Presents

How many presents do you give you kids for Christmas (total amounts)? My kids are 5 and 2.

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I feel like we are on the low side for this board: 1 from Santa (they don’t expect us to get them anything: Santa gets them one big gift: scooter, dollhouse, bike, etc)
From family, we have:
Aunt & family
Uncle & family
Cousins
2 sets of grandparents
Everyone gets something and that comes out to A LOT! (5 gifts per kid on top of the Santa gift).

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Santa gives 1 gift and I give him whatever I can buy for $100 (whether it's 1 bigger give or a bunch of smaller ones). The stocking stuff is on top of that but it's usually not just more presents (maybe a few small ones, but some candy and other small items).

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Only Santa brings gifts for DD.
Nothing from "us"

then she gets gifts from some aunts and uncles and grandparents- we have a pretty small family though

I can't recall how many gifts she opens from Santa on Christmas morning, but it's a decent amount.

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I do 7 gifts each plus a stocking, all from Santa.

Something they want- bigger ticket fun item
Something they need- with sports they tend to always need something
Something to wear- I get something I normally wouldn’t buy. Like my DD wanted an Alex Morgan jersey.
Something to read- I’ve bought books, added “books” to their iPads or they a magazine subscription
Something to do- I pick something cool they have wanted to do like movie tickets, Disney on ice etc
Something for me- this is some type of keepsake
Something for family- this is sometimes board games, I got an aquarium membership last year etc.

I have 4 kids, so I needed less “stuff” and more practical or experience things, and it’s worked out really well the last few years I’ve done this.

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I don't add them up to be honest. Some give 3, some give 30. Do what works for you

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You need to do what you think is right for your family. I'm sure the answers to this is going to run the gamut. I don't count the number of gifts I buy. I just get what I think DD would like. Sometimes it might look like alot but it maybe because I hit it good at the $5 and under store lol. We do a big gift from mom and dad and the rest from Santa. We do a purge before Christmas and donate alot.

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growing up i remember getting alot, probably around 15 gifts plus a stocking. Even now, I still get 4-5 gifts from my parents on christmas

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So for Hanukkah I normally give eight, but this year we are doing one larger present, and tickets for a show. So my son is getting a computer and tickets to a show. DD is younger, so she will get a couple of present type presents, but we are not doing 8. I may give books, and pjs too, so they will have something to open, but I am not going to give a lot this year because they are getting more expensive individual presents.

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I refuse to go crazy this year. She has so much stuff and hardly plays with any of it. It's a waste of money and space. Also, her birthday is a few weeks before Christmas. She's getting a toy kitchen and I ordered a bunch of Peppa stuff on zuiliy a few weeks ago.

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My kids have their first Christmas this year. They have 2 big gifts to share (though they share everything because they are twins) a ride on car and a large activity center, and then 3 gifts each (v tech things like the steering wheel, some blocks, a push mower). Their stocking will be a pair of pajamas and a Christmas book which I would like to do each year for them. We also bought them a year long membership to LICM. I want to spoil them but not over do it. They get a ton all year from family which I’m sure will die Down as they get older. They have tons of family that spoils them as well. Their birthday is 2 weeks after Christmas and while it’s close I always want them to feel as though they aren’t getting a dual birthday/ Christmas gift so we are making every effort to keep them from meshing

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Dh and I give dd 1 gift from us. Then she gets around 10 gifts from
Santa plus a stocking. I set a budget and try my best to get her the top things she is asking for—I wrap everything from the dollar store bracelets to toys- she loves unwrapping gifts- this may change as she gets older but at 3.5 everything is exciting to open- I try to buy things that can grow with her.