Christmas Budget

Mishra

What is your families or your own Christmas budget?

I want to spend 300 total for about 9 people which doesn't include the girlfriend. I'm a Bah-Humbug.

My girlfriend looooves Christmas and wants to spend 700/9 people. She would spend thousands if she could.

What do you all try to limit yourself to?

msteinhilber

This year? Basically $50.00 total. Something for my son and something for my nephew. Like the past couple of years, our family isn't really exchanging gifts except for the kid's since a lot of people have been having rough times financially.

I'd love to be able to spend more and spoil my kid a bit, but it's just too tight money wise after this prior year for me. At least he's young (3.5 years) and doesn't really have expectations from Christmas and he'll end up getting spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa anyways

Hypntick

Depends on if I can find a job before then or not. I find a job, then it'll be in the 150 to 200 range. Of course that's just for my wife. I don't really have anyone else to buy stuff for aside from cards for family members. If I can't find a job by then, probably about 50 bucks.

Pash

msteinhilber wrote: »

This year? Basically $50.00 total. Something for my son and something for my nephew. Like the past couple of years, our family isn't really exchanging gifts except for the kid's since a lot of people have been having rough times financially.

I'd love to be able to spend more and spoil my kid a bit, but it's just too tight money wise after this prior year for me. At least he's young (3.5 years) and doesn't really have expectations from Christmas and he'll end up getting spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa anyways

I am glad to see we arent the only people doing that. It really works out well, big smiles on little faces is priceless. Watching me trying to put together lego star wars is also very entertaining

earweed

Took care of a LOT of nieces/nephews with <$200. Wife and daughter combined about $250. Everyone else can bite me..lol
Luckily I started shopping back in June so I got a little every month so I didn't really have a problem spending this much.

msteinhilber

Pash wrote: »

I am glad to see we arent the only people doing that. It really works out well, big smiles on little faces is priceless. Watching me trying to put together lego star wars is also very entertaining

Yup, I prefer it this way actually - only buying for the kid's. Otherwise you end up trying to figure out what to buy people and spend cash to swap gifts each of you may or may not use. I'd rather let the little one's enjoy it, spend time with family, and on the years after this once I'm not so strapped for cash I'll take what I would have ended up using to buy others gifts and get myself something I really want

Bokeh

We just buy for the nieces and nephews, and grandkids. The adults all buy 25.00 gift cards, and seal them in envelopes. Then we play Black Jack and the winner picks an envelope out of the pile. Keep going till they are all gone. Most are gift cards for Best Buy, Barnes&Noble, Cabellas, etc. So total budget is around 150-200 for all concerned.