Christmas

[notaclue19]

Hello

Just wondering how much you normally spend on your child's best friends at Christmas?
My DD has a couple of very close friends and we are also close to the parents

Thanks x

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It depends how many and ow old they are. At primary school level I would go to The Book People for age appropriate and affordable sets of books around £10 mark.

£10 each

£5 normally but am a single parent with a relatively low income

Nothing

I was going to spend £15 so I'm a little out the way but we are very close x

The only children I buy for at Christmas are relatives and godchildren.

Is this anything thing I have to buy? And more stuff for my house?

We don't. We have an agreement that we don't buy children's presents, there is just too many. If we are seeing them over the Christmas period (sometimes we all get together boxing day) I'll buy a load of sweets and chocolates for them all to share with a film but that's it.

Nothing.

I only buy for niece & nephews and godchildren.

I buy for My best friends kids some years. Some years we make a pact not to.
I certainly don't buy for his friends from school. It's enough with birthdays.

Nothing

Probably £25 on her and £15 on her little sister. As both will get a gift from us but the best friend will also get one from dd. These friends Take dd on holiday and out for day trips etc lots so that’s not really a lot for us to spend on their children.

Usually £10-£15 each on her two children.

Nothing. Jesus isn't there enough to spend on at Xmas without getting your kids friends gifts too?

Now they are grown, we still buy a token £10-15 present for the very best friends of our children that we’ve watched grow up and who refer to us as second parents. Only about five in total and only a book, bottle of wine or other small thing to mark the occasion. We buy for Godchildren until they are 21, unless we’ve remained close to them and their parents. If we’re close still, we continue to buy.
At school the children used to exchange gifts with best friends.

My daughter is 7 and she has a couple of friends...We just normally get the friends a token gift if at all ..they seem to love a nice selection box or some christmassy pyjamas but we only really do this if we are friends too with the families.

Oh God no I would absolutely hate this, there is no need to add kids friends onto the list of gifts I already have around Christmas, that's madness

£0 we stopped doing cheap tat Xmas presents four years in Martin Lewis's no spend Xmas.

How much does your DD want to spend of her own money on her friend? Let her choose.

I didn't realise you had to buy for your children's friends.

I would try to match what was reciprocated. I used to spend a fiver, until a few years when my children got nothing in return. So I reduced it to a tube of chocolates, if they still wanted to gift. Last year they handed out candy canes to friends instead.

Nothing

I do seem to be a minority then!
Thank you all for your replies

Nothing?