How many Christmas presents are your kids getting, and from whom?

[Anonymous]

From us / Santa: 4 toys. PJs, books, and ornament on Christmas Eve. Stuffed animal, doodads, & chocolate in stocking. Advent calendar.

Another 10-12 presents between relatives.

[Anonymous]

Our kids get a bunch:
-one big gift + stocking from Santa
-a few from us
-a few from each set of grandparents
-something from each uncle/aunt set

I’m not concerned. We don’t buy toys outside of Christmas & birthdays, my kids actually play with the toys but aren’t bratty about asking for stuff, we donate or pass on outgrown stuff as needed, and no one is spending excessive money on the gifts. My kids look forward to giving people the gifts they make as much as they do to receiving gifts.

[Anonymous]

We have 2 girls - 9 and 5.

The 5y old has about 6 items in her list for Santa and will get it all, plus 2 or 3 from us. Maybe 2 or 3 from others (family/friends).

The 9y old has 3 items in her list for Santa (she pretends she believes and we pretend we believe she still believes) and will also get all. I got her a VERY, VERY, VERY expensive experience and told her it was our gift to her for X-mas. That is it. She will probably get 2 or 3 items from others as well.

They will get small things in the stockings.

And one other gift from Santa to both of them.

[Anonymous]

Give as many or little gifts as you want and don't worry about what anyone else thinks or does. My kids are getting less gifts than previous years since they are getting older and the gifts are more expensive. You really needs a point system and formula to figure out if your christmas morning has the appropriate amount of giftage. How does 2 video games, a board game and a book rank against a go pro? I mean, it's only one $400 gift.These threads every year on every message board on the internet are so stupid. Yet here I am...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give as many or little gifts as you want and don't worry about what anyone else thinks or does. My kids are getting less gifts than previous years since they are getting older and the gifts are more expensive. You really needs a point system and formula to figure out if your christmas morning has the appropriate amount of giftage. How does 2 video games, a board game and a book rank against a go pro? I mean, it's only one $400 gift.These threads every year on every message board on the internet are so stupid. Yet here I am...

Well little kids love the magic of lots of little gifts while older teenagers are mature and appreciate one expensive gift, (go pro).

[Anonymous]

Zero, unless their Christian friends buy them some. We don’t celebrate Xmas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give as many or little gifts as you want and don't worry about what anyone else thinks or does. My kids are getting less gifts than previous years since they are getting older and the gifts are more expensive. You really needs a point system and formula to figure out if your christmas morning has the appropriate amount of giftage. How does 2 video games, a board game and a book rank against a go pro? I mean, it's only one $400 gift.These threads every year on every message board on the internet are so stupid. Yet here I am...

Well little kids love the magic of lots of little gifts while older teenagers are mature and appreciate one expensive gift, (go pro).

Teenagers still like the magic of christmas morning But that wasn't my point. Number of gifts means nothing. Smug parents claiming to only give their child 5 gifts are rolling up with a $200 Frozen 2 castle. That could easily be exchanged for 6 gifts. Then oh no! Smug parents have 11 gifts and that is way to many to be labeled as an instagram martyr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give as many or little gifts as you want and don't worry about what anyone else thinks or does. My kids are getting less gifts than previous years since they are getting older and the gifts are more expensive. You really needs a point system and formula to figure out if your christmas morning has the appropriate amount of giftage. How does 2 video games, a board game and a book rank against a go pro? I mean, it's only one $400 gift.These threads every year on every message board on the internet are so stupid. Yet here I am...

Well little kids love the magic of lots of little gifts while older teenagers are mature and appreciate one expensive gift, (go pro).

Teenagers still like the magic of christmas morning But that wasn't my point. Number of gifts means nothing. Smug parents claiming to only give their child 5 gifts are rolling up with a $200 Frozen 2 castle. That could easily be exchanged for 6 gifts. Then oh no! Smug parents have 11 gifts and that is way to many to be labeled as an instagram martyr.

You can also reduce the number of gifts by referring to things in stockings as "doodads" or whatever.

[Anonymous]

We spend about a thousand per kid. Sometimes a little more or less. DH insists on spoiling our kids, he feels bad for always being at work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4 from DH and I, one from their sibling, one experience gift from the grandparents.

Do your kids only have one set of grandparents, or do they go in together?

THey have three sets, but get gifts from one set. One set is estranged and the second set sends a check, which the kids don’t get told about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4 from DH and I, one from their sibling, one experience gift from the grandparents.

Do your kids only have one set of grandparents, or do they go in together?

THey have three sets, but get gifts from one set. One set is estranged and the second set sends a check, which the kids don’t get told about.

Why wouldn’t you tell them that they are still getting a gift but you are putting it away for later?

[Anonymous]

We get one new “board” game to open on Christmas Eve. Not alway a boardgame-last year it was Quiplash an a few other games.
We generally get our kids one nice present and something to wear and something to read/listen. These are under the tree.
In addition to those, they each get each other a gift.
They will exchange with my sister and her husband and their two children- one from aunt/Uncle and one each from each cousin.

None of their grandparents are currently living. When they were alive they would get a gift from each set.
When DH’s siblings had young children they would send gifts to your children. That ended when their children entered college (ours were in earl; to mid ES).

We also do stockings and everyone gets at least one thing for everyone else for those (my sister and her DH are part of this too). When my parents were living, they also participated in this.

[Anonymous]

From 'Santa'- 10 presents (divorced parents, so one set of 5 foe each house)
- Bigger Toy
- Little Toy
- Craft
- Book
- Experience

Then one stocking

She gets one or two gifts from my parents Christmas day
And then one present from aunts/uncles/cousins through a secret santa among my and my siblings

She gets more from my ex's side of the family, as the only grandchild. Two sets of aunt/uncle and grandparents.

[Anonymous]

DD is nearly 10, so there are only a few things. I get her what she wants, and throw in a surprise or two (but small things, like a giant thing of cotton candy).

- 4 or 5 gifts from DH and I. Mostly, clothes and art supplies
- 1 thing each from two aunts
- 1 thing from her uncle

[Anonymous]

About 15 from us (divided pretty equally between Santa and mom and dad)
1 each from each other paid for with allowance
2 from one set of grandparents
3-5 from other set of grandparents
3-5 total from their aunts/uncles
4-6 total (very small) from extended family (great aunts, etc.)
Stocking with several small things.

So, lots.