how much do u spend on presents

[Natalieday1]

Hi guys
Just a quick question just curious to know how much u all spend on ur kids at Xmas time, I have 3 boys 11,9 and 3 and just wondered what was an average amount to be spending on their presents as I have been known to go well over the top

We spend about £120-130-ish on PFB DD, I ought to spend less really but I often get carried away buying small bits and pieces..... Usually:

• £20 stocking (I collect bargain little toys throughout the year)
• around £60 main FC present, but I often use vouchers for part of that or save up nectar points/Love to Shop vouchers etc.
• then a few things from us, books, a dress or two, a couple of toys and some small things, that all together add up to about £40 or £50. We could cut that figure down a bit really and we don't at all have a high household income, but we don't spend much generally and we only have one DC so I do spoil her a bit at Christmas

Last year FC brought DD a train set, and she had some small presents from us including some things for her play kitchen, some Sarah & Duck soft toys and some books.

This year FC will probably be bringing a mini micro scooter, and together with her stocking I've also bought a lot of small inexpensive things this year - e.g. inflatable globe £3 from ELC, sleigh bells, £4 ELC play dough, £4 Tiger cuddly dog, £4 Ikea soft toy horse, but it all adds up to nearly £40 already I think, oops! Though I reckon it's good to buy lots of inexpensive presents when she's too young to know about what things cost and volume is all that matters, as you can't do that as much when they get older and start wanting specific things.

My sister spends loads - about £350 per child!

Oh and DD is 3.

In total, including santa presents and sharing presents, I spend up to £100 per child.

Including all presents, a stocking and xmas eve hamper it's roughly £300 per child. I have 2 aged 3 and 6.

DH and I spend £100 on eachother

I roughly spend around £300 on my girls each, however i have noticed now they are getting older what they want seems to be really expensive. they are 10 and 13.

£300 ish on the older 2, maybe £150 in the little one.

DS 7
DD 5
DS 2

Sorry that should be £400 on the older 2... Was wondering why my total didn't add up.

Yeah well I would love to have enough self control to only spend 100-150 each but I get far too carried away! My boys r good boys though so deserve to be spoilt! Was just wondering how everyone else does it :)

It will vary a bit from year to year, as I don't really work that much to a budget, but will buy one "big" present that I think they will really like, a stocking with a few smaller bits, and probably some clothes. I would probably try to avoid spending over £60 for any one present though, and no more than about £20 for something that was going in the stocking.

Last year DD's "big" present only cost me £12.99, but she had some physically smaller things in her stocking that cost more than that - I would estimate that the stocking fillers were probably around the £50-£60 mark in total, - and she had a coat that cost around £50.

This year her main present will cost £54.99, unless I can find it cheaper somewhere, the clothes will be new pjs at about £15, but I don't know what is going in the stocking, (have so far bought a CD that cost £9.99, but nothing else yet).

Depends on how much their main present is. My DS wants either a laptop or an xbox. So he'll have one of these plus other toys. Probably about £250 - 300 each. I don't budget I just buy when I see things. Most toys are about £25-30 each so I find I can quietly easily spend £100 in five minutes looking on Amazon!

Every year is different here depending on finances and what they've asked for. This year we are spending around £100 each on our two youngest and our eldest is getting £50 cash and a couple of stocking fillers, he's working now and living at home rent free which has allowed him to buy a car. He also had 9 years of only child xmas' before the other two came along so he hasn't missed out.

DD1 asking santa for football shirt @ £50 and presents from us amounting to around £50, a board game, dvd, headphones

DD2 asking santa for sylvanian families boat @ £50 and will also get presents from us amounting to around £50, shopkins game, craft stuff, books.

My DH has been under threat of redundancy for the last couple of months so we have told other members of the family that we will only be buying gifts for our children this year. This has mostly been accepted well.

Hi I spend 1000 on Christmas on my ds.

How old is your DS sweetsomethings?

He has just turned 6 and is our only child.

Lucky little guy I don't think i would be able to find enough stuff that dd would want to cost £1000 but she is only 3 so I expect there'll be an increase in spending with age ..:

About £50 on the baby and £150 or less on the 12 year old.

I spend about £500-700 on each of my two (now 15 and 14) usually but will be less this year as there is very little they are asking for or want. I spent less when they were little as you get a lot for your money when it is toys that you are buying rather than gadgets etc.

I have a bit of a theory that you may prove wrong, that in general Scots and people in the North tend to spend a lot more on their kids at Christmas. I'd say what I spend is fairly typical in my family and amongst friends and work colleagues etc but people on here which will be more likely to be south based given population densities seem to spend a lot less. I'm not saying either way is right or wrong btw if true it will be cultural rather than racist :)

My DD and DSD have had about 400 each on them

Myotherusername - I was just going to say that nearly everybody I know spends hundreds upon hundreds on all their children at Christmas - I'm used to it but last year some of the photos on fb literally made my jaw drop wide open!

And I am from quite a poor area in the North.

We don't have a set budget personally, it just depends on what is wanted, what deals they are. My oldest looks like he is getting loads this year as I had a lot of littlewoods rewards so he has got an Xbox 1, and then his bike was stolen from our garden last week so will be getting him (hopefully a cheap!) bike too.

Youngest (2) will just be getting a few bits and bobs, he doesn't have a clue about it all.

I also don't try and 'top' the year before.

I budget £150 per child however I have spent much less on the three babies. Probably approx £150 between them.
I save £30 a week into a savings account and that covers everything. Including all presents, food and drink, visits to Santa, Christmas jumpers, Christmas crafts etc

We give ourselves a budget of about £1500 for Christmas. This includes all gifts, tree, food, wine, trip to the panto etc.

I think so far we've spent about £50 per child, two DSs who are 7 and 4. We will probably spend about the same again, although if we saw something we thought they would love we would spend more.

We have a good income, and don't buy between birthdays and Christmas, although we do pass on our electronics when we replace them.

myotherusername yes! So im Scottish and dh is a softy southerner and we tend to lock horns a bit at Christmas as I would give the kids the moon on a stick if i could and dh thinks I go ott. However i grew up in a pretty poor/working class house and Christmas and what you got/could show was very important!

myotherusername that has hit the nail on the head im Scottish and my son will by far not have the most spent on him among his group of friends.

Well, I am glad it's not just me then as I thought I'd get a bit of a kicking for saying that. I'm also from a very poor background and I've actually used the moon on a stick phrase before in respect to what I would do at Christmas - DH also poor background and a bit more reserved (he's from closer to the border ) until the last minute and then he worries that we might not have enough if I haven't bought the things that he said they didn't need (which i always bought anyway :o )

We are far better off than the families we were brought up in. We don't get into debt, both DSs have birthdays in the summer so it works nicely for us with 2 treat sessions a year (Christmas is the biggest though).

£150 per child (try to come in lower depending if they want a 'big' present or not) and that includes the tree gifts and the stockings.