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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DD (11) Lego set £45, Art supplies about £30, Books about £20, Clothes about £60, stocking fillers £40ish.

DS (7) Lego sets x 2 total £60, Books (lots!) £50, Dressing gown and slippers £45, stocking fillers £30ish. (DS's Christmas list literally consisted of 1. Lego and 2. 'Books, books and more books'!).

Total around £175 each. We don't have a strict budget but personally I think this is plenty. They will also get presents from extended family but nothing huge.

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Our child can have whatever she wants or needs and this year her desperate choice costs £8.

We debated quote long and hard if we should surprise her with a big present alongside her stocking presents as this is so small but decided we will just get her what she wants. I’m sure she’ll make up for it in the future.

I gathered all the gifts I had been collecting over the year together to see what else was needed and DH said it was enough for a family of ten. That’s not true - he’s rubbish with presents.

I’ve asked for a £6 shower gel which I love and that’s all I want. I don’t need anything or want any more clutter in my life.

Too much. Every year I say I won’t go mad and then promptly do. They’re great kids and don’t ask for much but I love the excuse to spoil them tbh. I’m not talking a pony each or anything but I definitely spend more than most.

Really crass post in the current climate

Oh, should have mentioned they are teens so it’s definitely more tech / clothes / hobby heavy these days which tends to be spendier than the halcyon days of the Argos 3 for 2.

We won’t spend more than £600 on Xmas. That’s presents for up to 12 children (some ours, some not) and 3 adults. Along with Xmas dinner for 11 ppl.

We are high earners so we could spend more but actively choose not too.

I felt bad as spent £150 this year on 3 year old, soent much less on him his previous three xmases. Reading this thread I realise that's not excessive as I thought haha

I'd say about £100-£150 plus stocking fillers, probably another £30.

When they were younger (5 and below) it was much less.

We could afford more in theory but I hate buying stuff for the sake of it and we also have enough crap.

It's a good point anyway. We have to pay for the whole experience of Christmas, not just the gifts. Just because it's not exactly what the OP asked, it's still worth a mention. The money we have to spend to create the magic...

i’ve spent £120 on 3 main presents for DS (6) - vtech marble rush, a light table and a linkamals owl (he has autism and GDD). i will then be spending £300 on sensory items that he really needs, including things like special cutlery and fidgetbum sheets, but that’s only because we got funding from family fund for them.

We normally do around 400 (only 2 DC)
Budget does have a say and we could do more due to income but choose not to.
We do £50 for DC birthdays - treat/ meal on top of that but no big parties.

We only have DD so it's £3-500 depending on what she asks for but if we had more kids then it would most likely be lower than that!

We have 7 neices and nephews and one neice on the way and tend to spend £50 ish each on them too.

Mine are adults now but we don’t and never have had a set budget , they get what they would like , within reason . Neither of them are very materialistic, particularly our daughter .

Ironic, you say no need to respond yet you banged on about free speech 😂

As a general rule I spend £100 each teen and have done so for several years.

One teen has two main gifts a small gift a few stocking bits

The other one has one main gift and one small gift and stocking bits

Last year I spent more as they needed new phones but I then spent less on their birthdays to even it out a bit.

We usually spend £80-100 per child including stockings. They are getting a Switch this year though, so £250 between them and maybe £30 each for stockings. We're on quite a tight budget - £25 per close family member, £10 for godchildren and friends' kids and £5 for little presents. We still spend over £1,000 in total and that's more than enough!

About £350 each - 3 kids, context 59k salary

£150-200 on each child, age 11 and 8. But they don’t have any grandparents that buy for them. So only tend to get 2-3 parents from outside the home.

This year, includes Lego, clothes they need, including new swim towels, books, and stocking fillers that are useful such as body shop bits for teenage skin. Etc. I try to stick to the general rule of something they want, need, wear and read so it’s not all plastic toys. I save £80 per month throughout the year to afford Christmas.

Depends on what we want to buy ds. This year it will be approx £800. Last year is was approx £300. Year before was about £100. So, no budget as such, it really just depends on the 'main' present.

When mine were small people bought them stuff so we didn't really. When ds2 was born we wrapped up DS1s old stuff for a couple of years.

After that we just bought what they asked for (obviously within reason & budget) wether it cost 10 quid or 100 quid, almost all electronics were 2nd hand. We didn't price match either, if one wanted something for a tenner and the other 50 that's what they got.

Now they are young adults they mainly get money, usually 100 each. But I always buy and wrap jumper, sports socks, pjs, aftershave. So I guess the total spend is around 200 each. They don't get presents from anyone but us though.

About £330 on oldest DC as his stuff is far more expensive than his siblings (mobile phone etc), £220 ish on the other 2 but got loads of great toy sales so worth about £350 each. I save and buy bits all year in the sales. Spend what you can afford though.

£100 - £200 - 11 and under. 1 santa gift and 2-3 smaller presents
£300 - £400 - 11 - 19. 1 main and 2-3 smaller presents
£50 - 20+ (as part of adult secret santa)

Plus non chocolate advent calendar and stocking with selection box sweets/chocolates.

Whatever she wants, don’t add it up.

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