury item for the house that we can all enjoy rather than more stuff for each other. 400
Teachers, office gifts etc 50 altogether
With extra on food etc I’d say 1000 all in.

£350ish on each child, £100 ish on husband, £20ish on inlaws. £20ish each on our 2 nieces.

Hosting Yule feast which will likely tot up to another £150 ish.

Santa visit is around £50

Will likely do panto or similar at some point too

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I spend the same for the festive period, around £800 of which circa £500 is presents.

A Christmas without presents would be fantastic.

I too feel a little bit sick adding it up but don’t think I’ve gone overboard at all, especially as similar to a lot of other posters on here.

It all feels such a gimmick and so commercial. Yes I know it’s the same every year BUT seems to have struck me more this year.

Will try and do something alternative next year. Not too sure what though!

£300 on DH. £40 on both of our mums and £25 on both of their partners. £20-30 on my brother and DH’s brother each. £20 on each of our nephews. It works out as quite a lot once we add in christmas food and other bits and bobs, but we cut our cloth based on what we can afford

About £150 each on the kids
DH and I don't buy for each other as we'd just be getting each other something from a wishlist so it's easier just to but for ourselves and not buy any pointless stuff
Around £75 per extended family
I will also spend £15ish on something for my best friend

Food/drink probably around £50 extra on top of what we'd usually buy

£500 on ds. £100 on DH. £200 on dp. £400 on food. £50 on teachers.

depends - when my husband liked a coffee machine- about 1k, when he wanted only socks- 20pounds.

This year - im getting a new bathroom.

For the children, not much really - they get things throughout the year. My daughter has asked for a chocolate bar this year and my son has asked for more dinosaurs. 4 and 2 respectively.

We buy for hardly anybody - no adult family members on my side and only boxes of chocolates for in laws - this year though I’ve cut back on the presents dc are getting and have found that by buying less I’ve spent more. Probably £250 per child and £100 per niece and nephew

Not much. DH and I don't buy for one another or anyone else.

Last year DS got a trainset from lild and some primark pyjamas- must have been around £20.
He was almost 2.

DD was 16, she got a jumper and some bits for her room so about £50.

We end up spending around £1000 all in on presents - that includes each other, family and friends, and now our baby who is just before Christmas, and a nephew just after. Poor timing! We also bought an early present of an iPad though... so £2000 this year. From jan I'm setting up a direct debit each month to cover Christmas, birthdays, anniversary, valentines stc. As I'm continually surprised by how much it all costs every year!

Around £1k. We spend £200 each on our children (we have 2) and £50 on me and DH. The rest goes on our MASSIVE family.

£250 for my daughter (currently only child DD2 due in April so this may go down a bit next year)

£30 each x 4 of my siblings (first year of not doing DH siblings as Just doing shopping for the kids)

£40 my 1 niece, £30 each for each of DH's nieces and nephews (5 of them)

£40 on each of my parents. Not doing DH's parents as agreed were just shopping for the kids on that side.

Me and DH don't buy for each other at Xmas, we get what we need/want when we need/want it so don't see the need for gifts for each other.

It's also my DD's, my mum and my dads birthdays in December so a busy month!

Roughly around £200 on ds,£50 each on parents,£10 each on nieces and nephews,£150 on dh and vice versa

I've just finished shopping and kept count for first time ever - I have spent £770 on presents, cards and wrapping paper. That's for husband (who I spent £300 on), 2 small kids and 23 other relatives and friends. Not got tree yet, or any trips out etc will be extra but mostly it's fairly low key / cheap / free stuff

We have stopped buying for siblings and adult nieces and nephews which has cut down massively.

I spend about £600 on dh and £500 each on dcs. Do a hamper for parents - about £50 each.

Then about £30 each on 6 close friends.

DH 1k
DD £500-750
Dcat £25
Food £150
Agreed with rest of the family that we only buy for 18s and under so only another £200.

So far I have spent about 70 per child I will probably spend a bit more so approx 100 per child (I have 2 children) I will probably spend about 50 on hubby. We don’t buy for any other adults in the family only our parents. So about another 150 or less.

£100 on husband, £50 on each of our two daughters, £20 each on our two nieces and nephew and £30-50 on each parent.

Oh it's easy 1k if not more it's ludicrous!

Relatives and kids friends - £20-£30
DH - £50
Kids £150 on the 5yo about £75 on the 2yo

All in all about £500 on presents this year balks

I've spent roughly up to £150 on my DS (4), then my 4 teenage sisters, Mum and stepdad I've spent £20-£30 each, Nan & Grandad have just asked me to bake them a cake and for ex I've spent £10 (I get him a token gift on behalf of DS).

I don't get aunts/uncles/cousins etc. because we've agreed that there's so many of us and none of us can really afford to buy each other, so instead we all try to get together some point just before or after Christmas for a night out.

I hate these threads, bringing me face to face with my spending!
2 kids: £150 each
DH: maybe £50
Friends kid £15
Nephew: £20
Mum, Dad and Sister: £10 each
DHs family, teachers, friends, childminders etc: get a bottle of home brew wine which costs roughly £5 to produce. So... Another £50 there.
Thats £475 give or take.
The disparity between my family and DH's is because we each take responsibility for our own sides of the family. DH prefers to do it by brewing rather than shopping.