How much do you spend on your DC

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How much do you spend on their stocking?
How much on presents?

£500-£600. I've only got one child though.

About £400 on the eldest, £250 on each of the others. They don’t get many toys throughout the year and we all love Christmas and love lots of gifts.
I don’t care what anyone else thinks

Dunno really, depends on need. They each get a big pile of books which accounts for a fair bit. This year maybe £200 each ish. Books, a main present of up to £100 and some stocking fillers.

It depends entirely on our financial situation at the time and more importantly, on what they've asked for and if I have any decent ideas. I won't buy things for the sake of it just to make up some arbitrary figure.

I also don't always spend the same on each of them I try to make sure they've got equal "wow" but that doesn't necessarily mean equal cash and I figure it's swings and roundabouts, if one does better this year, it will be the another next time.

Of course I've said around £200 each there but it has varied a lot over years. When we had less we spent less, kids were snake which helped. One year we got a HUGE train set on free cycle which we gave to ds1. He just have been around 4. He might complain about that these days, he's 14! But equally he isn't grabby. His gift this year is something he really wants but is expensive and he's saved up most of it and I'm putting the last £100 in for his present.

Dunno, I have more and less expensive years depending on what they ask for. I guess usually around £100 plus maybe £30 or £40 on a stocking. But last year more like £200 because one of them was getting a phone so we got something nicer for the other one too.

Definitely over a thousand on two kids.

Have a DS aged 7. About £150 this year. Last year was nearer £500 as I bought a Switch, a couple of games then some other stuff. Now he's into reading £50 of that £150 is on books.

Stocking has added up to an additional £30.

When you have teenagers, £50-60 really doesn't go far. It was so much easier when they were tiny!

We've spent about €1200 on ds. We can afford it. We have no debt. And he's our only child. Each to their own I think

I used to put about 20 a month away to buy and cover Xmas... Now we put more aside... We have about 700 at Xmas and that covers everything, days out, gifts etc.

However if something cropped up over budget then we would probably get it because we have the pot...

I can only do Xmas by saving for it.. I wouldn't max out the budget for the sake of it..

I dread to think tbh but it depends what they need / ask for. If it’s a big ticket item like tech then this obviously costs more. One dc is receiving a fairly expensive gaming device this year but the other already has one so just has things he’s asked for like Lego etc.

Gosh this all sounds like a lot?! Guessing the kids are older than mine as at 6 & 3 I'd really struggle to even find enough things to spend £100's on, let alone find the space to keep it all! Probably spent £150 between the two of them, (and we put £200 each into a savings account) but what we've bought looks like loads and could easily have spent far less. Family are very generous though and they'll have so many gifts from grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends, that I purposely don't go overboard as we physically don't have the space for it all! I'm guessing as they get older things will become smaller, and more expensive, so I'm glad we put money away each year for them now, as going by this thread, we'll need to use it for xmasses down the line!

Normally budget around £80 each including main present, stocking and a few extras but some years it's more, depending what they want/need. Eg ds wants a Nintendo switch this year as his main (£200) but dd wants a scooter (£40). Another year it will be the other way round. We have 4 so we can't afford to get them all expensive things every year.

I’ve never done stockings before but have fallen for the lovely B&M velvet stockings this year. Still no idea what will be in them. Very little in terms of value I expect.

DS1 & DS2 are both adults who earn more than me each month, so I spend less on them now. Maybe £100 each.

DD is still at primary school & we will spend maybe £300 on her gifts. We have no other family who will buy for her though, so everything she receives will be included in that £300.

Yes definitely gets more expensive as they get older. I’d struggle to spend more than say £100 when they were very little. That’s a pair of trainers and a tshirt these days.

I haven't counted and I didn't really have a budget In mind, just bought stuff here and there over the last few months. I'd imagine about £800? But I haven't bought him anything since his birthday in July and he's 18 months old and all his toys are too babyish now so just kinda done a new haul

Erm, her present from Santa comes in the stocking with a satsuma and bits & bobs, main present is £20
Also bought a few extra things that she will really like & enjoy, they come from me rather than Santa - probably about £50 in total
I'm am doing an advent present this year instead of a Christmas Eve box so she has more use - the new Christmasaurus book & some Christmas leggings.
Christmas is more about family than presents in our house, and I try to make sure she knows that Santa has a budget and doesn't bring everything you might ask for.

Less than 200 each.

There was a previous thread on this. Friend A thought Friend B's budget was WAY TOO MUCH but Friend B pointed out that she spent NOTHING on her kids throughout the year (no magazines, no gifts when out shopping, no clothes they didn't desperately need etc) which Friend A was renowned for so it actually balanced out over the year. Got me thinking, as we are probably in Friend A camp.

Eldest will be 13. We will spend around 300 on Christmas for him.

Youngest is only 5 so he gets around 120 spent on him.

Presents get more expensive as they get older.

Varies been £20 when little and up-to £200 now teenagers maybe a little more but can't afford to spend loads as other family members to buy for but dc also get presents from then
I try and put £50 a month away and use that for christmas plus a little bit more if needed

It's not really relevant what others spend. Everyone has different budgets and different circumstances.

Some kids get stuff all year round, some might budget more for Birthdays than Christmas, some may only get from their parents, some families share main gifts like consoles, some might get from half dozen Aunties and rich Grannies.

However I'll tell you mine will have about 12 things to open in total. Varying from selection boxes to main gifts.

Mine are teens and we just buy each other books and chocolates. I put a stop to Christmas presents when I started dreading Christmas in September
@JamMakingWannaBe, I agree there is a camp A and B. I am firmly in camp A, but have camp B friends who save all year to have a proper blow out over Christmas.

We don't spend a set amount, it depends what they want/need.
In the past we've spent £50 and we've spent £2000. We've got four DC but don't spend exactly the same on all of them. It evens itself out over the years.
This year is a bits and bobs year, nobody has asked for anything big so not spending a lot. Hoping to spend around £2500 on the whole of Christmas including all presents for us, kids, family and friends, Christmas trees, Turkey, and extras like new pyjamas etc.