HOw much do you spend on gifts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Christmas - $100/pp parents, siblings, nieces/nephews; $200-300 for our kids
Wedding - $200-300 for the couple
Birthday gift for kids' friends - $20 max
Birthday gift for siblings/parents/etc - $50
Birthday gift for our kids - $100-200

I'd say the amount is less about how much you earn and more about the social circle you're in and the kind of family you're from.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Christmas - $100/pp parents, siblings, nieces/nephews; $200-300 for our kids
Wedding - $200-300 for the couple
Birthday gift for kids' friends - $20 max
Birthday gift for siblings/parents/etc - $50
Birthday gift for our kids - $100-200

I'd say the amount is less about how much you earn and more about the social circle you're in and the kind of family you're from.

+1

+1. This is exactly us too. We don't spend based on our incomes because it would be unfair or turn into a spending nuclear arms race. Our siblings gift us $50 and we gift them $50. It's more about the present/thought/effort than the money.

[Anonymous]

I seldom spend over $25 for gifts for birthdays or celebrations at work.
I spend around $50 for baby showers.
$75-150 for weddings depending on whether I had to spend money on travel.
I do buy big gifts for my mom and my husband, like trips, fancy dinners or concert tickets. I'd guess around $250-500 each at Christmas and birthdays, although the trips usually add up to more than that.
$50 or so per person for other family at Christmas.
I also treat my all staff to lunch once a year and a small Christmas gift (around $10 each) out of pocket.