How much do you plan on spending on Christmas presents this year?

[child of wonder]

we're at the point where we buy something when we want it, so gifts are getting harder and harder to find for each other.

My wife and I were just discussing this. It's very hard to buy gifts for each other because when we want something we just buy it. I happen to need a new set of headphones right now so put that on my list but if it wasn't Xmas time, I'd just buy some.

We limit our gifts to each other to about $100 but always end up going over.

 

[ultimatebob]

I entered the $1,000 to $2,000 category this year. Pricey Christmas this go around!

One big purchase was the unlocked iPhone 6 that I kinda/sorta bought myself (my relatives paid for a big chunk of it) this Christmas. That sucker was $749 on it's own, but switching carriers from Verizon to Straight Talk should save me more than that over the next 18 months.

My wife wanted a new fireplace, and that wasn't cheap, either.

 

[highland145]

I entered the $1,000 to $2,000 category this year. Pricey Christmas this go around!

One big purchase was the unlocked iPhone 6 that I kinda/sorta bought myself (my relatives paid for a big chunk of it) this Christmas. That sucker was $749 on it's own, but switching carriers from Verizon to Straight Talk should save me more than that over the next 18 months.

My wife wanted a new fireplace, and that wasn't cheap, either.

Curious how that works out. I know it's supposed to be the same network but I hear people complain but I'm not sure that they're not the problem.

 

[Smoblikat]

0$

Fuck everyone, go buy your own stuff.

 

[DrPizza]

For the most part, we've stopped purchasing small crappy gifts. Son #2 got a new rifle (early Christmas present). We also may be getting him and his girlfriend a new washing machine for their house. Apparently, the electronics on theirs are shot & not worth replacing. Son #1 and his wife are getting a new television, a camera, and possibly a chest freezer. (He just shot his 2nd deer the other night; could use some more space.) And, my wife is spoiling the granddaughter with some really nice gifts.

Since my wife and I share the same Amazon account, I know what I'm getting - a set of 4 pneumatic nailers: 15 gauge finishing nailer, 18 gauge brad nailer, and whatever other ones come with it. Plus, I'm getting a replacement for the blender; the new one also has a food processor (very useful for pie dough); along with some new tart pans for making more pies. So far, the wife is getting Ugg slippers. She's tough to shop for; I need to get a couple more things.

Then, a few miscellaneous relatives; mostly the small kids. So, probably $2k ballpark.

 

[vi edit]

Every year Christmas gets less and less important to me. Money is just so...available throughout the year we just get what we want/need and there's no value or special'ness to Christmas gifts anymore.

My kids are getting around $100 each (2 x $100) worth of gifts. Some of that is from Mom and Dad, with some bigger items from Santa since we are still in that age. My wife is getting a $15 pair of headphones in her stocking since she's been asking for a pair for a while.

We spend about $50 each on nieces and siblings ($50 x 5). And our parents just get harder and harder to buy for each year. I'm to the point where I just want to give everyone a bottle of wine, recent 8x10's of the kids and call it good. But my wife still insists we have to incessantly wrack our brains to find some thing to give them. Bleh.

It's so different from both what my wife and grew up with. We both came from lower middle class families and rarely got things out side of new clothes that we needed throughout the year. Christmas was the only time you got cool and fun stuff. Kids now...just showered with shit all year. Christmas is so not special like that anymore that the only thing you can do is go totally bat shit insane with the gifts (ipads for everyone!!!) or just not make a deal out of it all.

 

[BoomerD]

I PLAN to spend as close to $0 as possible...but of course, my wife has other plans...

 

[ultimatebob]

Curious how that works out. I know it's supposed to be the same network but I hear people complain but I'm not sure that they're not the problem.

Straight Talk's tech support is pretty bad (it took 4 calls to get them to reprogram my SIM card to get LTE working), but the networks are the same. You basically tell them what network you want to be on by ordering that SIM card type. I got the GSM model, so I have a choice of AT&T or T-Mobile.

 

[Coulrophobia]

2kish

 

[dank69]

I'll let you know when I get the quote back for gold-plating a Veyron.

 

[madoka]

I usually spend about $6-8K on presents. So far I plan to spend a couple thousand on new cell phones for my parents and wife. I usually get the latest iPads too, but now we own 12 iPads so I think we've hit a saturation point where something significant has to different about them. About $1.2K on skincare stuff for my aunts. A new Mac computer for my father-in-law. Then a bunch of smaller presents.

 

[ch33zw1z]

^^ Not judging madoka, just LOL'd at the "12 iPad" saturation limit.

 

[rudeguy]

I usually spend about $6-8K on presents. So far I plan to spend a couple thousand on new cell phones for my parents and wife. I usually get the latest iPads too, but now we own 12 iPads so I think we've hit a saturation point where something significant has to different about them. About $1.2K on skincare stuff for my aunts. A new Mac computer for my father-in-law. Then a bunch of smaller presents.

adopt me?

Please

 

[highland145]

adopt me?

Please

I'd take the hand me downs.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I consider the three week vacation the wife and I are about to embark upon as our Xmas present to each other. That would be in the neighborhood of $18K.

 

[madoka]

^^ Not judging madoka, just LOL'd at the "12 iPad" saturation limit.

I took this pic when I only had ten of them, because I was forgetting what color covers I had. I usually buy the highest capacity iPad from each new generation as they get released. So #11 and #12 were the recently released iPad Air 2 and the Mini 3. Over time, it just starts to add up.

 

[JulesMaximus]

One Million Dollars!

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Probably less than $250. We've got a new baby and we just had to replace a TV. That and half the family is Jewish and the Hanukkah gifts have already been bought, so they don't count.

 

[Buttzilla]

www.shityoucanafford.com

i'm going to shop here this year

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Same amount that I'll spend on Kwanzaa, Yom Kippur, Paitishahem Gahanbar and Diwali combined.

 

[rudeguy]

www.shityoucanafford.com

i'm going to shop here this year

I love you.

lil rudeguy is so getting a yodeling pickle!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I love you.

lil rudeguy is so getting a yodeling pickle!

I wouldn't want my son yodeling anywhere near a pickle. Not that there's anything wrong with it...

 

[FelixDeCat]

I am the gift, baby.

 

[highland145]

I am the gift, baby.

Think I'd rater have the tacky tie and sweater combo. Thanks.

 

[nageov3t]

boyfriend: $300
parents (combined): $150
sister/brother-in-law (combined): $100
nieces: $300 (each will get $100 cash plus $50 in toys/clothes)
sister-in-law: $50

so, about $900 :'( plus maybe another hundred on baking cookies and making liquor to pass out to friends/coworkers.

this is probably my last year getting gifts for my sister/brother-in-law/sister-in-law, though. we've agreed to stop exchanging gifts after this year, especially since it's not exactly fair to me as the only one without kids (as I have to get gifts for them plus their kids)