Average Christmas spend £748?

But for how many people? Someone has a lot of my share.
perhaps the

Posted too soon. ignore "perhaps the"

DH, DSX2, DIL, DGD, Great Nephews and Great Nieces x10 and Step Grandchildren x 5 .....yep, I reckon that's a reasonable estimate!

I reckon that if you include presents for DW DH DS DD DIL SIL GC x 4 , plus Christmas food & drink we easily spend that much.

I agree with Mr WB, although I really don't want to work it out!

I know we do and I'm very grateful that we can.
I do my little bit for people who can't in gratitude for our good fortune.

Phew, I was feeling really extravagant as we also spend at least that much over all!

But Christmas spending is more than just presents. There is the food, drink, parties and/or meals out, new clothes, even the break in Gran Canaria. If you take into account all the extra spending over Christmas, I am sure the average is over £700.

In our house its a lot less than £748, maybe we are just scrooges. We agreed to the Secret Santa for all the adults so that all our grownup/just starting out grandchildren don't spend lots of money on presents so that only leaves 4 littlies to buy for.

Well over that in this household anyway.

Over that in ours too. I think it's best that I don't reckon it all up. ?

Not me

Nor me.

Nor me. I have bought few presents this year, really. I think this is actually the first time it's dawned on me just how unnecessary the buy-fest is. Some toys and clothes for the wee great-grandson, and a couple of bits for pals who I know will have bought for me. These are mainly little things that are more just wee gesture than anything else.
I'm just so aware that there are so many families who are struggling just now. It seems worse than ever this year.

I know I don't need to justify myself and we need to note that the figure quoted is an average, but I have 10 GC and step GC, if I spend £40/50 on each, and only one is not school age,that is a big chunk. I have friends who spend £500 on each member of their family which includes GGC, They are the most generous couple, to their family, friends and their church that I know and they get enormous pleasure in sharing their largesse,

sad that xmas revolves around the cost, its the thought that counts not how much you spend.

I was glad to read that figure, because we spend about that and I was feeling guilty about it that it was too much! As the family grows with son's and daughter's partners/spouses and more grandchildren and the extended family, I don't cut down on what I buy a child because another one has come along, so the amount grows each year. We don't like to stint on the food and drink either.

as long as people spend within their means ,whether its £10 or £100 a head for presents is irrelevant ,its THEIR choice .When someone else starts to pay my bills they can criticise how I spend MY money .People aren't religious nowadays so Christmas IS all about presents and parties and food,sad ...but thats how it is .Ask any mum or Granny what the best bit of Christmas is and they'll tell you seeing the happy wee faces ripping paper off presents.I love giving nice things to the people I love so anyone who wants to curtail my spending is not likely to succeed

We have stopped buying for DH's siblings and their children. Got fed up of never receiving thanks in any form. If they can't be bothered then neither can we! Oh that does sound very bah-humbug which we are not!

sounds harsh but i spend what i spend! i usually try to stay with about £25 per person [daughter, son and 4 grandaughters] and a bit less for friends i exchange presents with [down to only one these days unfortunately] however i usually spend a bit more on the granddaughters who live with me.
food shopping these days is shared between my daughter and i but i still find we spend quite a lot at christmas time.
some of it is the chocolates, etc what we traditionally buy and some for the ingredients for granddaughters to make sweets - also a tradition in my family.
but christmas is one of the events during the year which we look forward to and celebrate as much as we can. hang the expense - you're a long time dead!!!

Quick mental tot up.
Pressies for H S D and her SO. GCx2 great nephews x2
Food n drink
I tink in my case you can halve the £748

Boolya,,its not about the thanks ,that just makes YOU feel good,s about whether you care enough about the people in your life to give them a gift .My other half doesn't like christmas ,he wouldn't buy any presents for anyone ...so I buy for his family ,always have ,and my sisters grandaughter and my friends grown up kids and .........I like giving ppresents .

I was an only child, and both parents no longer here. My oh is not close to his brothers or we do not even send cards to them. I have a daughter,sil, 2 gs, so of course buy for them ,oh, his daughter, a friend, and an elderly neighbour so that is my present buying. We don't really drink, so have last year's bottles ( except perhaps for Baileys ) we don't go mad food wise and don't eat meat but we do buy nibbles and other goodies. I've made the cake and making mince pies etc. But it certainly wouldn't be in the £700s but we don't really set a budget.

mumsy, I don't think that it necessarily means that Christmas revolves around the cost - just that someone did a survey about how much we spend having, a happy time.

Like Ann, we have a large family to buy for and to feed and water and rhat all costs money.