How much do you spend for each dc for xmas presents?

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happy how do you even get anywhere near that kind of money?

Are they teenagers getting new iPads and expensive 'designer' clothes?

About £400 each. But mine are coming up to 16/14/10. I save all year and give them vouchers like JD, River Island etc. Football boots is another must.

I only have 1 dc and he will be 4 one month before xmas, so far I have spent about £300 I have some more that I would like to buy but it will all be split between his birthday and xmas. His main xmas present cost £100 and the main birthday present was £70 so a hugh chunk of the overall cost.. damn paw patrol money making genius’s who suck kids (and parents like me) right in. Some people will be horrified and think it’s way to much to spend on a child and others it will seem like not very much because what you choose to spend on your children for Christmas and birthdays is down to individual choice and whether you have a budget or not, there is no right or wrong amount.

I bought too much last year, this year they'll get stockings, one main present and a few extra bits for under the tree. I think it will be about £200 for my DS (9) - he has a large lego kit that cost £100 as his main. About £150 for my DD (4) because her main present was less. I really don't want to go over the top this year, I always regret it!

Dds (19&14) will have around £600 each this year. Both need new iPads so that's a decent chunk of my budget gone straight away. They don't ask for anything and aren't interested in designer clothes/make up so I'm happy to buy things that they will use all the time and appreciate.

The rest will be made up of hoodies, board games, books, DVDs and stuff for their instruments (spare guitar strings/plectrums/reeds) Stockings will be toiletries, sweets, undies and so on)

About £40 on dd who will be 2.5. I mostly buy second hand or buy when in the sale and stash away. However, I fully expect this sum will significantly rise the future

Was a lot less when they were small. Ds14 prob about 400 and dd 9 £350. Doesn't get them a huge amount. Time I have bought the teen some trainers they are £140, tracksuit he wants I think is £150. That's 300 on 2 items. And the rest will be spend on bits and bobs and trying to bulk it out.
Definitely so much hard now they are older. Never get in to debt money has been saved all year. Just like a holiday fund.

We generally spend between €200 - €250 each so I suppose less than some, more than others. Dc are 8 and 6 and so far we’ve been lucky and not had any 5 minute wonders .

Their gifts always include plenty of books, art/hobby stuff, maybe an item for their room as well as toys so that not everything is an immediate wow gift but they are things dc will have and enjoy well after Christmas is over. I already know the Nintendo DSs they’re getting will be the big hit of the day but they’ll also get lots of enjoyment after the holidays from their new LEGO sets and all the new books they’ll have for bedtime reading.

I think many of us do Christmas very similar to the way our parents did (well, if we have happy memories of childhood Christmas) so in my case children waking up to a pile of gifts is very much a part of that whereas for someone else their norm might be one gift or three gifts so that feels right to them. Neither is wrong and the amount of money someone spends on their dc at Christmas really doesn’t tell you anything about the poster, their children or their values when you know precisely nothing else about them.

How much you spend definitely depends on age!

I only have 1 DC, who is 11, turns 12 on Boxing Day.

Between Christmas eve pjs, her stocking and presents from Santa, a present from DH and I under the tree, AND her birthday, the overall budget is €300.

We can afford that, but I am happy to not spend any more - she does get other things during the year when needed and she knows that we spend a LOT of money on her hobbies (and one in particular is not cheap for gear, equipment or training!).

I may add a small extra amount as I have seen a couple of funny t-shirts that I think she'd wear, and she needs some more for next year anyway. But I may leave it until the spring....

This year about £80 each. We have a 4 year old and a 10 month old. I hadn't planned to spend the same on each nor did I have a budget. It just happens that what I want to buy both of them costs that much.

Last year was the first year DP and I bought combined presents for DSD - previously DP bought most of her things and I bought her something little as this was either pre living together or the year before last I'd only just moved in. I think last year we spent about £150 including stocking.

This year we're looking at spending about £200 as we'd like to buy her a new tablet (her other one stays at her mum's) which is at least £100 and we don't want her to only have 1 or 2 presents.

Meant to say she's 5

We're reducing to £25 this year as we now have 5 children (Inc in-laws) and 4 grandchildren

Probably about £100 each including stocking fillers and a couple clothing items. If there's a large item needed around that time it might get wrapped up too - so ds got a micro scooter one year, but dd needed one this summer so got it earlier. I tried to do new pyjamas for Christmas but it gets cold earlier so now our tradition is pyjamas on Bonfire Night.

The worst year for nagging was Reception as they started hearing about cool toys but didn't yet understand money. Now they can express preferences and understand that if a present costs £200, it ain't happening.