How much do you spend on Christmas presents?

harrigran, ouch! I can only say, in the oft heard words of my DH (Yorkshire through and through) - " 'Ow much?! "

I've just consulted the oracle spreadsheet (how sad am I? ). Last year I spent £460 on presents for 22 people, many of them bought on offer, 3 for 2, etc, so the value of said gifts was £690. I'm quite proud of my bargain hunting! DH and I, the DC and DILs do a Secret Santa now and just buy/get one present each for £30, so that's cut down the expense considerably, as well as making present buying much easier. Though I do still make up a stocking for any adults here on Christmas morning, and they can be surprisingly costly!

From what I've got so far, I think I'm going to be spending around £600 this year - we've an extra DGS for starters!

About £4,000 which includes the Christmas meal as it is a gift to all family members.

As a family we ageeed not to buy ‘proper’ gifts for adults now, although we do give a small gift to any adult we see on Christmas Day, a little more to whoever is hosting. We usually get a small gift from thengrandchildre, often home made. Mr C and I sometimes buy each other a small gift, sometimes nothing, sometimes a joint gift, depends how we feel each year and how the budget looks. Grandchildren have a top budget of £50 each. Only 3 of them. There are two or three friends we exchange a token gift with, usually something daft or edible. Overall it’s usually about £250. Not sure if that makes us mean ?

I don't have many presents to buy but usually about £50- 100 a head and more for DH- comes to about £750.

If I'm honest? Between £2,000 - £3,000!

To my great relief our family now do a Secret Santa for adults, we set an amount and all do a wish list. Cuts my present buying down a whole lot. It wasn't ever about the money but the sheer hell of choosing them all gifts.
I now only have buy the Secret Santa and then half a dozen grands and Grt grandchildren. It also means I can spend more on them but I don't have a budget just what I think they'll like.

I spend £50 each on my DDs (sometimes they and their OHs receive a joint present that comes to about £60). Otherwise I spend about £10-£25 on their partners.

GC (7 of them!) get a present valued at about £30.

OH and I usually get something for the house (a stick vacuum this year - how romantic!) . or contribute to a joint present each with the DDs.

Siblings get a poinsettia or similar sent to them.

That's it - I'll just do the maths............... (sounds of brain wheels turning!).....c. £500!!!! I have never worked it out before and am beginning to wish I hadn't!