What is the average amount of Christmas gifts to get your children?

Question

How many Christmas gifts should a parent plan to get for their children? What is a typical amount??

3 kids ages 3,5,8

Answer 1

I think three or four gifts is a good amount. More importantly I think its good idea to teach children to give something back. Especially to those less fortunate than them. Ive seen children that were given too much and everything they want. They grow up and turn into very dis-satisified adults, always searching for something but never feeling satisfied.

Answer 2

its all situational isn't it? first, don't spend beyond your limits, and you have to remember to get them each a relatively equal amount.

a lot of people do Christmas for their the kids the way Christmas was done for them. but it all depends. my boyfriends family celebrates Christmas, but only give a few gifts. (especially now that him and his siblings are older, he's the youngest and he's 20) but as a kid he said they did it that way too.

my family always went all out at Christmas. we didn't really do gifts or anything during birthdays or throughout the rest of the year, so it's just what we did.

and it's not about the presents anyway. when my parents were struggling financially my sister and i never knew because even though there were less gifts, our house was filled with love and my parents always made sure we understood the true meaning of Christmas.

happy holidays!

Answer 3

I usually dont spend a lot on Christmas because I purchase gifts all year round, so I typically spend 150 on each. This is really a matter of personal preference.

Answer 4

My kids are 2 and 5 and I spent less then $100 each for Hanukkah. I'm sure as they get older their requests will get more expensive. When they are ready for big ticket items that I would most likely give them anyway, I'll give it as a Hanukkah gift so that they do not think that they can get what ever they want for no special reason.

Answer 5

I think the answer is, "what you can afford".

We spend a lot, too much really, on our child. And always have. But, we are fairly stable financially and usually buy gifts over several months to spread out the cost. Even so, when I start to look at everything we have got her, I am amazed at what we spent.

Answer 6

My kids get one outfit, a bottle of perfume, and some money. But they are 18 and 22. I figure if Jesus only got 3 gifts and it is His birthday we are celebrating, then that is all my kids need. I think that Christmas has gotten out of control, it really is a religious holiday to begin with, and it is time to get back to its roots.

Answer 7

I don't know how young they are, but I'm 18 and i know my parents don't really judge it on number, but on price. They give about 150 dollars of stuff to us on christmas,

but if your talking about young children, they always gave us about 7-8 fairly cheap presents, i think it all probably added up to around $100

Answer 8

It depends on the cost. This year I am spending about $65-$70 per child because I picked several smaller items they wanted (CD, a shirt, a board game etc)

Answer 9

heck im 15 and i dont hang out with my friends that much because they annoy me but

the younger the children the more you want to get them i mean it dont have to be all that expensive but i know that i am gonna get a computer and a tv for christmas since those are both broken lol

Answer 10

Tree to four small gifts and one big one so they will smile. Average 5 not to expensive though. The older they are15 and up the more they want money to hang with their buds.