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how much have you spent on presents per kid?

208 replies

JaceyBee · 02/12/2009 21:33

am going through finances with dh and he was to learn I have spent £300 on presents for the kids, we have 2 so is roughly £150 each, this includes all presents from 'santa' and under tree presents from us. this will be it now though!

Does this sound v excessive to you? How much do you roughly spend per dc?

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said · 02/12/2009 21:35

Depends on age of kids and whether or not you can afford it. Tis easy to ontly spend thrippence ha'penny when they are young and/or you have a large extended family; it's not so easy when they're older and don't have many relatives buying for them

RichardCranium · 02/12/2009 21:36

have spent about £50 per child. So £100. Mine are 3yo and 21mo so was never going to spend more than that.

Doesn't sound particularly excessive to me, depends whether you can afford it or not.

LilyBolero · 02/12/2009 21:37

We have so far spent about £40-£50 per child, and will spend another £10-£20 on stocking.

We have three children though, so they have to get less!

LilyBolero · 02/12/2009 21:37

(To add, ds1 is 8, dd is 6, ds2 is 3)

DanJARMouse · 02/12/2009 21:37

We have in the past spent as little as £20 per child.

This year, although still struggling, we have managed to spread it around a bit, and have ended up at about £75-80 per child. (I have 3)

There are a few more bits I would love to get them, but what I have got them is lots of little bits rather than fewer expensive items, so Im leaving it.

My gran has sent a cheque for £100 today, so works out at £20 each (DH and I included) but we have decided to put it to one side and get new shoes for the kids in the sales after christmas but change the tags on a few of their presents to say "love Nana" and DH and I will buy ourselves something in the sales too.

allaboutme · 02/12/2009 21:40

Mine are 4 and nearly 2 and I have spent about £100 each on them.
About £30-£40 on a main present and then the rest on bits and bobs from Father Christmas!

I do feel I've gone a bit OTT actually as we have a large family and they will get plenty from everybody else too! Would have been more practical and sensible to spend £50 each... BUT we can afford it and I love christmas and they will be happy as pigs in shit opening all their presents so why not hey?

epithet · 02/12/2009 21:41

About £100 each - consisting of £60 for a biggish joint present and £50-£70 on 2 other medium presents each, book each, DVD each, stocking filler stuff.

JajasSupportingAnyFucker · 02/12/2009 21:44

Maximum of £80 each (DT's age 7yrs) and I feel that might well be too much. They don't know what anything costs so think you can get away with spending a bit less until they are older and more savvy.

LastDitch · 02/12/2009 21:46

I dont know how much I've spent but 99% is second hand...
Stocking stuff will be mostly new tho'...

The DDs are 6 and 3 and I reckon I won't be able to get away with it much longer...

I have bought far too much stuff but have been shopping since August and squirreling most of it away...

bellavita · 02/12/2009 21:46

Mine are 12.5 & 10 - we have spent around 350 per child, could be a little more. BUT, they only have my mum,dad and brother that they get other presents from.

SausageRocket · 02/12/2009 21:47

3 kids

About £100 each.

Much less than previous years.

SausageRocket · 02/12/2009 21:47

forgot to say mine are 7, 16 & almost 18.

ISawTortoiseFuckingSantaClaus · 02/12/2009 21:50

4 DC, 12, 10, 6 and 5. Around £150 each but i have got quite a bit 2nd hand so actual spend is less but i work it on what the items would have cost not what they did cost.And i have been buying bits for a few months now.
I tend to over buy because they will only get things from me. (Oh and XP1 will buy for his DS's but keeps the things he buys at his mums)

RumourOfAHurricane · 02/12/2009 21:52

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Fimbo · 02/12/2009 21:55

Well dd is getting a laptop which is about £400+ before I even add up the rest of the things. Hers will easily top about £600.

Ds is getting a ds lite console and again with other bits and bobs, probably in the region of about £300.

We too don't have many rellies, it is mainly just us giving them gifts.

BexieID · 02/12/2009 22:12

Have spent around £100 on Tom (3.7) and that was 2 wooden train sets from ebay 2nd hand, 2nd hand spinning top plus a few new things. Expecting DC2 xmas day so if bubs does come, have bought the BHS xmas bear. Bought the one 4 years ago when I was pregnant with Tom and he had that on his first xmas.

My parents got Tom a new bed (car one) for b/day/xmas and PIL have a present and are giving money for his CTF, as are BIL/SIL.

snala · 02/12/2009 22:13

Ds1(23 months) about £120.

Ds2 (4 monhs) about £60 and £60 into his bank account.

Didnt set a budget really, just got bits i thought they would like.

snala · 02/12/2009 22:14

months!

CybilLiberty · 02/12/2009 22:15

About £70 max per child, we ahve 3 and I would rather spend more on their birthday

thatsnotmymonster · 02/12/2009 22:20

We have 3 and are spending about £100 each on the older 2 (4 and 3) as they are getting bikes that I bought 2nd hand on ebay for about £50 each. DS is also getting hotwheels £20 and stocking and dd1 is also getting baby chou chou (£15) from ebay and stocking.

dd2 who is 19mth is getting a baby chou chou from ebay and stocking.

They will get quite a lot from family too.

Lapsedrunner · 02/12/2009 22:20

I spend about £50 max.....

Dominique07 · 02/12/2009 22:22

£60 on one 2 yr old.

Fimbo · 02/12/2009 22:24

Oh and I also have ds's birthday next week (dontcha just love December birthdays), and his birthday party on 2nd December.

gigglewitch · 02/12/2009 22:24

as yet - ds1 £30,(he's almost 9, b'day near christmas) Going to get animation station if I can find one at the right price - so far anywhere between £15 and £50?
ds2 £30, great debate on getting him a nintendo ds...
dd's presents (got everthing) are around £70. - age 4

Fimbo · 02/12/2009 22:25

Well clearly not the 2nd of December as that is today, 2nd of Jan.