To ask what you usually spend on nieces and nephews. Birthdays and Christmas?

[jeffreeshart]

Interested to know what the "normal" amount is, I'm starting to budget for Christmas our wider family seems to be extending drastically and I'm currently under redundancy consultation so slightly bricking it, as my payout will be bugger all if it does go ahead.

£5 each. I feel really stingy now

About £20 each, sometimes a few £ more or less depending if I get a bargain. Aged from 4 up to 15. If I'm stuck for ideas my SIL will make suggestions, but never for anything over £25. We do have them for weekend sleepovers regularly so do spend on days out etc in between too.

I come from a very large family, I have 7 brothers, and between us we have 23 DC, plus other various family. We have always done a secret Santa, which works really well for us, as that way everyone gets something nice that they really want rather than lots of tat that they don't need. We do the same for birthdays too.
My uncle organises it all, every new year he sends us each an email telling us who our 'buddy' is that year and you are responsible for getting both their birthday and Christmas present.

£30-40 depending on what they might like but I've only got 2 and don't have a massive immediate family - if I had more I'd have to reduce that budget a bit.

Closer to my side so £25 each. Dhs side £10 each

4 on my side and 7 on dhs side BTW

@Nodancingshoes so many to buy for! Luckily DH doesn't have any nieces/nephews to buy so just the 2 on my side

Christmas as close as I can to £10 each.
Birthdays £10-15. Each

Around £20-30 for Christmas or birthdays. When it's cash for birthdays it's definitely just 20

About £20-25. DH and I only have one niece between us.

£50 for birthdays, same for Christmas, £100 for 18th, £210 for 21st. We stop at 21, just cards after that.

£20 each plus a decent selection box.
I will consider going above the £20 if there's something specific they want as I'm a soft touch haha.

We live abroad so don’t buy presents for anyone at home and they don’t buy any for us. It’s brilliant.

£100-£150 - I have 2 and one on the way. - i also have cousins with lots of kids but there are loads of them (about 16 kids) so I cap that at £30 each.

About £25 (5 nieces and nephews)
This year we are planning to reduce the amount because we never see them open their presents or get a thank you - not even a text.

£20-£25ish. I tend to look for things In the sale throughout the year. DN is into fashion now but I refuse to £40 on a T-shirt so will buy in sale

Nothing, just make sure we do a special day/ weekend in the year as we don't live close and spending time together is more important than just more stuff. Even convinced my own not to have presents this year, 6, 9 and 12. They would rather a fab weekend away!

I spend about £25 on my nieces and nephews. £20 on my goddaughter, and then about £10 on her 2 older sisters, and 2 x friends children. So about £150 total with little sweets /chocolates etc

I've got one niece aged 9 and she is an only child. I'm her only Auntie and my partner is her only Uncle (she asked him a few years ago if she could call him her Uncle). I don't have any children of my own or any other children to buy for. I used to spend about £50 for Christmas and Birthday but now I'll treat her to a theatre show and a meal or a day out. It may cost more than gifts but we all get a lovely time together and as she has enough stuff and tat she doesn't play with I'm not adding to it. I do buy treats if we go out at other times but mainly we do things like making sausages and bread at home.

Nothing!
There are 5 of us on my side and 3 on my husbands. Each of us have 2 children so that’s 12 nephews and nieces ranging from age 2 to age 13
We agreed 10 years ago not to buy anything either for the adults or the kids.
We still have a big family get together at Christmas (one with each side of the family) and the kids don’t even notice the lack of gifts from each other. We still have home made crackers with mini gifts in (maximum £1 each) and play games and just have fun.
DH and I only buy for each other, our parents (given from their grandchildren) and our own children. We don’t buy for our own aunts and uncles either and they don’t buy for us or our kids either. Everyone is very happy with the arrangement.
Best thing we ever did
No stress at all at Christmas

Too much. No kids here so the neice and nephew get spoilt. Probably 200 each? 🤭

£30 each christmas
£40 each at birthdays
This seems to be roughly what my friends and other family pay too, but set a budget that suitsyou well in advance, and ket everyone know thats what you can afford.

Normally £25-£30 a head, but we've only got a small family (1 niece, 1 nephew). They're only little and I like to spoil them, especially now my two are grown up, it's nice to have someone to buy toys for.

About £10-20, unless it's important (eg. 18th, 21st) when we use £20-30

£30 max for birthdays and £20 on religious festivals. Spending more would mean I would have to spend less on my own kids.