Do you buy Xmas presents on behalf of siblings?

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Ie buy one for your dd to give to sister/brother etc?

oh, I thought you meant, "do you buy one for your parents and then your brother begs you at the last minute to put his name on the card and if you're really lucky, he might give you a fiver towards it at some point!"

LOL!

lol

I knew I had phrased it all wrong

yes
just a small thing from dd1 and 2 to dd3
and then to dd2 from dd1 and 3
etc

no they buy something themselves. quite sweet that they save their pocket money. dds each got ds a little lego thing when it was reduced in sainsburys.

No, but then again they do have a little Christmas Fayre thingy at school where they get someting very small for each other.

If it wasn't for that though I probably wouldn't, because I don't think they especially notice either way in the Christmas avalanche tbh.

I do with birthdays though and they seem to want to do it then too.

We used to buy gifts for each other but my brother (same one as referred to above) used to buy me books that he wanted me to read to him?

yes but that is because the boys are little at the moment, when they get older I wll be encouraging them to go and get a little gift for each other.

we haven't before but I thought now ds is 4 he might like to choose something small for dd (2) just to add to the whole excitment of xmas shopping

Sorry - to clarify, my DB was about 4 at the time. I think encouraging kids to get a little something for each other is nice. And if they're old enough to choose something, all the better.

I'll take ds1 out to get little things for dh, and the grandparents (only small things - like a box of Maltesers for Grandad, a packet of seeds for Grandma, etc) and help him to wrap them. He enjoys it, and I think it's good for him to see Christmas a time to give as well as receive. ds2 is too little at the moment, but I'll provide something "from" him to ds1.

I like to get my ds to do this as it encourages him to think about giving as well as getting and he generally comes up with very cute ideas for what his sisters would like (and what they could get him!!).

My sister gets her children to save £10 and then at Chrismas they do 'tree presents' for eveyone in the family. She supplements the money but they are always small things, often that they have made. The presents are on the tree and my D nieces give them out between lunch and pudding. It is a lovely tradition that I am going to copy!

DS loves choosing a gift for his Daddy and his sister. Last year he wanted to buy DH a Lamborghini so we bought him a toy one The year before that it was a hammer

Yes, DD1 (5.5) will get DD2 (20m) something, and I will find something for DD2 to "give" DD1. However, taking DD1 shopping for present to give DD2 normall degenerates into a tantrum becuase we're not getting something for her . Which I why I keep doing it [and bear it]!

no we don't do this might think about it though quite a nice idea to do the giving too!

Absolutely. I think it's really important. And a HUGE milestone for my dd was when she went and did her Christmas shopping by herself, and had surprises for everyone (ie, presents that she had chosen without help from dp or me) She was about a foot taller when she finished her secret wrapping session and put her presents under the tree!

Yes we do infact i gave DD money for the school book fair today and she came home with a book for DS for xmas, she's hidden it in her room, i thought that was so sweet, she's 4.3.

I don't, because I always fee quite sickened by the volume of stuff on Christmas Day and I don't think they would really notice one more present from each other, but I do it for birthdays.

dd (2) is going to give ds (4) the free lego that came with the Mirror

Nope!

We didn't do it as children but my sil did it with my nieces and nephews and we copied it with my dcs who are younger. As others have said it makes them think about giving as much as receiving.

Yes. As I have 4 children, I can't get something from each of them to give to each sibling so I get one present for each child which the other 3 then give (iyswim).

Oh, good point.

Probably not this year. Next year I think DS will be old enough to think about getting something for DD himself, and then I'll buy him something "from" DD for the sake of symmetry. But I doubt we'll do it this year.

I will do as soon as we give Tom a sibling, lol.

I have a problem with the sheer volume of presents on Christmas morning too - but that's why I make a big deal about the presents the dcs buy or make for other people.

DS is 5, DD 15m. This year I'm going to suggest that DS gives his sister his outgrown tricyle - still in perfect condition in our loft. I'm going to get him to dust it down himself and put a bow on it. I think they'll both be thrilled.