don't really have a set amount.. We will discuss what to get, and get it.. We are getting a plastic climbing frame/cubby, then other odds and ends. The others will be about $200 for DD when I have finished, but she won't outgrow them for a few years cause they aren't toys/clothes, IYKWIM. DS will just get a few new toys, just so he has something new for him, instead of hand-me-downs. Will prob get away with $50 for him this year cause he will only be 4 months, so easily please, LOL.
For nieces/nephews, max of $50, but if I can get something for a lesser amount, then I don't keep buying to use that amount.. So one might get a $20 pres,and one might get a $50 pres and so on. Just depends what I find when I go shopping.
Last edited by Doing my best; November 23rd, 2009 at 08:12 PM.
We dont have a set amount to spend on DS. His first 2 xmas we didn't buy him anything at all as he was too young to care, plus we knew our families would spoil him cause he was the only cild in all families.
Last year we probably spent $150 and that included a big boy bike.
This year he has asked for a piano, a computer (kids laptop thingy) and kids CD player that look like a car. Plus DH wants to get hima kids digital camera cause he takes some awesome photos with DH phone. He will end up with more than that though, he will be and is way more 'spoilt' than we were as kids, but, he knows how to share and he knows not to always expect to be given new things, when he starts expecting things and taking things for granted he will be severely SHUT DOWN LOL.
We plan on having fun adn spending plenty of moolah on DS this xmas, and I'll probably spend about $30 on each of my nephews, they are only babies
I dont have a set amount. DD's first Christmas we spent about $200+ on her & I found it to be alot wasted but I learnt from that. Only buy things that will actually get used!!
DS's first Christmas I would have been lucky to spend $50 (maybe even $20... I cant remember what I got him but it was something that got used... like a rattle & books or something like that )
This Christmas DS is getting a little 6v quad bike that I got on special for $60 from Target earlier this year, I was going to give it to him for his birthday but didnt think he was big enough so he gets it for Christmas now LOL He'll also get a few stocking fillers, boys dvd's/books etc
DD asked for a barbie & the 3 muskateers toy cat or dog thing that moves & comes with the DVD so I've layby'd that & she's also getting a few stocking fillers like a barbie Wii game that was on sale & some sunnies she chose from a discount store... mainly cheap things but things she'll actually use.
Mine hasn't changed much from when I first replied. We still spend around $700 on the older kids, and last year we spent about $400 on DS2. This year we're going to get about $400 worth of stuff for the older kids, and then give them $300 each to go shopping with in the after sales to get clothes, shoes etc for themselves. Not sure how much we will spend on DS2 this year as he has so much already. I'd like to upgrade his drumkit though and we want more outdoor stuff for him.
We won't be spending much on Anelise this year as she will be 3 months old and already has so much, but we're going to buy her some little things and some summer clothes.
We don't have a set budget, but having said that it's been about the $300 mark each of DD's Xmas's ... This year in July we put DD's Xmas presents (that were on special) at a total of $210 on what's called a ** TOY LAYBY at Kmart ** where the layby has a condition that it can't be picked up before the 1st of December but must be picked up by Xmas Eve
... we like to get DD one big item so one item on the layby was $88.
25% of the balance is due by beginning of Oct !!
It has worked wonders for us knowing we had her Xmas shopping all over and done with in July and that we had a long duration to pay it off
We have also bought her some other gifts for Xmas that we couldn't get in Kmart, about another $50-$60.
Last Xmas we spent about the same, approx $300 (that year she got a $182 huge trampoline on special from BigW, that was on layby too then).
............. If we had more than one child we certainly ' wouldn't ' be able to afford to spend as much on each child !!
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but it was something that got used... like a rattle & books or something like that 
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