Does anybody else do this?

[whymewhyme]

Do you give your siblings presents? I'm skint, they are skint and I'm thinking it's about the time spent together and the feast. so why all skint ourself out and instead just get the children and parents presents this year?!

Does anybody else do this?

No - it got to the stage where we were just swapping restaurant vouchers for the sake of it. We were all happy to give it up it just needed someone to suggest it.

We’ve had a £5 upper limit in my family for about 30 years. There’s been cunning use of averaging, staff discounts, 3 for 2s, second hand stuff and freebies over the years, but it works well and it feels like much less pressure to get it right.

We have only been gifting to under 21s and parents /grandparents for the last 20 years, is has been brilliant and makes the whole holiday period stress free. All we buy is a token bottle or food/fancy chocolates for wherever we go.

One of my SIL is a shopper and keeps hinting now most of the dc are grown we start plant buying again, but I am trying my best to stay out of it. As you say is all about spending time together, food and drink!!

Yes.

On one side, everyone gives to everyone (or every couple to every couple), even as adults. The conversation has never been had.

On the other side, we have a Secret Santa and Stockings thing going, where every person will get one "good" gift, and a stocking of things (under €5, regifted, recycled, or handmade) - and every person organises 1 big gift (indicative limit of €50) for the person who they have drawn and stocking fillers for the other 10 (siblings and their various DPs, DWs, DHs). We've been doing this for about 10 years now.

As soon as my dm passed away db and I agreed to stop presents to each other. We only did it because it made dm happy, it was really daft each of us spending time and money on something the other didn't need.

Yes, I do. DB buys for me, DH and our two DC. Buying for him and his partner is the least I can do!

I exchange a token, book, chocolates etc with my sister.

DHs family decided to stop exchanging gifts a couple of years ago. Relief! Too difficult to come up with ideas for adults.

We don't exchange gifts with bil and sil, just exchange pressies for the dc. We do give a present to db though as he doesn't have dc.