I cant believe that mother that was in paper and bought over three hundred Christmas presents for her kids just because she wants to spoil them. I remember when i was a kid and i had about two or three presents. And one of them was the main present that i really wanted to get

How can you have special present when there are so many of them

In a word yes, they are worth every penny we spend on them, they have always been good kids, no trouble.

Not really I don't think...I spend about £150 on each of my two.

Hi

The important criteria re buying presents for your children/step children, family and mass of friends is:

1: Pay your rent
2: Pay your utility bills
2: Pay off your pay day loans
4: Pay your fines.
5: Save a few pennies so you are not living from hand to mouth.
5: Get a job
6: Buy your own property
7: then if you can afford it, buy a present with money you already have

That sounds a bit boring live a little.

Great post

But try and tell that to the woman who bought so many presents for her kids that by the time they open all of them it would be Boxing Day

I do as I can afford it. No offence to anyone but I am ticked off at the number of fools that are on benefits and don't pay their dues and then bleat on about "its chirstmas and my little Chelsea must get this" that and the other.

A fool and their money are soon parted.

[quote=Princessxxxx;84896154]Hi

The important criteria re buying presents for your children/step children, family and mass of friends is:

1: Pay your rent
2: Pay your utility bills
2: Pay off your pay day loans
4: Pay your fines.
5: Save a few pennies so you are not living from hand to mouth.
5: Get a job
6: Buy your own property
7: then if you can afford it, buy a present with money you already have

[/QUOTE

I'm happy to be able to inform you that I can tick all those boxes.

Yes, they're only children once... but not to those extremes.

Ecellent

Happy Xmas HNY

My mum and dad may get me a wireles Bose sound sytem for my tv

I don't see the big deal. If someone wants to spend so much on their kids for Christmas then that is their business. I'm sure their kids will love it.

I think many of those that go overboard at Christmas, do so as they may not have got much when they were kids themselves. They don't want their children to miss out as they may feel they did, when they were young.

As soon as the kids go back to school, the kids are boasting about what they received.

Its very expensive trying to keep up & ensure they don't feel left out...

When I was young, you weren't bullied due to what shoes you wore or what you did/didn't have. You can be now.

I wouldn't buy my kids 300 presents, as I would rather have some quality rather than quantity. I might buy 50-100 though between them
The mother might have bought stuff from Poundland throughout the year. She might not have much money, but be more organised than others who rush out on Christmas week, using only that weeks salary.

If people want to spoil their kids, Christmas and Birthdays are likely to be the times they do it.
Its nobody else,s business.

Not really. My daughter is getting a laptop this year, and that's pretty much her sorted. And it's a combined gift from us and my parents as we don't normally spend that much at Christmas.

I get wanting to spoil them a little especially if you had it hard when you were little, but 350 presents? Even Harry Potter's greedy cousin would be bored to tears after the 40th present.

My ex is like that, she buys all kinds of stuff, fills the living room with it and posts it on Facebook and about how marvellous she is. That amount of presents is just pure greed and self indulgence in my opinion.

Not really, I don't put a limit on the prices or quantity of gifts but I tend to start much earlier in the year and only pick really personalised gifts I know they want or need. I never buy stuff just for the sake of it. My kids get excited opening their socks and are very greatful. They never ask for anything big, their Christmas lists usually consist of two or three presents, the cost of one of their lists this year would be about £150 total which I think is very reasonable.

We have bought my youngest the new Xbox One S with Fifa 17, some other games, an extra controller and headset. He is also getting new trainers and a North Face jacket. Dosent look much to be honest but it all adds up. That will obviously stay at my house in his room.

The oldest is nearly 17 so will be getting sent money.

That's between my mum, dad and myself.

I don't spoil mine hugely but it's not a thing where I live to spoil kids at Christmas like we do in Britain anyway.

Yes, we let him out of the coal shed for a whole extra hour on Christmas day morning.

I guess I do by some people standards, my eldest is getting and iPhone 6s this year and my daughter an iPad as their main gifts, the get other bits and bobs also such as computer games etc. We buy them nothing else during the year though and don't go on holidays etc as we prefer Christmas.

Will he be going up the chimneys?

Hmmm 350 gifts, it's not just the money that's ridiculous... even if they only cost a few hundred pounds, is stupid. I don't know where we would put that many things. Sounds like an excuse for a whole lot of clutter. Also, my kids wouldn't know what to do with that much stuff, they'd be completely overwhelmed.

I haven't 'spoiled' them this year imo but other people would consider it so.

I appeared just to say I appreciate the HP reference

If you look into the story she spent about £5 on each pressie, a total of £1500, I would say that £1500 is an OK amount to spent on your children if that is what you want to, and can, do, I think it said she budgeted throughout the year, buying a few cheap pressies here an there, it reminds me of my childrens xmas pile in 1999, I wanted it to be an xmas they would always remember, and they had such a pile( of mostly cheapy cheap pressies) that three days later they still had a few to open