How many Christmas presents to you give your kids a piece?

Question

And do you try and even your kids out by the amount you spend on each or just by presents?

Answer 1

Mainly by presents....one "big" item per child....probably around 30 presents a year...but we only have two children

Answer 2

One we set a flat amount we are going to spend on Christmas for ALL gifts. Second we first go and buy for the parents, teachers things like that then after we are done we take the amount left and go get for the kids. We usually spend about $1200 on the kids for Christmas and no to some what we do isn't fair. My step-kids are never here for the holiday so we usually get them 2 or 3 gifts that we know they will like and call it good and have them here when they come the day after Christmas. The oldest is married with kids of her own so she gets a shirt and the majority of hers is spent on her sons. With my three I just make sure they have the same number of gifts under the tree. My oldest is 14 so of course what she gets cost more than her brother and sister. If kids don't know how to count then it isn't a big deal but as they get older they see that brother has more gifts than me and often resent it. We usually end up with about 15 wrapped packages for each of the three under the tree. As far as Santa I still have two that believe so we save the big gift and that is from him and usually we save there because we make it something all of them will enjoy ( last year we got an x-box and games). The biggest thing with Christmas is to set a budget and stick to it, it is to easy to use credit and then you are still paying it off come next year and remember all the grandparents and other family that will get gifts as well. Most likely after Christmas you will have a toy store.

Answer 3

Well it's more like the age and how much does one child's toys cost. My boys are 10 and 4 so it's safe to say the older boy's toys are more expensive because they are complex ant stuff like that. So if he wants some thing that breaks the dollar budget for each child he will get less because of it. He wanted a Game Boy last year and that took up most of the money so he got 2 games to go with it and that's it. The little one is into toddler toys so I try to add to current collections, like hot wheels, so it doesn't cause too much clutter, etc. If you think one child is left out of something he wants you can always tell grandma or grandpa or aunts and uncles to get that one toy. This way you don't breal the bank. Usually the grandparent's are more than happy to get that one special toy just to be the bestest grandparent ever. See how that works?

Answer 4

with the new baby we have 5 children, in the past since my second youngest is only 4 and the others can count ...lol, we spend the same amount of money on the older ones and less on the younger one ,and we try to keep the gifts pretty even and of course babies do not know its Christmas so she gets to play with the paper and whatever other family members give her!! truthfully they are never satisfied;) but it has always worked out great.

Answer 5

ONE. And one from each family member. Otherwise they're drowning in stuff they don't need.

Right now I'm trying to keep the toys age-appropriate. When they get older I'll pay more attention to spending the same on each.

Answer 6

I have 2 girls I try to buy one big gift and maybe 4 or 5 smaller gifts. If its a gift that requires add ons I'll tell a family member hey I am buying this game boy and the girls want this game.

Answer 7

Dont have that problem since I only have one.. what I do however is i wrap each piece of clothes separately like a pants/ a sweater etc

Answer 8

All i get is 25 dollars. and i'm so grateful for it