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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As little as possible.[/quote]

This!!!

Spending as much money as the OP does on gifts is ridiculous. Where do you shop? what do you buy?

My daughter wanted to get the little one (3yo) a new bike with training wheels. Looking at TRU, they were around $60 for what we wanted. We found one on a facebook selling group for $15!! like new, nothing wrong with it. Just outgrown. That will be his big gift, along with some smaller stuff. Tops maybe spending $100-125.  The 13 yo is a little trickier, will spend a bit more on her because the stuff you buy for teens is pricey!! but still, will keep it around $250-300. One really pricey gift (we are looking at a Kindle Fire), and then smaller stuff.

I have spent about the same on each.

My DH and I do not exchange gifts. We figure we buy things throughout the year as we need something, and just want it to be about the kids.

My daughter works so hard, I have bought her a few things I know she wants/needs but cant afford once the bills are paid and necessities are bought.  She deserves it!

I dont buy for the rest of the family anymore. We all used to buy gifts for everyone but it got to be too expensive for us all. So we went to picking names on my DH's side. Sadly my SIL passed away earlier this year and nothing has been mentioned about christmas, so I dont think they are doing it this year. They will all remember the kids. My side of the family consists of my parents, who always say not to get them anything. My presence down there throughout the year and around the holidays is their gift. :)

Christmas has just become so darn commercialized!!  What happened to home made gifts and just little things?[/quote]

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