Christmas gifts for teachers - private

[Anonymous]

Catholic school - we give ~ $30 gift cards to primary and $10-15 for specials. SIL is a teacher and I know she gets a very wide range. Give what you are comfortable giving, anything is appreciated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind not all teachers celebrate Christmas - maybe you want to refer to it as a holiday gift.

If OP is going to a faith-based school, then all of the teachers do celebrate Christmas, and it’s perfectly fine to refer to it as a Christmas gift.

Um, duh, do you think the only faith is Christianity? There are Jewish and Muslim schools as well. SMDH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind not all teachers celebrate Christmas - maybe you want to refer to it as a holiday gift.

Barf

Yes, how revolting to be inclusive and thoughtful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind not all teachers celebrate Christmas - maybe you want to refer to it as a holiday gift.

If OP is going to a faith-based school, then all of the teachers do celebrate Christmas, and it’s perfectly fine to refer to it as a Christmas gift.

It is not a faith-based school, but it is private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From DC but no longer in DC, so take this with a grain of salt, but my kids are at a private where one has two main teachers and the other has one, plus four specials teachers. I do ~25-40 for the main teachers and under 20 for the specials. But we also give gifts for teacher appreciation and end of school, so it’s probably $100/main teacher by the end of year.

Also, check with your class mom. On the years we’ve had good ones, they have organized gift baskets which makes it all easier IMO.

OP here- we did a gift basket, but I wanted to contribute something just from us, as well.

[Anonymous]

Fed married to a teacher here. If any family gave him more than something of $20 value then we’d both be horrified. At some point you cross ethical boundaries and the teacher becomes obligated to report / refuse it. Federal ethics limits are $20 for gifts. Seems like a fair standard for teachers too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind not all teachers celebrate Christmas - maybe you want to refer to it as a holiday gift.

If OP is going to a faith-based school, then all of the teachers do celebrate Christmas, and it’s perfectly fine to refer to it as a Christmas gift.

Not necessarily. My mom taught at a Catholic school and was Jewish.

[Anonymous]

If you know the teacher's religion, be appropriate. If you are at a faith-based you can write whatever is consistent with that faith. If private, non-faith based or public, best to write Happy Holidays. Really, life does not need to be so complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind not all teachers celebrate Christmas - maybe you want to refer to it as a holiday gift.

If OP is going to a faith-based school, then all of the teachers do celebrate Christmas, and it’s perfectly fine to refer to it as a Christmas gift.

Not necessarily. My mom taught at a Catholic school and was Jewish.

My school required us to be the same faith as the school.

[Anonymous]

So what are people doing? I’m genuinely confused.
No gift cards? What about a fruit basket or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what are people doing? I’m genuinely confused.
No gift cards? What about a fruit basket or something?

I think a gift card is totally appropriate and welcomed. The question was how much?

[Anonymous]

We are doing $50 amazon gift cards.