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Birthday presents, A certain number or certain amount?

lafonda View Member Profile	15/11/2012, 06:26 PM Post #1
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A couple of questions Do you give more for birthday or Christmas? For birthday's do you give a number of presents, or spend a certain amount? I have a number of things on layby for birthday and Christmas and don't know how many to give. Fluffy problem I realise...

LynnyP View Member Profile	15/11/2012, 06:30 PM Post #2
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Probably a little more for Christmas as she always has a party but only gets presents from us and my Mother for Christmas. I have spent $1000 but usually spend around $300 on each occasion.

_Alana_ View Member Profile	15/11/2012, 06:38 PM Post #3
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More presents at Christmas - around $1000 each Parties is where our money goes at birthdays all have been around $1500 to $2500. Presents are $250 and under. Also a day out on birthdays so another $100

~J.E.S.S.I.C.A~ View Member Profile	15/11/2012, 06:39 PM Post #4
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QUOTE (lafonda @ 15/11/2012, 07:26 PM) A couple of questions Do you give more for birthday or Christmas? For birthday's do you give a number of presents, or spend a certain amount? I have a number of things on layby for birthday and Christmas and don't know how many to give. Fluffy problem I realise... I spend more for Christmas. I'm a bit of a Christmas tragic! And love the magic of it. Plus I'm buying presents from two people!! For birthdays I spend a certain amount (set a budget) rather than number of presents.

JustBeige View Member Profile	15/11/2012, 06:43 PM Post #5
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Usually about even. We may do less presents if we have a special birthday party. But it also depends on their age and what they are recieving. I shop early and budget stricter for Christmas - too many damn presents to buy. Birthdays, there is a budget but its not so bad if we go over a little.

SeaPrincess View Member Profile	15/11/2012, 08:28 PM Post #6
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Other than the stocking at Christmas, here, everyone gets one present from everyone else (so 4 gifts), although the children may each get a combined gift from DH and me. They get loads of gifts from extended family as well on both occasions. This post has been edited by shmach: 15/11/2012, 08:30 PM

Swahili View Member Profile	15/11/2012, 08:56 PM Post #7
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More for Christmas. I don't know why really, probably because I'm a sucker for Christmas. I tend to spend around $150 for birthdays- DD's will be less this year as she's having a party.

aratiaw View Member Profile	15/11/2012, 09:06 PM Post #8
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I think of it as being about the same for birthdays and Christmas, but in reality I spend more on their birthdays. I usually buy one or two items for each child and sometimes a shared gift as well. Sometimes it's something inexpensive, sometimes it costs more depending on what I think they'd like. The get gifts from other relatives so they do pretty well IMO, even if I only give them one thing, e.g. a Lego set. I spent a little under $100 on my 4yo's birthday present, $20 on my 1yo's present and $65 on my nearly 6yo's birthday present. I'll probably spend up to $40 each for Christmas.

Oilucy View Member Profile	15/11/2012, 09:07 PM Post #9
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More for Christmas here too. Made up generally of lots of smaller gifts for my 3.5 DD and one or two larger/expensive gifts for my older children who are pre-teen. Birthdays we generally spend a fair bit on a party and then around $200 on a gift.

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