I’ve spent an amount, but it includes clothes and such, my little one is only 10 months, so I’ve separated her outfits and individually wrapped the T-shirt, pants etc. Because she’s definitely gonna be more interested in the wrapping than what I’ve bought 
I’ve bought way to much this year it’s ridiculous she only 2 and a half years old, I think if you can afford it then go for it specially if they little because they toys are cheap enough anyway I’m not wrapping the big presents like her kitchen, horse and carriage, big bean bag chair, I’m going to put big bows on them then her other toys I take out of the box and make sure batteries are in it and wrap it up much easier for her than on the day and less stressful lol x
4 plus their stocking and a Christmas Eve box
I try to spend the same amount of money on each.
I’m absolutely terrible. I usually buy one big gift for each child and I try to make it equal presents. I tried this year to make it equal $$ with the grownup kids. I still have one child home so she got more presents since she’s cheaper to buy for typically.
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5 usually. 1 thing they want, 1 they need, 1 they wear, 1 they read, then 1 from Santa but it can sometimes vary depending on our budget. We try to keep things fair so if one child gets a more expensive gift the other may get something extra under the tree to balance out.
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I am up to about 15 gifts per kid right now for our 2 15 year olds and our 11 year. For our 19 year old I got her 5 gifts and will give her cash for whatever she wants to do with it. We also have a 10 month old who has everything he needs so he will get about 5 gifts. I spoil my kids. But, I work alot so they can live a good life.
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I used to get them everything on their Christmas list. Yes, they were spoiled. But I would also start shopping in April lol. They knew we didn’t have alot of money so they believed in Santa for a lot longer then most kids. Now that they are young adults, I get them 4 or 5 each.
I’ve never set a limit for my step son. He always gets clothes and books. Shoes if he needs new ones. A couple movies. Then my husband ends up getting him something that he has said he wants (I don’t usually do it because I feel he never wants things that are appropriate for his age)
Next year will be different because we have twins due in April.
I have 1 so it really just comes out to whatever I end up being able to afford living paycheck to paycheck.
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I always do about 3. But they know I’m broke so they don’t ask for much. I also have a big family and some friends that buy them gifts.
I set a dollar amount and each kid gets that much spent on them. They could care less if one has more gifts than the other because they know I do dollar for dollar.
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I don’t count the gifts. I spend the same on each child. Sometime one child my get more gifts due to what they cost. But I always spend within a few dollars for each child. My children understand that and they have never counter how many gifts they git.
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First Christmas as an empty nester. They will probably get one big gift that they need or want. When they lived at home, we indulged when we could. They may not have always gotten what they wanted, but they always appreciated what they got.
I buy Christmas for my 2 nieces, my son and my step son. Usually my 2 nieces get the most gifts from the things they want. I spend more on them usually because my son gets toys every time we go to the store. My step son I try getting more so clothes or things he needs because his grandma buys him everything he wants.
Each child gets at least 10. I dont get super expensive things. I have 4 right now.
We stopped buying gifts last year and started taking a family trip for Christmas!
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When our 4 were young, I just made sure they had the same amount to unwrap. Now that they are older, we go by equal dollar amount.
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Well when my kids were young I usually wrote things down during the year and would buy and put up, I don’t remember the number but I do remember they was very happy… now my babies are grown, boy 33, boy and girl 26 and boy 21 and 7 grand babies… so I buy a toy, book, and pj’s for the little ones but the 2 teenages ask for gift cards , crafts and money to help a ith there Disney trip with band…
I set dollar amounts, for each family
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Usually 2, a toy or something really wanted and something really needed like under clothes or pjs!.
I guess im weird my kids are all teenagers they give me a list i buy it
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I’ve been giving cash for about 8 yrs.
3 from Mom and Dad and 1 from Santa. Total 4 presents then whatever they get in the stocking.
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This year due to being a single mom with no money they will get 1 each and it breaks my heart.
We keep up with money amounts and spend equally on each kid. We have 3 ages 13, 9, and 7.
We give gifts that resemble the gifts baby Jesus received. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh. My kids are 5 and 4 and we started it when they were 3 and 2!
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I am giving homemade
We also used to do 4…
1 they want
1 they need
1 to wear
1 to read
Now my kids are all grown and we draw names due to having a large family! WAY LESS STRESS 
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- One big. One small.
First Christmas as an empty nester. They will probably get one big gift that they need or want. When they lived at home, we indulged when we could. They may not have always gotten what they wanted, but they always appreciated what they got.
We do a dollar amount. They send a list and we pick from the list to fit the amount. Usually the list is way more expensive than what we will spend so in the end they don’t know what they are getting
Varies each year, this year they got 8 each and a stocking full
Not how many gifts each kid gets set cash amount
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We set a dollar amount and as many as it buys uts what she gets.
My parents always did a dollar amount, right now I only have one kid but when I have more I’ll do the same.
Personally I dont go of what other people are buying there children, I buy my son stuff that I think he needs of will like like for instance pjs he loves his pjs and books and other stuff like that
We see how much we have to spend and then divide it by how many children we have. Then we take that amount and divide it in half and one part is spent in clothes and other half is spent on toys.
Depends. This year I just bought a few things for each of them and my parents and brother bought them a lot 
We do something…
-he wants
-he needs
-he reads
-he wears
-an experience
…from us! Then 2-3 small gifts from Santa. We’re trying to keep it simple and avoid massive wishlist! Lol
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Goes by how expensive the gifts are that they are asking for
Two, one from parents and the other from Santa
5 each because there are 6 of them
We do “present snowman’s” the big box on bottom is toys/something they want, the middle box is something they need, the top small box is movies and books. The snowman is decorated with new hats, gloves, and scarves. Then they two presents from Santa - $20 max on Santa presents. The snowmen both have roughly the same amount of $$ invested in them so it’s fair.
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I do about 15-20 each both of my kids are close in age so they like similar things so I spend about the same about give or take like 20$
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Last year we did about 5 little things, one big 
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This year hoping on getting help, covid took my husbands management position away 
$100 each. That $100 is spent on 5 items: something to wear, something they want, something to read (learning), something for playing outside and something personal. They get a small small gift from each other (valued under $10) and a small gift from Santa (valued under $10).
No price per kid. Just same amount to unwrap. My kids ages are 2, 11, 13, and 14. I try to get most of what they ask for. They do not get things throughout the year unless it’s a necessity. They get things for holidays only. So one day of the year they get things they want and arent selfish by any means. I will buy as much as I can.
I try to keep the number of presents the same but budget, is the biggest factor.
This year…
It was around $120 per kid. They ended up with 6 gifts each.
Then santa brings them presents to share and that was/will be around $75.
My oldest (7) gets to pick out a present for his little brother (3). Normally the budget is $10. However, he was so excited about the $20 blues clues doll he found we went ahead and let him get it.
This next week we’ll buy a present for the oldest “from” the youngest.
It’s different every year but they always get an equal amount and one that’s for all of them.
10 a piece no more than $300 per kid
I save all year in a specific Christmas account. Then I buy 3 or so big, multiple medium and smalls. Some are second hand toys some are new. He is 2 and these are his gifts this year
I have only one kiddo for now.
But no matter the amount of gifts it always looks like too much under the tree😂
I don’t have a money limit.
But I have a gift limit.
No more than 10.
But I’m sure if I have more kiddos, that number will go down.
Three, just like Baby Jesus.
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We have an 17, 18, 16 and 14yo they write a list of 4 things then me and the hubby choose 2 other gifts for them and then stocking stuffers
We don’t set a certain number. Some years more than others . I buy what we can , Santa only brings their big gift and we buy everything else so if one year we can’t afford as much it’s easier to explain . But we do try to get price and number of gifts equal per kid. But we buy as much as our money allows. Only little for so long .
When i just had the two kids it was lije 400-500 each… but now we have 3 kids and my oldest has a baby… so its been dropped to like 250 each… plus their stockings,
My kid is 1 and will be happy with a cardboard box we’re saving the money for things she needs throughout the year, we’ll do the same when our youngest arrives. We will get what we can afford, when we can when gift giving becomes a thing for them. No set number or budget.
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We go by a dollar amount, my older kids don’t believe in santa and understand that their requests are more expensive, so this year our budget is 150 a kid, and we have 5. The older ones make a list and tell us which they want the most. 
I don’t think there’s a right or wrong way to do things it’s about what works for your family.
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Depends what money we have, this year they each got 11.
I don’t keep count, but there’s at least 100 gifts under the tree every year lol
My 6mo has 4 presents from us and we’re not getting him anymore. 2yo currently has 5 but 6yo has 10 so ill get a few more for 2yo to even it out a bit. We will still get 1 more gift for each from Santa. Thats more than enough for these kiddos plus they get tons of presents in the mail from relatives.
We have 6 kids to buy and we started sticking to this rule. Something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read. Then something small from Santa with stockings
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We don’t do a certain number of toys. We do a dollar amount that we spend on each kid. Our oldest three, ages 17, 17 and 12, who no longer believe in Santa, understand that the youngest, who is 7 and still believes in Santa, will get more presents because the stuff she likes (Barbies, My Little Pony etc) is cheaper than the stuff they ask for. We do the same with birthdays. We spend $50 per child on birthdays, with exceptions for the 16th birthday and 18th birthday. We usually spend about $500 per kid on Christmas, give or take. And we have always done it that presents under the tree are from Mom and Dad, stockings are from Santa.
I don’t think it matters how many presents or how much things cost it’s what you can afford and how happy your child/children are some children get very little but are very grateful and happy others get loads and it costs alot and still the children are happy …it’s not about how much they spent or how many they got it’s what is right for you and your circumstances
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I don’t get a certain number I set a budget per child and get what I can with it - the older they get the less they get as their stuff is more expensive x
5 gifts each for 4 kids plus stockings and they get stuff from family as well. More than enough
I only have one kid hes 2 years and I dont have a gift limit he currently has four gifts and were planning on getting him more were trying not to go over $200
My late husband and i used this formula for a few years with a dollar amount stipulated for each grandchild. Something you want, something you need, something to do, something to read.
I have 6 kids total…but 2 are grown…the other 4 are all under 8…I will say I spoil my kids during the holidays… they average about 15 to 20 gifts… I obviously have a very bad issue with remembering my Christmases when I was younger…never getting anything I wanted…so I make up for it…by giving my kids the greatest Christmases ever… I know sorry I shouldn’t do it… but I can’t help myself
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We always spend the same amount of money on all 6 kids and dont equate it to # of gifts. The kids want a million cheep things while the babies will get a toy and something useful and the teenagers will get clothes and one big thing (tv air pods etc)
my kid is groown. he has his own family to care for. I don’t see them, so no presents for grandkids
It depends. Our littles get more because their gifts are generally less expensive. They’ll get 20 to 30 gifts, where as older kids get less, because just one gift for one of my teenagers was several hundred dollars. I do try to spend very close to the same amount on each child though.
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