how much do you spend on your kids xmas presents all in

[lilly153]

i usualy go totaly bonkers at xmas ive only got one so its mabee easier for me to do so
but how much do you usualy soend on yours?

DS will get train table and loads of brio stuff, hopefully ebay, looking at around £50. Then about £30 on clothes, but real bargain only to make it go further.
DD will have a doll, pram set, around £30, a kitchen around £20, Clothes around £30 - bargains again! another £30 on 'stuff' oh and a scooter £10

Then say £20 on craft and colouring things, Outfit each for the day, Christmas Eve Hamper usually comes in around £50 Put aside £100 for christmas activites to do with them/take them too.

Ive cut down so much this year, last year you couldnt see the floor for presents, this year will be far more reasonable i think.

DS 3, DD will be 2 btw

Shite, i forgot stockings, another £20 on those, darn it!

I spent £150 all in on ds, 4 and £50 on dd 1

30 each in total. Last year the thing my oldest dd loved was a pair of gloves. I think she has read Little Women too many times. They are always really really grateful for everything and delighted. Much of what i give them is second hand especially books. Everything that is in the stockings is needed and used for the following year. Eg knickers, socks, toothbrush. They don't have family members that give them much either.

Genuine question to those who dont spend very much, what are you going to say when your DC question how much their friends get, or their cousins? I am only asking because i dont know anyone in real life who doesnt spend a wage packet on their childrens christmas gifts, i spent about 200 each last year on just toys, each, and that wasnt much in comparison to others i know. So once the kids are school age and comparing with each other, how do you answer 'why has Santa bought X more than me?'

I tell them the truth some other people have more and some have less. I don't give them less than others because I think having more is wrong. We cannot give them more at the moment and they know why. They have never complained. They are school age and don't seem to do the comparing thing. I know a lot of children that do though. Its a personality thing perhaps ?

this time BTW I have mainly stuck with games rather than normal 'toys' for my 3yo - she's got loads of cars, dolls etc, so I've focused on things we can play together - a couple of board games etc.

you see MrsD, i hope my children are like yours, but my Dsis for one is very materialistic, so the same is to be expected for her children, i cant avoid them but they will be comparing, i dont want mine to feel like santa didnt like them...maybe im over thinking this, just want it all to be majic, but my pants family may take some of the shine off

£50 or so each, including stocking.
However, DH in particular has tonnes of relatives who buy for our DC. So we consciously try to keep things minimal given that they get so much from others.

Last year we spent about 40 on DD, including her stocking. Her birthday is 2 days before Christmas and we spent about 30 on that too, so she got quite a lot of stuff in all. I wish her birthday wasn't so close to Christmas, but there you go. If her birthday was in the summer I'd probably spend more on her Christmas present.
This year have been v organised and already bought her birthday present (20 quid sale bargain :)). Haven't thought about Christmas presents yet, but will aim to spend about 15 on stocking (pyjamas, book, bubble bath, stickers etc) and no more than 25 on her present(s) from DH and me. She will only be 3 so no comparing with peers yet

This year I will spend about £200 on my 4yr old, £100 on my 2yr old, £500 on my DP, and then another £200 for stockings for all 3 of them. We usually just get little bits, then book a holiday for early January as our 'family' pressie.

I will spend about £30 each but my DCs will only be 10 months, 2, 3 and 4. I worry that in a few years they will want more and compare what they get with their peers.

I spend about £30 I guess, I don't really think about it.

My dd never mentions what others get or complains, we also don't do birthday presents and again she never mentions that.

£100 each - including adult DCs. Then probably another £20 each for stockings.

My inlaws are insanely generous and will give another £100 each - tbh I never know what to spend it on (inlaws send me the cheque and tell me to go shopping for them) and usually lie, then put what I haven't spent in their bank accounts.

Around £50, that includes Stocking stuff.

no idea how much we're spending on DH's kids, but for my DSD we're getting a couple of bits that'll help at school, so it'll end up more expensive - a dictaphone and a Djembe drum (which arrived today and is awesome! ) :o

It varies each year. Last year they had one main present to share then a few individual ones and a stocking each.

This year I've already got about £300 of stuff bought and there's lots more I'd like to buy plus stockings to do.

I spend what I have. No debts for presents. So some years there's less than others.

i try to spend about £60 each. one daughter has a December birthday so it is an expensive time of year. i don't understand people overspending and getting into debt at christmas.

BabyDubs, I have told DD1 (she'll be 6 next month) that FC only brings things he knows parents will be happy with (that's part of the magic) which is one of the reasons different children will receive different sorts of gifts. After all, it would be a shame if FC gave her a DS/TV for her bedroom if we wouldn't let her use them!

She understands that there are things we do/don't as a family and at the moment she's happy with that as she feels she gets a pretty good deal. I was declared, "the best mummy in the whole world" last week because I extended her bed and rearranged her bedroom. It was followed up by her announcement, "I have the best life ever!".

I'm sure I'll eat my words in time to come but, on the whole, I think that if the role models in a child's life send the message that time and effort mean more than expense and monetary value, then the child won't necessarily see it as 'unfair' if FC brings a friend more. She's unlikely to question why FC has brought her a Sylvanian Families car because she is desperate for one. At the moment I'm enjoying my DD's simple tastes... long may it last!

I have 2 daughter. At christmas my eldest will be nearly 5 years old and we will spend about between £100-150 on her.

Our youngest will be nearly 7 months old and we will probably spend between £50-70 on her.

Both may end up being less depending on what ooffers we get for what we want.

Oh, they also get presents of my mum, my 3 brothers, my aunty and uncle plus my mother in law, father in law, sister in law so we tend to just buy a few things. The parents in law usually give moeny so we tend to keep that for the sales and go out and buy clothes etc for them then

wow how do you spend so little.we have spent about £500 so far (including a laptop) for 2dds and are nowhere finished.i wish i could spend less but i would feel bad.

About £50-60 each on DS (5) and DD (2) but I do buy stuff throughout the yr which I think might be a bargain ie DS's main pressie this yr is a leapfrog leapster (to see how well he would look after a DS) which I bought in July for £25 for tescos

Usually about £80 on each of 3 DCs and approx £30 on stocking and about £100 on DH. Have managed to save a bit over the year this year so may have a few more pounds to spend. Also spend about £30 each on parents and inlaws then £15 each on cousins.
Simpson you are a jammy git! Want to get DS a leapster but think they are now £60!