Christmas present for ex?

[Lennoxx]

Separated this year from ex and we are spending Christmas morning together to watch our children open their presents. The children will give him a gift and I will probably buy ex something small as I think he will do the same but what? What to get him and would it be weird to give it to him in front of our children?

Does anyone get their kids Dad/ex husband a gift?

Every year my ex and I get together with our two on Christmas Eve for brunch and for present giving between ourselves. I buy him a few gifts from me and the children.

Howevrr…. We are very amicable and often meet for coffees and chats about the children. If you don’t feel like this, then probably just best to get a token gift from kids to him

No, absolutely not. You can get him a gift from the kids, until they are old enough to do it themselves.

It's a bit of a standing joke between us that I always give my ex a packet or tin of Shortbread.

I think it blurs the lines and bit and might be a bit confusing for the kids. If you’re still spending Christmas together and gifting each other things then they may well question why you’re not still together. I would just avoid and get yourself something nice.

We will be divorced any day (just waiting on consent order) but living together until house is sold. I have got a present from DD to give to him which is more substantial than usual as he has no family so won’t get anything to
open otherwise. We are amicable-ish. I’m not getting anything from me but will get a case of his favourite wine with the shopping. Not wrapping or “giving” it though.

To be fair though we didn’t buy each other anything last year either.

I am separated but still living with my ex, was hoping to have moved into separate house by now but this will now be in the new year.

We will be spending Christmas together, and have one 9yo DS. We will get each other gifts and DS will help choose. Neither of us has much in the way of family, so I will make an effort to get him something, and he will for me, but it won't be the same amount of effort as when we were together. But we do still get on.

We did the same last year. I don't think this is confusing for our DS, he just sees them as gifts, we dont use gift pages to label who they're from.