What's your average budget for Christmas Gifts?

I was talking this through with my partner just yesterday… He believes that gifts for someone you care about would start from about $20 upwards, and if he saw something that he felt was just right, he wouldn’t not buy it because it had a $100 price tag… I, on the other hand, have not spent that much ($20) on any one of my gifts to him these holidays… Neither one of us diss the other’s view on this, nor see it as a quantifier for how much we love each other, we just approach present-buying differently. (We do also earn significantly different amounts and are in a quite new relationship, so finances are not yet shared.)

$20— $30 for nieces and nephews. $250 for my kids.

More than I care to mention but less than I can afford. Always leave em wanting more ;¬}

For family, my budget has been $30 with a generous amount of wiggle room (and each gift has some personal sentiment attached to it.) I wrote long letters to my friends (with an average length of twelve pages) instead of buying individual gifts this season.

This is my first year working part-time and I need to save my money for graduate school because I don’t want to ask my parents to pay for my masters degree.

Wow, that’s a tough one. I often get used books for people because I know they really want to read something that’s out of print. Or I make food stuff. I spend a lot on my daughter, but no usually so much on others, it’s more about “what” than “how much”.

Our family (adults) usually do a Yankee swap with a $30 limit. Everyone usually gets for the kids (they are all 5 and under right now) however they can afford.
We have such a big family that each of my mothers children don’t buy for family that extends beyond them. Nothing for my nieces and nephews or their children. There’s just to many of them, and their families do a good job of taking care of themselves.

My husband and I don’t really have a budget. Sometimes $150 or $200, sometimes a bunch more. For his parents we stay around $150 total for both of them. For his brother and his wife, about $50 each.

My partner feels exactly the same way as Harple’s. Money should never be considered a quantifier for how much two people love each other. Far more valuable are the gifts of trust, honesty, friendship and support. And can any gift be as precious and beautiful as an SO’s eyes shining with love?

Oh, @Doppelganger19 , you such a sap! That’s why I lurve you…;-)

My grandmother used to say that when the kids got old enough to compare how much she spent on each of us, they were then to old to get presents from her.

when its a BEST friend, I usually do not have a limit, but im not going to go broke for someone. But maybe 50–100. when it’s just a friend or co-worker, $20 is usually a good budget per person.

£100 for my girlfriend. I spent closer to £250 on her last year, but it left me skint for a while, so I’ve learnt my lesson for this year!

Around $20 for each stepsister, $50 for my cousin, $30 for a few friends,$100 for everyone else combined, and as much as I can afford for my sister (I’m a compulsive spoiler with her).

£100 for my daughter, £50 for my partner, £10 each for friends and other relatives.

$50 for my brother.
$480 for our niece (I gave her an ongoing cell phone service subscription).

Under $20 for those I’m closest to. Under $5 for everyone else. Under $100 completely.