Budgets

[mumest1019]

Want to know how much other people spend on family (siblings, parents, etc) struggling as to how much to spend this year?

Some will spend hundreds if not thousands
Some will spend nothing
A lot will be in between

I spend about £30 Each two parents, brother and sil and nephew. Oh spends nothing on his family. They used to do a secret Santa and spend £100 (2 brothers&1 sister and wives) but it got silly ie exchanging money at Easter. Plus his parents passed away. Some years I go over for my parents or with my mum we do an afternoon tea sometimes and that’s about £15.

I don't have a budget, but I save from January every year and start Christmas shopping usually around September (although this year it was July). I have a lot of people to buy for (33 to be exact) and it wouldn't be affordable for me if I didn't save in advance and also get a head start on buying.

I also do my mum's gift shopping for her, she saves all year as well but I do all of her physical shopping for her as she has mobility issues, so I always have a lot to do to prepare for Christmas.

I love it though, my whole family loves Christmas, it is a big thing for us and we do go overboard but that's just what we do.

In terms of budget I don't personally set a budget but the combined total of what both my mum and I have spent this year would be around the £3000 mark.

We're officially finished buying (apart from the big food shop).

It totally depends on your income and family size.

I buy for my parents and 4 nephews and spend around £30-£40 on each of them. My DD gets between £300-£500 spent on her.

If I earned more I’d spend more and if I earned less I’d spend less.

We're on a tight budget this year so the amount we're spending is less compared to last year.

£20 on each parent and £10 on each sibling. Mine and DH siblings are all very young though so we don't feel we need to spend much.

We don't buy aunts/uncles/cousins etc any presents.

We spend £40-£50 for each of our mums (his dad is dead, mine absent).
£20-£40 on my sibling.
£20 on my stepdad.
£30-40 on BIL and SIL's joint gift because they don't get presents from anyone else (MIL gets them vouchers).
£20-30 for each of our three nephews.
£20 on DH's aunt.

We do spend a fair bit on each other though as we don't have children and have a decent amount of disposable income. Other budgets mutually agreed with everyone else. But I will sometimes go above if I see something someone will love.

Between us excluding our own dc we have 17 to buy for. We don't set a budget per person but our gifts this year range from £5 for a joint gift and £65 for an individuals gift. We make sure not to spend for the sake of spending and buy something they would like/want/need.

£50 on parents. £30ish on siblings.

We're stopped buying for adults in our family. We don't want stuff, and it's less stress all round.

Previously spent £50ish on parents and £30 on my Brother/Wife. Now I just spend £20 each on their two children. I'll buy mum a couple of small presents like a Christmas plant and photo of her grandson, but that's it.

In return they only buy for my son. Presents for me/DH come from each other.

£15-20 on parents and siblings
£10-13 on nieces and nephews
£50-60 on kids

About £80 each on two nieces, £35-40.00 on two brothers, and a few hundred for my mum. She's single, as am I (Happily. ) so we buy for each other.