To ask how much you spend on your children for Christmas?

[chubbycheeks26]

I imagine this has been done to death.

I am sick and tired of my mum telling me that I've spent too much on my 2 year old daughter, around £600. However, she's my only one and if she had siblings my budget would still be the same, just between them. I can afford it, so AIBU to spend this kind of money? Or am I being ridiculous?

I've three kids

Youngest two £700 between them
Eldest - £1500 - gaming PC, morphe pallets and Cloud 9 set.

@00100001 I meant for my 2 year old.

[quote chubbycheeks26]@00100001 I meant for my 2 year old.[/quote]
Two presents for a two year old is not tight though...

How is it tight?

Your money so your choice if you can afford it. It is a lot but it’s easily done. When I just had DS years ago I probably didn’t spend far off. Tbf now I spend about £600 for my two so YANBU.

Not each but between them

Seems an awful lot to me, Ive got a similar age DS and ive spent about £150 max. Its your money though so you can do what you want with it, no ones business really.

It doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks, including your Mum, as she is your child.
I don't splurge at Christmas or B-days for my twin toddlers, but that's personal choice and I buy stuff for them throughout the year.
A chaçun son destin.

I feel so tight, our 2 yr old is getting 3 big board books, some bath crayons & a toy thing for the bath that includes loads of pipes & spinny things - I've probably spent £50.
We can afford to spend more, but he doesn't really get it & we are already overwhelmed by 'stuff'.
Absolutely each to their own!

It’s not tight at all. Honestly my mother still reminds me 30+ years later about the year she got me a horrifically expensive sylvanian families house and my brother and I spent 3 days playing with the box. In the end little people have no understanding that a present is cheaper or more expensive and just enjoy something new to play with

All different this year. 11 year old has a £450 x box and some clothes so quite a lot. 4 year old has some baby Anna Elsa I bought second hand in marketplace.

Both will be equally thrilled!

Baby annabell sorry

[quote chubbycheeks26]@Haenow I get secondhand stuff at other times but I just can't bring myself to do it for gifts. Perhaps I should.[/quote]
@chubbycheeks26

Ah fair enough. :)
I see some great stuff, really cheap and in amazing condition on Facebook market place and similar. I definitely wouldn’t discount it, not even for gifts.

The plastic toys that are usually £££ are a big hit. I got DC lots of Peppa stuff on market place. I resent paying full price on principle and I hate Peppa, ha ha.

My nearly 2 year old has two presents from us (£37), a present from siblings (£15), some books (£14), a present from Father Christmas (£7) and a stocking. Not sure exactly how much I’ve spent on the stocking as I didn’t keep track properly this year but I usually budget £25-30. He has a couple of dolls, a wooden spinning top, a couple of other small toys and various chocolate and other snacks in his stocking.

Even my teenagers have under £150 spent on them

They do all get small presents from 2 sets of grandparents and 4 aunties and uncles plus cash from two great aunties though which makes a big difference.

Ive spent about 200 each on my 11 and 13 yr old. Stuff they've asked for, couple of bits of tech like headphones and clothing. 600 on a 2 year old seems a bit much they'll possibly just be overwhelmed and not understand Xmas really. But it's up to you, it's your money.

I honestly don’t know. It’s got to be in the region of £300 each this year 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

@00100001 I don't feel the need to justify my opinion to you. We have different opinions and that's fine.

@PinGwyn sorry, I misunderstood. Even still, I could buy her one or 1000 and she still know no different. I'm aware it's a lot of money, what I wanted to know was if my mother was being unreasonable berating me about it.

Probably £250 per child, that would be a 'main present' and a stocking. That's for a DS age 13 and DD age 10. They have always been very happy with their Christmas presents. For their main present this year DS is getting a refurbished iphone 6S (his Gran is contributing £100 towards it) and DD is getting voucher for a day out she has been longing to go to.
The only Christmas present I specifically remember from my childhood (I got plenty every year, it's just that I only have firm memories of this one) was when my Grandfather made a woodwork jewellery box and then filled it with some striking costume jewellery he had bought from charity shops. I remember realising that he had put a huge amount of thoughts and effort into it, and feeling how much he loved me. I try and give my DC thoughtful gifts, and I would prefer to spend the big bucks on something like a couple of nights away in a hotel all together than a Christmas present . . . . memories and time together rather than material stuff is what I'd like to invest in.

There is no uniform answer though obviously you have spent what the vast majority would consider well above average, particularly for such a young child, BUT it sounds like you haven't bought a mountain of crap, it sounds like most things have had thought put in and are wanted which is IMO all that really matters.

I'm having the opposite problem, my 3 and 5 year old have written lists to FC and neither want anything of significant size of value, but they both really really want what they want. I don't have a big income but I save throughout the year for Christmas and have a maximum budget of £300 but prefer to spend around £250. I feel like excluding consoles which we don't buy as presents, that should pretty universally get a good haul for a young child.

Sorry I forgot to add that I think realistically I could spend far less than I have on the DC and they would still be absolutely thrilled .

About £50 including stockings usually maybe slightly more if there was something specific. Now they're a bit older they seem to want certain things this year we have got them a Nintendo switch to share that cost £230 and we'll do stocking of about £5-10 each but this is a one off next year they might get a game each to play on it. They get so many presents from relatives I don't feel the need to buy them loads of things.

Up to you, but I think it’s ridiculous amount to spend on a tiny child who won’t remember it. I think it sets a culture of greed and she’d probably be just as happy with a trolley full of wooden bricks.

@CherryPavlova probably is, but like you say it's up to me! I wasn't planning to spent that kinda money but the triclimb and grimms toys saw to that.

@PearlescentIridescent absolutely! What I have bought she will love, equally she would have been happy with 10 toys from Poundland, I bought some poundland play dough today to some Christmas play Doh with and she was thrilled - it was £1! What I have bought her this year will last a couple of years at least so not wasteful and as someone has said, has decent resell value 😊

lol that Christmas eve boxes are actually a thing. As if Christmas isnt enough. Absolute suckers.