Christmas presents for children's friends

[janeiteofthelivingdead]

What do you do please? DD is at secondary school now and has about 8 friends that she says will be buying her Christmas presents. I think that is too many for us to buy for! I've suggested that we just buy token gifts, eg: a tree decoration or a lipgloss and then make them some cookies or something but apparently that is geeky beyond belief.

I'd love to know how anybody else copes with this. She doesn't really get pocket money as such, we just tend to buy her what she needs and then she can earn "extra" so I can't really suggest that if she wants to buy them, she uses her own money. Any ideas/opinions gratefully appreciated!

so what sort of thing does she want to get them? equally what sort of thing does she think they may give her.
Now she is at secondary it might be time to consider pocket money on a regular basis so she has some cash that is "hers" to control rather than emptying your wallet every time she comes up with something like this.
personlly I found it very rewarding at 12 to walk home rather than take the bus as it gave me more cash at teh end of teh week. My pocket money was tied to the bus fares- so enough to take bus to school and buy small ammount of sweets.

I think that's about par for the course
I allow dd1 £3 - £5 per friend. One of her group isn't allowed to spend much money so knits something (e.g.hat/gloves/scarf) or makes sweets and wraps them prettily. No one minds.

And after that of course there's Easter....

Thanks. Yes, I think you're right Unisarah -we probably do need to start thinking about a more formalised pocket money arrangement! Where'sthehamster, I like the idea of prettily wrapped sweets; maybe less "geeky" than cookies?!!!

What do others do please? I don't want her to feel hard done by but I equally don't want to have to get into the pattern of forking out £40-odd!!!