How much has Christmas cost?

[Anotherloverholeinyohead]

And do you think it's worth it/good value for money?

My list

Presents £600 inc family and children
Food shop £150
Out for Christmas Day lunch £300

I don't think it's too bad and good value for money. My adult ish children will be very pleased with their gifts and I'm happy with the cost of food. First ever Christmas Day eating out so I won't know yet if we'll enjoy it or not - I certainly hope so because I'm loving not having to prep a Christmas dinner!

400 on presents
0 on food
Price of going out for lunch yet unknown

With presents, food and tickets to light show and panto about £4.5K 😬

Thats not counting Christmas tree, extra decorations etc

I've spent around £700/750 on presents for my 4 year old son

Then around £100 on presents for my parents

Then my parents are hosting this year so haven't had to spend a penny on food! (And they wouldn't let me contribute even though I wanted to)

Approx;

£800 for daughters presents
£300 for food and drinks
£100 new lights decorations etc
£100 Christmas eve eve cinema trip and meal out

I'd never eat out on Christmas day though, I think its really unfair as it makes people work it, who don't need to.

We did go to Lapland (Rovanemmi) too for a Christmas trip which was around 3k

£500 on presents for DC including stocking fillers
about £200 extra on food (we are hosting this year)
£40 on Xmas eve jammies and bath bombs
£250 on family presents

I have also spent about £150 on DH.

So including DH presents for me about £1300 all in. Mad when you think about it. This is a restrained one for us as I am not working at the moment.

£150 food
£350-400 on Christmas days out
£150 ( my half of DD’s presents)
£100 presents for others.

I normally budget £1k for Christmas but have just roughly totted it up and we have spent a bit more than that this year.

£100 on DH's presents, and his budget is the same for me.

£150 on each DD for presents and their stockings (two children).

£400 on other gifts for parents, nieces, nephews, elderly aunts and uncles, siblings etc.

£250 on food shopping, including hosting family for a buffet.

£150 between panto tickets and breakfast with Santa.

So around £1,300 all in. I actually don't think that's bad value for the amount of enjoyment I get out of Christmas.

£2300 on gifts for 10 family members
£200 on decorations and games
£400 on food
£150 on drinks
£3050 in total

Where are you going?

presents £1600 split between DS/DD and DH
parents presents £80
cleaners gift £20

food shopping
M&S £170
sainsburys £210

panto £120

Approx all in £2100

other bits like getting hair done and Xmas outfits are not included

Visiting friends in Nice for a couple of days then exploring the area on our own for a week.

Probably about £30. Which was something for DD.

Bit of a guesstimate because I haven’t really kept track but I think:

Approx £800 on gifts, 3 DD’s and one son in law, 2 dgc’s, my DM, , MIL, 2 great nieces, friend and nephew

Approx £100 on turkey and cheeseboard (we’re at DD’s for Xmas day and Boxing Day)

Approx £150 on booze, some to take to DD’s, the rest will last us ages

Approx £50 on chocs, nuts, crisps etc for us at home (just us 2 now)

NYE tickets have cost £90 (local pub party), drinks cost unknown at this point t but probably around £50/60 for the night

Dinner out on xmas eve, probably £75ish

Presents from me to DH around £150 but from personal spends so not from joint account so I’m not including that.

All in all, I suspect around £1300, so we’ve got off quite lightly.

Presents approx £400

Not sure how much is Christmas food, but have spent approx £70 extra this month.

Well, it wasn't 'good value' after all. Ds didn't enjoy his gift sadly. Never mind.

About £400 on gifts, £200 on (extra) food & drinks, but we've rented a holiday cottage with wider family so £350 for our share of that and costs for food & drinks are shared between us all. Terrifying that it adds up to nearly £1k!!!!!

Probably about 2k. That includes food, drink, and presents for me and my partner, l and our four teenage children. The presents aren’t all frivolous though - lots of socks, boxer shorts, clothes, toiletries, and things that I’d have had to buy anyway. Plus edibles that mean I’ll spend less over the next few weeks. I had new boots for work that I have needed for about a year. I was hosting, but we don’t have turkey so that works out a bit cheaper. Any leftovers get frozen and used up in Jan, so some of that money is advance spending for January rather than additional money.

I forgot to answer the exam question: yes, it was all good value for money. There was no waste on the food, and the presents were appreciated. We hosted guests, who enjoyed themselves, and we will be hosting more in the days to come - the money spent also includes food for that.

We didn’t go to any Christmas parties, and didn’t buy for many people other than children and each other. We still use our artificial tree, and spent nothing on decorations. I scoured charity shops for books for my presents - especially cook books.

Sounds lovely 🙂 husband and I exchange gifts. I also buy for my daughter, Son-in-law and Grandchildren (about £100). We tend to see family on Boxing Day and the Day after, so we could cook a meal that we fancied and go walking in Woodland with our dogs - Perfect 🙂

£500 plus drinks and tips for Christmas dinner out.
£2000 ish gifts, advent calendars, pyjamas, Christmas jumpers, costumes/clothes for parties etc for DC
£200 gifts DH
£700ish gifts DH's side of the family
£5000ish gifts my side of the family
£300ish gifts for DC coaches, scout leaders, teachers and friends
£200 Christmas trees, replacing a few decorations, cards, gift wrap and postage
£400 hosting various friends and family for drinks and food over the Christmas season
£500 on a spa hotel stay for DH and I to relax from the hustle and bustle of Christmas

It's a lot, it has definitely been a splurge year for us. I was suicidal a couple of years ago and it's been a long and difficult road to get back to a stage where I feel happy and excited and wanting to celebrate again. I feel like I've had a new lease of life and wanted to treat everyone who has helped me get better.
Although I have to say eating out might become a regular thing as I've loved not being in and out the kitchen.

I didn't add up presents this year, but probably about €600-700 in total (big family). And all from money I had already.

Food shopping for this week, including alcohol and a few bits on special for the next few weeks, was €400 spread across 3 trips. (I am limited on where I can get to by public transport and how much I can carry at a time, food is very expensive here, and I wanted a few treats for visiting family).

I needed a tree (€70, delivered), and a few extra decorations (probably spent €150 a bit will use those again and again). And a nice bunch of flowers €35.

That's about it for me - DH And DD had flights and trains to add and their present shopping.

We have spent more, and spent less, on christmases in the past. But it's always what we can afford from cash/savings, never going into debt.