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how much do you spend on dc's main present?

17 replies

dmo · 09/12/2006 22:46

just wondering really

my boys are 9 and 10 and their main presents cost £100 each then all the other bits = £200
so a total spend of £300 each (inc stocking stuff)

just think dh and i work hard and i so love to treat them

i'm a childminder and look after 17 children and spend around £20 each on them
think i just get carried away i just love to see happy faces, should really start my shopping in dec rather than nov maybe i wouldnt spend as much

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JollyOldSaintNikkielas · 09/12/2006 22:49

£20-30 ish but loads of smaller ones

singsalot · 09/12/2006 22:59

maybe £50 each.... tbh I don't have a budget that I stick to

so far

dd barbie horse £10, stocking fillers and we are going to get them a goldfish each, a canvas to paint ,

ds brio train set cowboy one , £20 and some postman pat things £15

whatwouldjesusdo · 09/12/2006 23:04

I am aiming at around 30 - 35 pounds this year.

Stockings are expensive, c 10 items, and it is hard to keep the average under 3 pounds.

Peridot30 · 09/12/2006 23:44

I have spent far too much on my two this year. Normally stick to £50-£70 each (they are only 3 and 5) however dd asked for a dolls house from ELC so have spent about £160 on each of them. Oh well its only christmas once a year.

FairyTaleOfNewYork · 09/12/2006 23:48

its pretty uneven this year, dd2 main present was £150, and has some smaller cheaper items, the other two dd's stuff comes to aroubnd half the price of dd2's main present. fortunatly my dd's have no concept of the value of items yet.

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 09/12/2006 23:49

S'not really about how much money is spent. DS1's main pressie this year is a keyboard/mike/stool thing which I think he will really like, and it's £40. DS2's is a drum kit, whih is only about £25, but it's red and shiny and beautiful and he LOVES drums, so I'm just as pleased with it. They're also having a mini-fridge between them, which I'm really excited about (I'll be able to put drinks/snacks in it for them to help themselves to, they will love it ) - I can't remember how much it cost but it wasn't much.

FairyTaleOfNewYork · 09/12/2006 23:53

thats the thiong GS, i know dd2 will love her present, and dd1+3 will lvoe theirs as well.

they have about the same amount of presents, and have the same amount in their stickings. i mean, dd2 other presnts are 2 small hedgehogs (£1.50), playdoh operation (£10) and a triangle taggie (£6).

actually thinking about dd3 stuff will amount to more as she has the 2 dolls from the mn comp. and they arent cheap.

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 09/12/2006 23:55

I am SO excited about watching them open their pressies. I think it's sad when people get bogged down in worrying about how much has been spent and whether it's "fair", and even sadder when children pick it up and start asking about money and cost. It really isn't the point. Oooh, I love Christmas with kids

FairyTaleOfNewYork · 09/12/2006 23:59

i cant wait to see dd2 face when she realises santa got her everything on her obscure list

man with pretend stomache, now how can we do that oen we though, dh spots playdoh operation, perfect!

2 hedghogs, some small garden ornaments

and a triangle taggie. dd3 has one and dd2 also likes it even though she is 4 lol.

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 10/12/2006 00:01

Oh, well done to your dh, that was a moment of inspiration!!! They like to fox us, don't they

ds1 has asked for "a recipe for all things" - am compiling a folder of "recipes" for him to use with his toy kitchen

Spidermama · 10/12/2006 00:03

There was a man in a van sitting outside out house yesterday. He had a white beard and white hair so I said to ds 'Look! He looks like Father Christmas. I wonder if it is him. After all he only wears the red get up on Christmas eve' so it might be'. DS, who's four, insisted on going out to ask him. The old man in the van nodded and said, 'Yup.'

So cute.

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 10/12/2006 00:03

Oh, good on him for rising to the occasion

Spidermama · 10/12/2006 00:13

Yes GS I was bracing myself for disapointment but then remembered I live in Brighton now, no Brixton. Feeeeeeyooooo!

He did look uncannily like the great man. Has there been a thread about fly agarics yet?

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 10/12/2006 00:18

No.... but we need one

Blondilocks · 10/12/2006 00:18

It's so lovely to see their faces when opening presents esp when they are just as happy with the cheap thing as the expensive one.

LO's main present this yr is a bike, so we've spent quite a lot, & I've ended up with 20 stocking presents for her (mainly little things though & my mum has passed me a few things to put in too).

mumeeee · 10/12/2006 00:20

Around £50.

LunarSeasonsGreetings · 10/12/2006 10:46

Until yesterday I'd have said about £80 all in on ds's presents, but having just wrapped it perhaps it's nearer to £100 (oops)!

As it's worked out his biggest present this year was only £10 (a Scalextrix lookalike bought when it was reduced from original £40). Other years he has had bigger things, but he had a bike for his birthday this year, and there's nothing big he's especially asked for.

He also has a telescope and tripod (£8 on offer, usually double that) and a whole sackful of other things, ranging from 50p up to about £5 bought over several months as and when things which would appeal to him have been available at the right prices.

Some if it, like new books, I'd probably have just bought and given him at other times of the year though, so although it's in with the Christmas stuff it isn't really extra expenditure just because it's Christmas IYSWIM.

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