How many people do you buy presents for?

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A few years back I decided to really streamline my Christmas present buying and now only buy for my kids and their grandparents (2).
Everyone else seems to have loads more people to buy for and I was just interested in how many people you buy presents for.
Just to add, I did make it known that I was streamlining the present buying. I would not want anyone to get me a present

Usually 25 between DH and I, and that just family (so parents, siblings, siblings partners, nieces, nephews and a grandparent each plus a few godchildren
This year, 20, as my mum, my siblings and their partners are doing secret Santa. Thank god 😂

Husband, adult son, adult step son, step son’s live in girlfriend, my best friend, best friend’s two teenage daughters and their dog.

I’m from a very large family. I used to try and buy for everyone (23+ people!) but it got started getting silly expensive (and stressful) as the years have gone on, so we stopped doing that 4/5 years ago. It’s not sustainable and once our dcs came along, I wanted to spend ££ on them instead!

I buy for my dcs and dh and the younger nieces and nephews. So, about 6/7 people.

I don’t buy for siblings or older nieces & nephews. I also stopped buying presents for my mum & dad a couple of years ago. They just don’t need anything and we’re always tell us off for buying them stuff!
Dh and I take them out for a nice meal and a couple of drinks instead, which they really enjoy, as they don’t go out for dinner often. I get them little gifts every so often throughout the year though. Slippers, flowers for the garden, a new book, things like that.

Oh I forgot a few, employees, our accountant and a couple of our nearest neighbours, so back up to 25 🤣

Nephews and niece and DS and wife only. I can't afford to spend a fortune over Christmas. I have become Scrooge in latter years,

Mum
Dad
Nan, grandad and aunt
Godparents
Sister
Brother
Sisters partner
My cat
A gift for the charity toy bank for kids

This year, zero.

Plan to take two aunts to a garden centre in the spring to get stuff they'll want.

17 in total - DD, DH, Mum, Dad, MIL, Brother, Sister, SIL, BIL, 2 x Nieces, 3 x friends, 3 x godchildren. I'll also buy little token gifts for dog boarder, dds singing & drama teacher and my hairdresser. I've no interest in streaming it down. Love giving and receiving presents 🙂

I've done the same:
Dh, my 2 kids, 2 nieces, 2 nephews. There's a new baby in the family this year so I'll buy for them too.

Dh, 2xDC, mum, dad, sister, BiL, 2 x nephews, DC's nanny, friend's 2xDC - so 12.
DH buys for his side.
Plus edible token gifts for 11 work colleagues (my team) and 2 x DC teachers.

Two people - DP and my mum

Two - DS and Dnephew. We've stopped buying presents for adults and am relieved.

DH, son & his boyfriend
sis & BIL, 4 nieces & nephews
sis & BIL 2 nieces & nephews
bro & SIL
mum, dad, stepmum
MIL & FIL
money for grown up nephew
2 friends
work secret santa
token gifts for a few people in work, our neighbours who take in our parcels, window cleaner etc

3 adult children
2 grandchildren
That's it.
Stopped all unnecessary buying years ago ...thankfully!

I’ve just sat here and worked it out. My parents, his parents, each other my sibling, sibling partner, his sibling, sibling partner, nephew, grandma x2, grandad, our kids. That comes to 15

With friends I’ve just counted around 12 in total.

So that’s 28. Fucking hell. And that’s streamlining! I try to do fewer friends now, or at least the friends just a box of chocolates and the kdis get better presents.

Not as many as most of the people on this thread. Some of these are bringing me out in a cold sweat!

5 children - big gifts, lots for them
Parents - about 3/4 small things for both
MIL - one small thing
My brothers + BIL - 1 small present each
Nephews and nieces - a small present each
DH - we get each other 1 big gift every year

Don't do Christmas presents with my friends thankfully!! We make birthdays very special instead 😁

None. Gave up the fakeness that is xmas many years ago. Escape to the slopes every year. I do remember what it was like though. The panic of buying, the panic of spending my money (didn't have much then), the thought that I preferred our usual family dinners.

DD
DH
Mum
Dad
Brother
Brother’s gf
MIL
FIL
SIL
Friend and her son
Other set of Friends’ two kids
Grandmother

No nieces or nephews, and don’t buy for anyone more extended but some of my aunts might buy something for us/ DD.

3 people to get proper presents for, plus the work Secret Santa

Wish there were more tbh as I enjoy buying presents, but I have a very small family and most of my friends don’t really exchange gifts.

Too bloody many!

My kids (2)
DH
My Mum
MIL
FIL
SIL
Aunts and Uncles (5)
Nieces and Nephew (3)
My cousins’ children (5)
Work secret Santa
DCs’ teachers (5)

DH
2 adult DCs and their partners
2 grandchildren

Apparently between 18 and 20. I’ve never counted, but wouldn’t have guessed it was so many.

Husband
Two sons
Two daughters-in-law
Five grandkids
Six great-nieces and nephews
My sister and brother-in-law if I’m seeing them
Two friends