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Really panicking that the Dc won’t have enough!

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Foxton20 · 05/12/2019 13:41

Dh has taken it upon himself to do the Xmas shopping this year because “I go over the top”.

He’s gone for quality over quantity.

Dd11 has-

Holister jumper
Vans
2 x tshirts
Anne frank book
Reed defuiser
Starbucks mug
£10 Starbucks voucher
Another book
Wreck it journal
Cajigprahy set

Ds10 has-

Nintendo Ds which he wanted
Nintendo game
Youtuber merch
A book about space
Guinness world record book
Nasa top
£10 Greggs voucher 😂
Another Ds game

Dd3

Barbie set
Cinderella doll
Book
Pants
(Not finished her yet)

I’m in charge of stockings and no idea what to get?!

I want to get the exploding kitten game for ds.

I’m worried they will be disappointed 😩

It’s most of their stuff off their wish lists

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Lovemusic33 · 05/12/2019 14:12

And I’m not sure why people think your boasting 😐😐, seems like a pretty acceptable amount (not too much, not too little).

3littlemincemeatpies · 05/12/2019 14:20

MN is so funny at times...

It doesn’t matter how many times it’s pointed out that a forum as large as this is going to have diverse opinions you still get the people that can’t understand different folks do/think different things...

OP it is plenty but I would be twitching at this list and you definitely don’t sound like you are boasting.

However the twitching might also be to do with the amount of control you have had in the decision making process for gifts, I think I’d feel quite down in the dumps if choosing and buying for my girls was taken off me as I love it.

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Foxton20 · 05/12/2019 15:03

That’s how I feel. Like I haven’t had much say, but it’s everything they would love.

And yes clothes are soemthing that you buy as a parent but it doesn’t mean they need named clothes, especially if they are expensive it’s a nice gift.

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OakleyStreetisnotinChelsea · 05/12/2019 15:08

Well I get my children one present each plus stocking so I reckon yours are fine.

E.g. this year one of mine has

Present: running watch.

Stocking:

2 books, nice bath stuff, small Lego set, sweets, new wash bag.

That's the lot.

Oblomov19 · 05/12/2019 15:13

Are you serious?
Disappointed? Hmm

Teachermaths · 05/12/2019 15:18

I'm in the one present plus a small stocking camp too.

My 3yo is getting a castle. Then stocking with book, new pants, new toothbrush and toothpaste, small jigsaw and chocolate coins.

Lovemusic33 · 05/12/2019 15:35

To those who only buy one gift and a stocking “do your kids get gifts from other people?” When I was a child my parents didn’t buy me much, just one main gift and then a few small things (selection box, pj’s, slippers) but we got gifts from lots of other people, aunties and uncles, grandparents, close family friends etc.. so we still got quite a bit. My dc’s don’t really get much from anyone other than me.

Ragwort · 05/12/2019 16:06

Clothes make great presents, why shouldn’t they? Something a bit more expensive or ‘special’ than usual is a great gift, my DS would always ask for clothing, he was delighted with his Calvin Klein boxers last year that my mother bought him Grin.

Lovemusic33 · 05/12/2019 16:10

Exactly Ragwort my dd asked for clothes so I bought a few nice items that I wouldn’t normally buy, she needed a hoodie so I got her a labelled hoodie as her main gift. I understand that younger children may not be as excited about receiving clothes but I think kids age 8+ often like getting clothes. My youngest has ASD and just loves unwrapping things, she doesn’t actually need much so is happy to unwrap clothes (which she needs), t shirts with funny slogans on and funky leggings.

irregularegular · 05/12/2019 16:17

What makes you think this isn't enough? What are you comparing it to?

Elbeagle · 05/12/2019 16:18

What did you get them last year?

MoonlightBonnet · 05/12/2019 16:22

He’s spent loads more on the boy than the girls, hasn’t he? That would really annoy me.

Atalune · 05/12/2019 16:43

Well I clothe my kids, obviously. But DS is getting a a couple of Nike tops that are expensive and he will love. Ditto for DD.

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Foxton20 · 05/12/2019 17:00

Not really, his Ds was £90 and And his games were £10.

They have had roughly the same, holister hoodie was £45, vans £40 etc

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gamerchick · 05/12/2019 17:07

Yes, they are. However it's what we can afford so do fuck off, he needs clothes and so I'm getting some for him. He's asked for the game and the sweets and he's getting what he has asked for

You're a very angry person. They had 'best be pleased with it' and telling randoms to fuck off. There's nothing wrong with your list Hmm

You got ds games for a tenner OP? That was a lucky find. Send him more often Grin

It is the twitch what you've got though. It's a strange feeling.

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Foxton20 · 05/12/2019 17:10

Honestly it’s driving me sane, like my but quenches at the thought 😂😂

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Bansku19 · 05/12/2019 17:21

We are giving clothes and bedding for dc but then too many presents as well. I have gone overboard this year.

rhubarbcrumbles · 05/12/2019 17:21

You're a very angry person. They had 'best be pleased with it' and telling randoms to fuck off

I get angry when random people try to tell me that I shouldn't be getting clothes for my DCs for Xmas as it's an obligation to buy clothes and not something I should be getting them for Xmas. Yes, they'd best be pleased with it because they are getting gifts and they should be appreciated.

Stevienickssleeves · 05/12/2019 17:25

A reed diffuser and a starbucks voucher seem quite odd pressies for an 11yo to me

scorpido · 05/12/2019 17:31

Everyone has differing views on this though don't they? And nobody is right or wrong really.

For me, Id buy more. A lot more. Because I like to, I can afford it and I go a bit mad at Christmas and always have. I make no apologies for that and I will continue to buy what I buy.

For others, it's too much. And for others still, it's perfectly acceptable and enough.

So it's hard to get the 'right' answer on mumsnet

I personally wouldn't buy clothes for Christmas though.

rhubarbcrumbles · 05/12/2019 17:39

I personally wouldn't buy clothes for Christmas though.

In an ideal world neither would I but needs must.

SatsukiKusakabe · 05/12/2019 18:07

I think it’s harder as children get older interests change and they are less into traditional toys for it to “feel” right - I know I struggle a bit with my 8 year old as though I know he’ll be happy and getting what he wants, I find it difficult to accept that he’ll be ok without a teddy bear or a big truck this year, maybe there’s a bit of that to it.

Youseethethingis · 05/12/2019 18:09

I’m your DH in our house and DH has the chronic “poor DSD always misses out” big time. We got her just about everything she ticked in the catalogue, leaving some of the less expensive items for other family members who have asked what to get her. She’s had around £500 spent on her between her birthday and then Christmas the following week (not to mention the thousands of pounds her mum routinely spends) but he’s got the twitch, wanting to buy more and more crap so that she doesn’t “miss out”. What he thinks she should have that she doesn’t currently is anybody’s guess. He would just be spending for spendings sake.
However if she actually complained Dudley Dursley style about what she’s got, I think his heart would break at how she has been ruined. But she always seems happy and I think she would be even happier with a lot less. Too much stuff is a burden for kids IMO.
OP, your DH has done well and your kids are very lucky Xmas Smile

CoolShoeshine · 05/12/2019 18:10

I’d definitely buy clothes! Stuff like Hollister makes a great present as it’s more expensive and ‘cool’ than say a Sainsbury’s top. If I never bought my kids clothes as presents the teenagers wouldn’t get much.