Do you give clothes as Christmas presents for younger children ?

[Fryingpan1990]

Daughter is turning 7 the week of Xmas, she asked for some clothes ( monsoon dresses / angel face tutu which is defo more than I would usually spend on one skirt )
Her dad is in disagreement that these are Xmas presents ?
So you give your younger children clothes for Xmas ?

My DC have always had clothes, of varying quantities, in amongst their presents.

25% off everything at the moment in monsoon but beware, they won't respond if you need help, all shops are shut.

I'd definitely buy something that we could afford as a special treat for Xmas.

I usually buy some beautiful clothes and put them under the tree... Christmas outfits..

I always get DS some sort of clothes. I wouldn’t get him parcel after parcel of just clothes but I do get him something branded or interesting. This year he’s getting a Superdry hoodie and some of the Simpsons vans collection. Last year he got some Fox (the brand not the animal) t shirts.

@NullcovoidNovember I know I’m still waiting for a refund from the 24th of October from them ! 🙈

Oh no, I'd be very wary if them we had one item sent wrong size and no Cs. I have did send it back and eventually got my money but its made me nervous of purchasing again.

I'm going to get my 5 year old a Xmas party dress, tights and shoes to go in her stocking! I know she will wear them Xmas day for Christmas dinner (although I certainly won't pressure her to get out of her Christmas pjs too early!)

[quote Fryingpan1990]@Bikingbear it’s one “ fancy party monsoon dress “ and a couple of their normal causal wear dresses.
She lives in dresses 🤣
She will not wear trousers no matter how hard I try haha.
She lives in dresses and dr martens[/quote]
Sounds very much like my DD until she was 10. She got lots of wear from Monsoon dresses with tights and boots. We had to hribe her to wear trousers.

Now (being 13) she still likes summer dresses but lives in jeggings and hoodies.

Yes have always given DD and DS a couple of clothing items even when they were very little. Other family members do too. Not party wear but something more practical/useful and maybe a bit better quality than usual (eg Next instead of Primark) Makes a change from toys and they both still love it, DS (9) especially. He will stop unwrapping gifts and try the thing(s) on! He gets v upset if the size is wrong and it has to be exchanged!

DD (13) had an Angel Face tutu for Xmas when she was 6/7. I thought v expensive but she LOVED it and wore it a lot including for a dance comp when she was 10. It now sits in her bedroom in its pretty box and I actually noticed her trying to squeeze into it the other day. Not sure of the outcome of that though!

In general for children clothes arent gifts (I never get the whole socks, underwear, daily clothes as gifts, those are basic parental responsabilities) but for 'special' item then it can be ok (like if they want a disney princess dress or their teams new football kit etc... stuff thats not standard daily wear that they requests specifically instead of something you need to buy them)

for adult clothes can be ok but I still avoid generic anything, like it would be a band/tv show tshirt or brand they love.

@mam0918

In general for children clothes arent gifts (I never get the whole socks, underwear, daily clothes as gifts, those are basic parental responsabilities) but for 'special' item then it can be ok (like if they want a disney princess dress or their teams new football kit etc... stuff thats not standard daily wear that they requests specifically instead of something you need to buy them)

for adult clothes can be ok but I still avoid generic anything, like it would be a band/tv show tshirt or brand they love.

just add teens can class as 'adults' too in my example... I have never known a 6 year old want dungerees or tshirts but a 15 year old may want Nikes and Supreme tshirts or a stranger things hoody etc...

(I never get the whole socks, underwear, daily clothes as gifts, those are basic parental responsabilities)

Socks and underwear help fill stockings. My two have stockings that don't look particularly big until you try to fill them. My youngest loves his Spiderman pants Santa left last year

@StandardLampski

Yes. My 3 years old best present last year was new pyjamas.... been mentioning it all year around... that's what he wants this year. He has no idea what toys he received

I ❤️ your 3-yr-old

My last baby is 27 now, but we have our first GC who will be 18 months old at Christmas - I am so looking forward to things like this!

(& yes, she will be getting some clothes!)

Both DD (8) and DS (6) love getting clothes for Christmas. DS has asked for Minecraft/Avengers T-Shirts and tops by his favourite YouTuber. DD has asked for half of the girls clothes from Matalan 😂 DD is a competitive gymnast so she always asked for a couple of leotards and workout gear as well.