Christmas & kids/grandkids

[Avaj]

Well with Christmas or X-mas (however you say it) being 52 days I have some questions with those with kids/grandkids.

How do you go by making Christmas list?
Does your kids/grandkids make a list and you go by that?
Do you have a spending limit this year?
How many gifts do you usually buy?
Does your kids/grandkids believe in Santa?
How much shopping do you actually do or does the wife or another family member handles all of that?


Many times flies. Can't believe this year is almost over.

 

[Faerluna]

We're pretty lucky that our daughter is only now getting to be cognizant of what Christmas is and knowing that you get presents. We got her things last Christmas but I don't think she really understood it all.

This year she has a pretty good idea about it and definitely knows who Santa is, so I know it will start to mean more now. She has some Fisher Price catalogs she likes to look through, so I might get her something from there, but we will probably stick with getting her things relative to her favorite cartoon, Caillou.

I usually do the shopping for the extended family. I have an idea about how much I will spend per person, and try to make the best of that with sales and whatnot.

For Kilyin, I usually try to figure out something he wants or needs and I don't put a limit on how much I spend, within reason. It's hard to decide sometimes, though. I like the idea of making a list of things you'd like, just like when you were a kid. Then you know you are always getting something you want.

Our family does a lot of gift cards, which I think are perfectly fine. As long as it is to a store I like, I think that's much easier than trying to exchange something that doesn't fit or you don't like.

 

[big dog cowboy]

How do you go by making Christmas list?
Does your kids/grandkids make a list and you go by that?
Do you have a spending limit this year?
How many gifts do you usually buy?
Does your kids/grandkids believe in Santa?
How much shopping do you actually do or does the wife or another family member handles all of that?

I make "buying" lists. See below.

A list helps because buying a gift off that list reduces the "disappointment factor" should you choose the wrong gift.

Every year.

3-4 per kid.

Yes.

A lot. I try to figure out everything on-line before hand. Do the prep work first then go buying instead of shopping. Huge time and money saver.

 

[Yeagermeister]

We're pretty lucky that our daughter is only now getting to be cognizant of what Christmas is and knowing that you get presents. We got her things last Christmas but I don't think she really understood it all.

This year she has a pretty good idea about it and definitely knows who Santa is, so I know it will start to mean more now. She has some Fisher Price catalogs she likes to look through, so I might get her something from there, but we will probably stick with getting her things relative to her favorite cartoon, Caillou.

I usually do the shopping for the extended family. I have an idea about how much I will spend per person, and try to make the best of that with sales and whatnot.

For Kilyin, I usually try to figure out something he wants or needs and I don't put a limit on how much I spend, within reason. It's hard to decide sometimes, though. I like the idea of making a list of things you'd like, just like when you were a kid. Then you know you are always getting something you want.

Our family does a lot of gift cards, which I think are perfectly fine. As long as it is to a store I like, I think that's much easier than trying to exchange something that doesn't fit or you don't like.

My family got to the point where we just exchanged gift cards between the adults. Last year we just bought for the kids not the adults.