Is 400 enough for two dc?

[Lipperfromchipper]

Just a Christmas question, dc are 6 and 4,
I have spent about 320 so far and was thinking if I spent another 80 between them on stocking fillers that would be plenty?? But I’m getting cold feet about that!!? How much have you spent on two dc of similar ages??

the only way you shoudl be spending that much is if they want/need a single big present like a bike or a games console or whatever.

to end up panicking that £400 was an inadequate spend for a couple of kids who didn't particularly want/need anything as such, & spunking a few tenners on pointless tat, that would be dismal, whether you can afford it or not.

whattodo19
Last year DS got a big ride on train from Father Christmas (£30 gum tree)
Bundle of fireman sam toys and fire station from us (£25 facebook)
So £55

He also got a stocking on the 6th Jan - I think it had a little toy ambulance in it, but can't remember what else apart from satsumas

Lovemusic33 I find that my salary has gone up as the amount of "working my arse off" I have to do has gone down. The rhetoric that some people are poor and others "work their asses off" is misleading and fairly poisonous. Often the hardest work is the worst paid. I've arrived at work as the early morning cleaners on minimum wage leave and sat down next to IT contractors earning mid six figures who spend 40% of their work hours bantering and drinking coffee and shopping online. Who works their ass off? Is it reflected in their wage?

People are paid for what they know how to do, not for how hard they work.

Actually I think £200 budget per child including stockings isnt that outrageous, when my DC were that age I'd spend 50-100 on a big under tree gift and similar on stockings, , cost soon add up.
Obviously spend what you can afford and at 4 and 6 they fortunately are less to want big ticket items so it's easier to do it on a smaller budget than when they get older and want games consoles etc , I can't believe some pp dont buy their DC a present and rely on family to provide the gifts! That's lucky if you have a big family who spoil your DC but some DC will only get presents from parents and perhaps a small gift from one or two others .

@notnowmaybelater but I think evil. Is replying to people who say that £200 is ridiculous amount. It’s like people who ask how much is the right amount to spend on outgoings a month, how long is a piece of string, everyone is different, budgets differently and buys at different times of the year. It doesn’t make one person right and another wrong, it’s personal and people shouldn’t be chastised for their personal choices

Often the hardest work is the worst paid. I've arrived at work as the early morning cleaners on minimum wage leave and sat down next to IT contractors earning mid six figures who spend 40% of their work hours bantering and drinking coffee and shopping online. Who works their ass off? Is it reflected in their wage?
People are paid for what they know how to do, not for how hard they work
Very true, rarely recognised.

People are pretty judgy on these threads. And yet nothing is ever said about people who spend 30 quid on their child at Christmas. I mean, what exactly can you get with that these days?
OP, I'm probably at least £300 per child. My choice, and I work and save bloody hard for it.

I’m hoping to spend around 150 for all three of mine combined. And we are not badly off, I just don’t want a house full of junk!

Mind you, we do have lots of aunties who will give the kids presents. If we didn’t have family buying, then I would buy more myself.

That’s a good point @ThriftyMcThrifty, we have hardly any family, the only presents my children will get will be from us, bar one of two.