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Christmas budget-am I.tight?

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clartins · 25/09/2021 09:03

Christmas- I spend £100-150 each on my DH, DD & DS everyone else regardless of who you are £20-25 and that’s it.
Reciprocal gifts from family and friends are usually around the £20 mark.
Are we a tight family or is this ‘normal’?

OP posts:
Daisy829 · 27/09/2021 16:19

@clartins I have a similar budget of approx £1k for Xmas. I’m like you I save all year & pick up bargains. I’d really like to spend less but I’ve streamlined it as much as I can. I have a reasonably largish family. I could spend less on my kids really. That’s the aim for next year.

loverloversweet · 27/09/2021 16:21

we are terrible at Christmas. we spend about £5/600 on each other and £200 on each DC. Family get about £100 each

CiaoForNiao · 27/09/2021 16:25

More than i spend.
Mine is more like £50-£60 each on the dc.
£10-15 on each of my parents.
About £5 on my step parents.
£5ish on nieces and nephews.

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