How many presents do your tweens get?

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Anonymous wrote:My 12 year old has never seen a game system, she is getting mostly books plus a few clothes she asked for.

unless she goes to a Waldorf school or you homeschool I seriously doubt this.

She can play video games on her computer or chromebook. Mine plays it on a gaming computer and has no interest in a system.

A gaming computer is a type of gaming system.

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We have a ton of stuff if you count stocking items. But we tend to just not get essentials and them I put them under free or in stocking. My son is getting a razor and shaving cream in his stocking along with chapstick. One daughter has no pants that fit her so she’s getting a couple pair of jeans, etc. they each are getting one electronic thing they requested and two books and there are some nicer/funnier things in the stockings (expensive nail polish, and jewelry for the girls, camping equipment for the boy, etc.)

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DD is getting skincare/makeup/perfumes, hoodies and sweatshirts, a pair of Uggs, and some junk jewelry. I think we’ve spent about $600 on all of it, but some will be held back for her birthday, which is in 2 months.

The tree will look pretty bare, since all these pricy but tiny things from Sephora take up no space at all.

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My kids didn’t ask for anything expensive (13 and 8). Actually they had no specific requests at all other than books and legos. So mostly books and a couple legos each, and some camp hoodies, for 10 things each.

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Anonymous wrote:Ours isn't the number of gifts so much as the dollar amount. We pick an amount we want to spend on each kid and get the items off their list that work.

DS asked for a PS5, some games, and some shoes (3 or 4 pairs).

DD asked for a bunch of makeup and skincare items, shoes, clothes, a ton of books, and an Apple Watch.

DS is getting a PS5, 2 games, and 1 pair of shoes.

DD is getting an Apple Watch, 2 pairs of shoes, makeup & skincare stuff, 4 books, and a few store gift cards to buy the clothes herself.

Both of their Xmas hauls add up to the same amount within around $15 of each other. They'll also be receiving gifts from their grandparents and other relatives, too.

Wow. Spoil your kids much?

NP. Yes, I do spoil mine at Christmas and I don't care whether you approve. I can afford it. I don't by on credit. And I don't buy a lot of stuff outside of holidays/birthday. Kid works hard at everything and so i feel it is also earned. Also happens to be a good kid. Grateful. Kind.

[Anonymous]

My kids get around 10 gifts each under the tree. I got my oldest (14) art supplies, portable phone charger, a pencil case, clothes and socks. My tween also got around 10 gifts - basketball, basketball accessories, Bluetooth speaker, body wash, clothes and socks. My youngest has more gifts but they are small like puzzles, legos and squishmallows.

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Anonymous wrote:Ours isn't the number of gifts so much as the dollar amount. We pick an amount we want to spend on each kid and get the items off their list that work.

DS asked for a PS5, some games, and some shoes (3 or 4 pairs).

DD asked for a bunch of makeup and skincare items, shoes, clothes, a ton of books, and an Apple Watch.

DS is getting a PS5, 2 games, and 1 pair of shoes.

DD is getting an Apple Watch, 2 pairs of shoes, makeup & skincare stuff, 4 books, and a few store gift cards to buy the clothes herself.

Both of their Xmas hauls add up to the same amount within around $15 of each other. They'll also be receiving gifts from their grandparents and other relatives, too.

Wow. Spoil your kids much?

My kids don't know any other kids who don't have a game system with games or shoes. My kids don't have the most recent game systems, like a Steam Deck or PS5 because they have other expensive hobbies and ask for those things instead. If giving your kids a game system and shoes, or other similarly priced items, is spoiling then I guess every kid I know is spoiled?

Rich bubble momma

Oh please, if you had that money you’d spend it on your kids during the holidays too.

I'm the PP who got called a rich bubble momma here. I actually don't think that's true. In my experience, moderate and lower income people save specifically for Christmas, and if their kids get something nice, like a bike or a game system it's always a gift. This is both because being able to give nice gifts is a point of pride, and because they want their kids to understand that these things are gifts not expectations. UMC and UC families boast about not spoiling their kids at Christmas, and saying they make their kids use "their own" money for things, but the reason their kids have their own money, is either because they get money as gifts, or they get generous allowances, or they get money from "working" for other UMC/UC people who pay their friends kids at inflated rates. Or they decide something like an expensive pair of shoes, or sporting equipment or a bike is a "need" and buy it at a random point in the year, when lower income kids might wait for Christmas for the same thing.

That's just my observation.

100% nailed it. We are solidly middle class and our kids don’t have an allowance so wouldn’t be able to buy anything for themselves. We do nice gifts at Christmas but nothing all year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours isn't the number of gifts so much as the dollar amount. We pick an amount we want to spend on each kid and get the items off their list that work.

DS asked for a PS5, some games, and some shoes (3 or 4 pairs).

DD asked for a bunch of makeup and skincare items, shoes, clothes, a ton of books, and an Apple Watch.

DS is getting a PS5, 2 games, and 1 pair of shoes.

DD is getting an Apple Watch, 2 pairs of shoes, makeup & skincare stuff, 4 books, and a few store gift cards to buy the clothes herself.

Both of their Xmas hauls add up to the same amount within around $15 of each other. They'll also be receiving gifts from their grandparents and other relatives, too.

Wow. Spoil your kids much?

My kids don't know any other kids who don't have a game system with games or shoes. My kids don't have the most recent game systems, like a Steam Deck or PS5 because they have other expensive hobbies and ask for those things instead. If giving your kids a game system and shoes, or other similarly priced items, is spoiling then I guess every kid I know is spoiled?

Rich bubble momma

Oh please, if you had that money you’d spend it on your kids during the holidays too.

I'm the PP who got called a rich bubble momma here. I actually don't think that's true. In my experience, moderate and lower income people save specifically for Christmas, and if their kids get something nice, like a bike or a game system it's always a gift. This is both because being able to give nice gifts is a point of pride, and because they want their kids to understand that these things are gifts not expectations. UMC and UC families boast about not spoiling their kids at Christmas, and saying they make their kids use "their own" money for things, but the reason their kids have their own money, is either because they get money as gifts, or they get generous allowances, or they get money from "working" for other UMC/UC people who pay their friends kids at inflated rates. Or they decide something like an expensive pair of shoes, or sporting equipment or a bike is a "need" and buy it at a random point in the year, when lower income kids might wait for Christmas for the same thing.

That's just my observation.

100% nailed it. We are solidly middle class and our kids don’t have an allowance so wouldn’t be able to buy anything for themselves. We do nice gifts at Christmas but nothing all year.

Wanted to add each of my kids are getting 15-20 gifts from us (a mix of practical and fun stuff).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 12 year old has never seen a game system, she is getting mostly books plus a few clothes she asked for.

unless she goes to a Waldorf school or you homeschool I seriously doubt this.

She can play video games on her computer or chromebook. Mine plays it on a gaming computer and has no interest in a system.

So, you’re bragging that your child doesn’t care about gaming systems bc you spent 5x the $ to buy her a gaming computer? Well, bless your tiny little heart.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours isn't the number of gifts so much as the dollar amount. We pick an amount we want to spend on each kid and get the items off their list that work.

DS asked for a PS5, some games, and some shoes (3 or 4 pairs).

DD asked for a bunch of makeup and skincare items, shoes, clothes, a ton of books, and an Apple Watch.

DS is getting a PS5, 2 games, and 1 pair of shoes.

DD is getting an Apple Watch, 2 pairs of shoes, makeup & skincare stuff, 4 books, and a few store gift cards to buy the clothes herself.

Both of their Xmas hauls add up to the same amount within around $15 of each other. They'll also be receiving gifts from their grandparents and other relatives, too.

Wow. Spoil your kids much?

My kids don't know any other kids who don't have a game system with games or shoes. My kids don't have the most recent game systems, like a Steam Deck or PS5 because they have other expensive hobbies and ask for those things instead. If giving your kids a game system and shoes, or other similarly priced items, is spoiling then I guess every kid I know is spoiled?

Rich bubble momma

Oh please, if you had that money you’d spend it on your kids during the holidays too.

I'm the PP who got called a rich bubble momma here. I actually don't think that's true. In my experience, moderate and lower income people save specifically for Christmas, and if their kids get something nice, like a bike or a game system it's always a gift. This is both because being able to give nice gifts is a point of pride, and because they want their kids to understand that these things are gifts not expectations. UMC and UC families boast about not spoiling their kids at Christmas, and saying they make their kids use "their own" money for things, but the reason their kids have their own money, is either because they get money as gifts, or they get generous allowances, or they get money from "working" for other UMC/UC people who pay their friends kids at inflated rates. Or they decide something like an expensive pair of shoes, or sporting equipment or a bike is a "need" and buy it at a random point in the year, when lower income kids might wait for Christmas for the same thing.

That's just my observation.

100% nailed it. We are solidly middle class and our kids don’t have an allowance so wouldn’t be able to buy anything for themselves. We do nice gifts at Christmas but nothing all year.

+1. Where's the other thread where everyone already said that they buy gifts all year long, which is how they are able to spend low amounts at Christmas.

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My kids are getting 1 billion gifts, all from grandma. They're all in a basement room right now, unsorted and unwrapped. I'm dreading getting the stuff sorted and put under our tree by tomorrow morning. Will probably take several hours at the very least.

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We have a small tree, and probably 25 gifts, some with several articles of clothing wrapped together. So that would be like 8-10 presents each, not counting 3-5 small stocking stuffers. I don't shop much all year so most of what they get is necessities. After a while I get tired of shopping and just stop.

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My 10 and 14 year old girls each got 25 this year, plus a stocking. I realize that sounds ridiculous now that I’ve counted it up.