We always spend the same amount on everone

Ceejay and Gracie get about £100 each
Parents get £30 each
Siblings and their partners £20
Nans £20

Nieces and Nephews £30

so overall its about £660

does that sound really tight as we used to spend about £1,500.00 on everyone easy when i was working full time, also I have bought some bits for the kids off of buying and selling sites granted they are sealed or in new condition but honestly i feel tight at this time of year

I dont really have a set budget as I just pick up bits and pieces as and when I see them.

You don't sound tight at all.

We spend about £20 on our parents,

£10 on ohs sis and bro and bil

£25 ish on nieces nephews.

Ellie will get about £100 and my eldest daughter who is 21 gets about £200 as shes an adult now and earns more than me and my middle one paul (14)gets about £500, as the stuff he wants is Megga expensive and his clothes are expensive too

It varies what oh and I spend on each other depending on what we want. He generally spends more on me as he earns a lot more than me.

I pay for us to go out for lunch on Christmas day which is around £500 (I put a bit away each month for this). Oh puts a bit away each month which covers most other things.

Me and my sis don't get each other anything as we're usually both skint and the arrangment suits us both.

I always end up spending more than I intend.

Stuart £150-£200
Caitlin £100 (though Stuart was a tit this year so it nearer £200 which im not impressed about)
Our mums £30-40 each
SIL £30
SMIL £20
FIL £30
Neices and nephews x3 £15 each
My cousins x3 £10-15
Distant cousins x2 £5-£10
Aunty £15
Uncle £10
Granda £10
Friends children x4 £10

That adds up to.... about £700!!! Thats more than id have said & also if I saw something £5 above budget id prob just buy it to get that present sorted.

I dont think you sound tight at all. I think thats an ave amount per person.

the boys depending on what their main present is each year £ 300 +
danielle this year will be lucky to have about £100 as have got some fantastic bargains mainly in the january sales
our parents average £50/£60 joint or even split if seperate prezzies
my sis £20 maybe more , her OH £10
my nephew £30 , i dont really keep count with him
OH neice £15
OH - it really depends
Friends £10/£15
i am the queen of bargain shopping i loves sales ! , thinking about it i have got loads for my nephew already and i dont think i have spent over a tenner ! ( thank asda disney cars sale )

god......well for hubby and my mother the limit is £10-20 this year, nobody else is getting anything except elijah who i think we have spent about £75 on but got loads from sales etc

might sound tight but ummm we have no money and could do without getting into debt

i refuse to get into debt over xmas so buy lots through the year or open xmas club in toy shop and pay up over months x

Christmas

We usually spend £20 each on OH nephews
Cousins £10 each
Aunties £10 each
SIL,oh bro £20 each
Parents £30 each
OH £60
Noah £200 even tho spent £240
Nans, grandads £10 each

But i Bargain hunt like mad so prob save about £30 on non immediate for christmas

Char

Rich £150
Lucas£150 but that will include his highchair and walker
Nieces £25 x2
Dad £ 50 we buying him a kindle together with bro, but we got vouchers so won't be that much cash
Mil£20
My bro and sil £10 bottle of wine, box of chocs and offer of babysitter ( we will get same back )
Russ sis £15
Russ bil normally a free gift or £5
Then we buy gifts for 2 friends kids which is £25 each
And £10 on our friends

But I do 3 for 2 on most so a couple will always get free present, mainly kids

Each other not sure we having anything,
We got £600 saved so will see

kids about £150

parents 30-40

siblings 30

neice/nephews 40

godchildren 20

grans 10

each other - nothing

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We have spent about £150 on each child (includes step daughter)

about £20 on parents

brothers & SILs absolutely sod all!

should have a nephew by xmas (hes due 16th December) so will spend about £20

not sure yet about each other as I have no spare cash at the moment but hoping to do some KIT days this month so I can treat him

You are not tight. I really am lol

I spend about £50 on Imogen (this will probs increase over the years but at the mo I don't want to spend more) we will spend the same on Joshua or near enough

£10 on our nieces and nephew as well as my two youngest cousins
£10-£20 on parents and grandparents and my sister &her boyfriend

We don't buy presents for Matts bro or sis (we all agreed to just buy for kids) or his grandparents and cousins (not that close to them)

We buy each other a sack of lots of little bits so probs £50 each

So all together £350-£400 if I worked it out right

We are going to sound uber-tight then, because we are just so cash strapped this year its unbelievable.......our money will be going on our kids, and nowhere else.

Prob about £100 each child, and something for the parents.....everyone else is not a priority this year.

That sounds mean, but I am having to be.....we cant have credit, and im not borrowing for one day, so it can only be what we have left in our bank at the end of each month.

There will be a new set of pj's, and an outfit for xmas day for the kids too.

Sigh.............

that sounds totally fine lisa! about the same as us (and thankfully we only have one baby this year - just had to spend a load on warm winter clothes/waterproofs and coats for all of us as it all got knackered last year in the snow too)

Im looking at 15-20 pound on parents as we have 3 sets of parents so 60 total
20 pound for my sisters so 40 total
10er each for 4 neices and nephews so 40 total
120 on caelyn and 80 on awen so 200
50 on OH

390-400 pound total? And I have to be tight as Neils earning sod all bonus atm so no doubt xmas is on me this year with the entire lot coming out my 1st real pay packet at end nov and I refuse to go mental over crimbo when I still owe my mum money and am trying to reduce debt. I figure ive got years ahead of me to get nagged for expensive pressies they wont know this year

on the kids it's whatever we can afford and can find that we think they'll like, rather than setting aside £100 etc

on sam i end up spending about £300-£400(he never spends more than £100 on me though)

on siblings, it used to be about £10-£20 on each and their partners, but because there are so many of us, and so many kids to buy for we now just do a secret santa instead, so only end up paying about £25

for the rest...again, no set amount, just whatever we find that we think they'll like

thats not tight. when you look at it its still 600 quid

thats what we are aiming for this year.,. as broke as ever

each other - what ever not sure,, but not going mad. just some thing to ope on the day

paige - £100
Trent- £100
all 'rents - 20 each (if we can do a joint prezzie even better) (perrys mum, dad n step rents plus my mummy)
perrys sister £20
nan- £20
my friend (also will be paihes godmum) £30
will (will also wil be a god parent) £30
n my friends two kiddies £20 each

We try to stick to a limit as we have lots of people to buy for
Lily £200 (max, may be bit less)
My mom and stepdad - £100 (they look after lily for us lots so we spend a bit more)
Dans mom and dad - £100 (they do loads for us too)
My dad and his wife -£40 (dont see them that much)
My bro and his girlfriend - £40
My step bros & partners - £40
Dans sis & BF - £40
Dans sis - £20
Dans nephew/nieces -£60
Dans bro & wife - £40
Dans grandparents - £30
People in my team at work £5 per person x 18 people = £90
People in Dans team at work £5 per person x 8 people = £40
Friends children - £50
Each other £150 each - depending on what we see

If i have added this up right it comes to £1190 which has given me a heart attack, will have to see where we can chop some off as that is loads!!

hannah - we have finished hers and added it up and it costs us 210. that was adding in an extra doll at 50 quid that we wernt going to get but ended up getting. so could have been less but there you go.

my mum - about 80- 100, just depends on what I get her really. but she does a lot for me and spoils hannah rotten.
my sis - 50
ohs bro - 50
his mum - probs same about 50-60
my cousins x 2 - 50 each (well thats what I tell oh once I buy all stocking fillers like pjs etc it probs adds up to more but Im very close to them. actually thinking about getting the eldest the new kindle this year which is 90 but if I do she will be getting NOTHING else and I plan to stick to it lol)
aunts and uncles x 5 - 10-20 each
ohs cousins - 40 each
my work secret santa - 20
my friends little boy - about 25

me and oh set a limit of 50 quid on each other.

so thats about 700 - 800. I honestly thought I spent way more than that im shocked. I suppose by the time we add on food and stuff over xmas its a lot more. we always have dinner at my ohs mums but we pay for it as shes skint.

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I used to spend hundreds, but when we had Aimee and I went part time and then had maternity leave again with Lily (and again with this one, lol!) it just got silly. We have cut ours right down.

Aimee & Lily - approx £100 each but try to get some bits through the year so it doesnt hit us.

Eachother - £50

Parents - £40 per couple (we have an agreement with my mum and step dad that we dont bother and we just have a nice meal or something after Xmas).

Nieces/Nephews (8 of them) - £10 each (used to be £20 each but it got silly with so many to buy for so had to cut it down)

Brothers/Sisters - £20 (this is for James's as we agreed with mine that we will buy each others kids rather than gifts for eachother that we will just shove in a cupboard and never use)

I used to worry so much about what we got, but I really dont anymore. As long as my babies have a wonderful Xmas and I know we have done right by them then im happy x

I'm dreading it this year as I'll have to buy for Dave's family on my own as previously I covered my side and Dave did his.

Amelia £200
My Mum £100
Amelia's Grandma and Grandad £30
Amelia's Aunt and Uncle £20
Amelia's Aunt and BF £20
Dave and GF £20
My Grandad £20
Friends LO £15
Boxes of biccies for friends £20

That's all I can afford so all that will get anything! I've already bought most of Amelia's which is good as I've not touched the xmas pot yet.

We don't have set really have set amounts but as a rough guide:-
Bethany - will be about £200.00 this year (including new jammies and Christmas day outfit)
Each other - £100.00 each
Everyone else - £250.00
so in total - £650.00 approximately

Oh lord, we're so mean.... and we both work full time... (then again, we do have 2 mortgages still....)

I've been saving up all year - trying to put £10 a week aside, but sometimes not been able to, didn't when on holiday etc, plus I save my Boots points up as well - we'll have about £450 total to spend. I don't think we'll get eachother much this year - it's not about that really, it's about treating Imogen and appeasing everyone else!

I have to say though, every time I look at that ticker, it makes me feel a bit sick in my stomach. The stress of it all is horrendous. I wish we could jut go through life treating people as and when we saw something nice, rather than having to go all out at calendar-specific events.

Erm not sure. I've seen the things we are getting Rowan so will just buy them. But his birthday is 3 days before Christmas so it's maybe more expensive this time of year. I think top of head £150 for Xmas and £100 for his bay. Hermione about £50-£60 Trev no limit will just buy what ever prob about £150-£200.

That's it he's buying his brothers and SIL stuff