Chrismas Presents?

I have enough. I stop when my inner self tells me to stop. Had to get one more after she wrote to Santa for it, and Santa (a post office employee) wrote back. Santa made no promises, but I couldn't resist that. Three toys and books.

From us two toys, and two packages of books. From Santa, a bunch of stocking stuff, a few books, and then 5 things.

It varies every year based on how much I spend.

To me, it's not about how much or how many, but what do they like? One fantastic present they love with a few to open is fine. Maybe $50-100 max. Or a few presents of the stuff they like. My son is into science right now so a few science kits would go over well.

We don't have a money limit. We are a cash only family. I start buying presents in August...

this year...we are doing the 4 present rule -

One you need
One you want
One you wear
One you read

They have presents from their aunts and uncle to open as well as friends. So maybe my kids will have about 12 presents to open up Christmas day. We also like to keep it to a minimum as my mother-in-law used to go WWWWAAAYYY over board and we would spend HOURS (no exaggeration) opening presents from her...each of us would get this HUGE box to open...

Since you are asking us - what's your limit? how many presents do your kids have under the tree?

We set a budget and go from there. My girls are young so I try to make sure they have the same number of gifts to open. This year they have 3 gifts that they will share. They each have 5 or 6 gifts including one from Santa. They get one "big" gift. Then they also have a stocking with the normal stocking things...candy, toothbrush, lip balm, gloves, etc. My parents get them something. My in-laws get them a few things. Their aunt gets them something. So, they have a nice holiday. Do we go over board? Maybe a little.

depends on the year and how much we have saved up. This year our kids each get 3 gifts and then I have some little stocking stuffers. This year we had $100 for each kid. They will get more stuff from family

It depends. We have 1 daughter and this year we bought her a condo and furnished it with cash ( no mortgage). Real estate is crazy and great here and cash deals are the ones that work. She views the condo in her name as a huge gift toward her future.

She has 4 gifts from us under the tree so far. She'll be here Christmas Eve for our traditional dinner and family gifts. On Christmas Day, she'll come over for traditional Christmas dinner and she'll have the traditional sticking which has old time favorites, and various money wrapped around candy, etc.

This is our first Christmas with her living away from us but she us here to visit regularly to do her laundry, etc. She's about 20 minutes from our home.

Her birthday is 12/27 and she'll turn 19. I have separate areas set up for birthday and always have. Right now I have 2 gifts from us for birthday.

We tend to purchase things we need during the year and when needed vs waiting for a holiday.

Merry Christmas!

Obviously this is going to vary tremendously depending upon the economics of each person's household. How many children are in the family. Etc.

For us, there "generally" tends to be in the neighborhood of 15 gifts per child (we have 2 kids). There is a general budget, and the gifts all come out of that. So if one of the gifts is a $300 item, then the others are MUCH MUCH MUCH smaller. Like... socks. LOL
We always include clothes in gifts under the tree. You have to buy kids clothes anyway, so why not wrap them up? They are prettier that way.

Oh... also, it depends upon the ages of the kids. This year, ours are 12 and 15. And the number of gifts went down b/c the price of the items went up. It is looking more like 10-12 each this year. Husband has about 5. He keeps forgetting that the mattress we bought was our Christmas gift to each other. :/

I don't count how many gifts. When SS and SD were younger, they got more because kid gifts are cheaper than teen gifts.

I have a ballpark in mind for what I can spend that year and that determines what I get people. I think DD will get about 15 things from her father and I and a gift each from her siblings. Santa will bring her something and the extended family will probably get her a gift each. Many of DD's gifts were bought on sale months ago. One of her gifts is a restored Little Tikes toy that a friend's daughters outgrew. It cost me elbow grease and a small replacement part from ebay.

IMO, you get what you want to get and don't worry about the 50 presents someone else gets. My cousin's tree can barely be seen from the piles around it and I think that's overkill. One year we wrapped too many things individually and DD got bored. So I no longer wrap book sets (example) separately.

Mine each get a couple of toys or games (only one expensive one), a book, pj's, socks, underwear, mitts, gloves, one or two articles of clothing, something useful (watch, flashlight, wallet), and stocking stuffers. So they usually have at least 12 gifts to unwrap, but a lot of it is practical stuff they need. They also receive a gift from grandma, and from my brother.

My kids are adults now but we used to try to equalize the perceived value of the gifts, not necessary the actual cost because I used to do bargain shopping early in the year and would sometimes get great deals. The amount we spend varies based on the amount we decide to spend. We still pass out gifts to each person and then go around the room to open them so we try to have close to equal numbers for the kids. the adults don't get as many so we "skip our turn" to watch them open them. My granddaughter is almost 2 so our focus will be on her. Since christmas may be overwhelming, she is getting a big check for her college fund and just a few small (4 or 5) presents to open on Christmas morning.

My hubby and I have gone back and forth with this this year. He is looking at dollar amount per child (about $125). I am looking at the number of gifts, kind of.

He wanted to get our son his first hunting gun. I am fine with this, but don't think it is fair to then have his sister opening a bunch of gifts and him having one due to cost (we did get a used one though). If it were a video game or Kindle or something he could use regularly I would be better with it, but I think that it would be a hard thing to be 9 1/2 and not really have anything to "play" with on Christmas Day, or anytime soon, while your sister (2 1/2) has a Little People set, a doll bed , a Dora toy and a shopping cart.

So each kids is getting about 3 gifts from Santa (one shared art easel) and about 5 from us. Since our son was an only child for a long time we used to do more, but he also was younger so things were less expensive and it would be things like hot wheels cars, Thomas accessories, etc. Then again, his birthday is in February, so we often would look at what we bought and set some aside for his birthday.

A basic budget for everything, including holidays. That's the only thing that makes sense to me. If however, I know they are getting one expensive item, I will save more earlier to make sure it's not the only thing under the tree. We don't count gifts though, I honestly can't tell you how many each person has without consulting "the list".

I have two kids, and it's usually between 10-15 wrapped presents per son. But then again I will wrap up a pack of socks.

I'm scaling back this year.

Usually spend 100 for each kid on physical items and then take them on a mini vacation or put them in an activity they really want to try

We've never been people for big-bucks gifts.

My objective, frankly, is to be impressive - to provide as many great-looking presents for each grandchild for as little money as possible. I try to set a Christmas limit of $50 per child. Sometimes that gets, um, stretched.

But what do they end up with? Books, art supplies, something that fits an interest if I can find a good bargain. Sometimes their gifts are in good used condition - which is perfectly acceptable in this family. They used to get a NEW outfit each, but I've had to let that go; I'll do that for birthdays, which are all spread out and better for the budget.

For my three oldest grandchildren, it will go this way: all of them will get books, a Christmas tree ornament, and a bit of junk food (this year it's maple sugar candy). One of them is into gymnastics; I found her a very pretty leotard for a great price on eBay. One is an artist, and took a watercolor workshop this past summer (a birthday gift). She loved it, so the art teacher helped me gather up painting supplies for her. The third one is a real doll-player (bless her heart), and wanted a baby carrier for Christmas - not a toy one, but a REAL infant car seat. No way was anyone going to spend that much for the dollies' transportation! But I found someone with an outgrown baby carseat - turned out to be the sister of my DIL - cleaned it up, added some thrift-store baby blankets in good used condition, and I think she'll love it.

Quantity? I try to make it all come out even. This year, I think the magic number is seven. That includes the little things.

We try to go overboard with creative ideas rather than with cash.

We don't really have a rule or limits.
We try to "work the list" as best as we can.

We usually get my DD one or two "big" gifts, then a bunch of smaller things like clothes, books, crafty/learning toys, etc.

I am a bit of a minimalist... I think that one fun gift is plenty, considering he gifts she gets from her grandparents, aunts, and uncles.

My husband is the type who loves to pile on the gifts.

So... We compromise and meet in the middle.

Santa brings 1 big thing. we buy about 3 gifts per kid. kids pick one for their sibling. .. so they get 5 items that mom and dad pay for.. grandma aunts uncles.. friends all buy them stuff so they get too much stuf..

I try to get my kids clothes they will need, as well as something to make (such as my older girls and sketch books/pencils) and something to play with. I also get little things for stockings. I used to also get a family gift like a game or something but things are tough right now. If I go overboard, it is usually with clothes.

And I do know people that go overboard, some whom really cannot afford to.

2 kids ages 3 and 7.
Santa brings 2 for each child - one for under the tree, one for in the stocking. I have 3 presents for each child, and my kids each buy one for each other. So 6 for each child at our house.

One grandma will buy 1 small thing for each child, and the other grandma will buy 1 toy for each child plus clothes. We don't have a big extended family, so that is it.

My kids are each getting about 8 gifts this year, plus a few small stocking stuffers. None of them are particularly expensive, though I didn't add up the overall cost.

We also celebrate Hanukkah in our house. so they received 8 gifts then as well (many of them small).

Both my girls have always been excited about getting pretty practical gifts. There's always a couple of just for fun things but clothes, books, boots and bedding are all under the tree this year and they will be thrilled.

This year each has 6 to open from Santa & Mom/Dad. I am a really good shopper so I don't think much about whether or not the amounts spent match, just the number to open.

shoot. i overspend always. this year there are less than other years but not money-wise. the older they get the more expensive gifts get. if i had to ballpark how much per child, i'd say about 800.

I've always tried to be "fair", spending about the same amount on each child or giving them the same number of gifts. I go way over board. I do very little for birthdays and other holidays throughout the year. If you count the stocking stuffers, each child would get a minimum of 20, sometimes up to 35. Many of these are gifts that are needed, for example, Santa always brings socks and mom always gives them new pjs, and stockings include body wash and chapstick.

My kids are getting homework for Christmas. We are too nice to do coal.

I have a budget for each child of 210 - $100 from us, $50 from Santa, and $20 from each of their siblings. However, I don't force the budget. If I go over on one because they wanted something that cost more, than no big deal. If I don't hit the 210 (like on the baby who only wanted a 20 dollar toy from us) I don't go spending hog wild trying to spend up to the budget. I only get each kid 1, maybe 2 presents from mom and dad. Then 1 from santa. 1 from 3 siblings.

Grandparents, on the other hand, go crazy.

Each of my children will be getting 6 total from me and their siblings, 1 big one from Santa, and small items in their stockings.

2 more from grandma, 2 from grandpa, 2 from God parents, 2 from great grandma, and one from aunt for a total of 16.

I spent about $100 on each child. Santa spent $250 each on older two and $30 on the baby.

We have 6 kids between us. We always get them each a new pair of shoes as a gift. Then 4 other gifts each. We try to stay between $10 - $25 for each gift. This year some are getting new blankets for their beds, they all are getting new pj's, and a few toys here and there. Then they get 1 Santa gift. We usually try to make Santas gift a big item, but this year, it isn't happening. Their Santa gifts are scaled back to something manageable financially. For instance, my 4 year old wanted a Barbie car like her older sisters. I found it on sale at Kohls for $19.99 and I had a 30% discount on top of that. That's her Santa gift. Our 3 oldest kids are getting sparring gear for karate from Santa. We will be celebrating Christmas a little late this year at our house due to schedules with our ex's. So our 4 year old daughter will be the only one home Christmas morning. I did buy her a few extra presents to open in the morning without her siblings, but all those extra gifts cost between $1 - $5 each. My jaw literally dropped reading some responses below with some giving so many gifts or spending so much money. I guess those people don't have 6 kids!