To ask how much you spend on DC at Christmas?

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Would love to know how much other people spend on their DC at Christmas...do you have a budget or just buy what you can/what they ask for?
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It will depend what they end up asking for but I don't imagine we'll spend more than £70 each. They're still little and get so much from grandparents and other family, plus they have lots of toys already.

My kids are 10 and 3. I do a list and try to stick to it but the marketing does get to me and I feel they get too much every year. I am forever throwing toys out and giving them away. This year I am going to try and get more second hand stuff on eBay. I would love it if I was able to get it all stockings etc for £150. I think that’s reasonable. Those with teens probably have to spend hundreds I’m guessing.

They don’t understand the concept of Santa or Christmas as of yet. Our 7 yo is autistic but doesn’t say many words and only plays with specific things and our 5 yo may see him and know who he is but not what he does if that makes sense. In-laws are big on Christmas so they have experienced it but we don’t mention presents.

Before my husband and I married, we discussed Christmas and felt that Christmas was about spending time with family and friends, charity, not presents per se and we didn’t want future children thinking that that was what the season was about. Plus, if we ever fell on hard times, they wouldn’t have certain expectations.

I recall the many gifts that I received as a child and a teen (come from a massive family), forgetting about them and my mother talking about how much of it we never opened. I also remember that many of my best memories revolved around my family and the charity that I did, feeding the homeless, singing for the elderly, etc yet I could only name maybe a handful of presents that I loved.

When they are older and ask for gifts, we will likely get them within reason, but we don’t focus on Santa and presents. We have asked for family not to gift anything since the boys were content with what they have but that went down like a lead balloon so we just tell them a specific item that the boys are into and leave them to it.

DD will be 20 this Christmas. Her stepdad and I have bought her two presents. One costing about £20 and the other £30. Her dad will probably spend about the same on her.

Her birthday is on November the 29th and I have spent about £100 for those gifts. Her birthday has always been a bigger celebration when she was a child so I think that’s why the larger cost.

I can’t really remember what I used to spend but probably £100-£200 when she was under 10. Possibly £200-£300 in double figures and teens. It helped that she was never interested in games consoles, anything branded etc.
She’s a bit well eccentric (if a child/teen) can be eccentric. It made choosing presents for her so much fun though. 😀

I know people spend thousands. I worry for the environmental implications but it’s not my call. I would have never been able to do that and frankly there would have been nothing she wanted that I could spend it on.

I buy what each child wants / needs. Might be £50 might be £300.

Though I spent about the same on her birthday and some families spend less for birthdays than Christmas. It’s just so relative to so many other factors that I don’t think this information is really going to be of much use to you. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I don’t get it either, what you spend is often linked to what you can afford

so op, I spend about£500. So? You gonna reduce or increase to that amount because I do?

30 quid each. It was more when I did stockings.

Plus food and tree I guess.

We put money away every month for Xmas, so I just draw on that for Xmas but I'm working out what we get them first.

I think thr op means in gifts, not what is a share of the tree or diner allocated out.

I think she means presents on your children.

You can’t count food and tree?

Honestly I have no idea £200 to £400 pounds . I have 3 kids and 2 step kids

About 350 each … 2 kids.

I don't spend a set amount it varies each year and for each child. I think the most I have ever spent is about £400 when I bought a console. Usually it us around £200 ish per child.

No idea really, I should actually add it up. I can't afford to do it in one hit so I spread it out from August pay day onwards and buy stuff 2nd hand so it's hard to keep track. I have 2 DC and I reckon it probably ends up £250 each, at a guess. Might be £200.

I said what I spend on gifts, then I thought about other stuff. Speech is free isn't it?

I have a 2 year old. So far we have spent £80 on a second hand balance bike, £50 on stocking fillers, and £70 on other bits. Personally think that's alot. We can afford to spend more but at 2 years old he really does not need loads of stuff or will have any idea what's going on. I might keep some stuff back as now you've made me think it's actually a bit OTT.

Only child, probably about £1500-£2000

Someone’s touchy. 😂
Although no one asked what you spend on trees and food so was a pointless addition.

Not going to put a figure on it, but as the presents get progressively more expensive as they get older, I’ve started saving through the year so Christmas doesn’t become unaffordable and remains something we enjoy, rather than stress over.

Nowadays DC are 23 and 19 and we spend about £300 each. Christmas is about 5 presents each and just chocolate in the stockings. (Birthdays are for big presents).

When DC were little it was under £100 each. Cheap Tesco hats, gloves bubble bath etc and a bigger Barbie type gift.

We must be really mean. About £150 and they are 24 and 27. They have had a lot of other help though.

We go by the something they want, something they need, something to wear and something to read mantra. DD is a toddler so only spend c. £25 and get some things second hand. Probably spending more than that on clothes and trips out in the run up to Christmas though.

I replied. The rest is your imagination. No need to respond again. It's not very interesting.