Christmas Gifts

i THINK U ARE BEING SMART. i DON'T SHOP MUCH ANYMORE, DON'T GET AROUND WELL SO I WILL GIVE MY KIDS MONEY WHICH THEY HAD RATHER HAVE & CAN GET WHAT THEY WANT. I will buy a few things for the grands but i started then a savings account & i put money in it for them on christmas & their birthdays.

For me I plan to buy one big gift for my kids and a few little gifts for them. I think for sure I will be cutting done more than last year. I had more money to work with last year and this year I would say I have about a couple hundred and thats about it. Take care and happy mylotting to you.

Well I have been forced as well to cut down this Year I know my Children are Adults but I would still spoil them lol but this year it will be less and they don't care about that lol as they both know money is tight and as they say they are not little Children any more and Friends will just get a little gift this year so yes I am cutting down to

Hello lelin! How are you doing? As for Christmas for me and my family I have almost gone out of my way to please every memeber! This Christmas I plan on doing the same thing because my daughter will be six monhs and this is her first Christmas! I do not have a budget, now some of my gifts will be home- made but a lot of them will be store bought! Well lelin Nakitalikely3617 is out be safe!

This year I would like to use a site like www.almsinsecret.com and help others who are struggling. As for our regular family, I think we will be happy to have a nice meal together and give something small. Like what you are thinking of.

I've just graduated from college for 4 month. I'm still looking for a job and I spend all my savings. I am using my mom's money and I am shamed of that. I dn't think I am gonna buy any Christmas gifts this year. T_T

I am making a lot of gifts this year. I think it'll be nicer and more unique. I am making fingerless gloves and I am going to sew some aprons.

i shop all year so i have a lot of christmas presents already (in fact, i am almost done shopping!) i have also made a lot of presents and am still making some but due to hubby being off work, we are not spending as much this year either.

I decided to just give money instead of gifts. I discovered that sometimes the gift I give does not really fit their taste so it is better to just give out money and let them buy their own gift which will really make them happy.

This will be the second year in a row that I will be buying very few Christmas presents. I'm really bummed out about it, but I just don't have the money. All the credit cards are gone, so that's not an option (and that's probably a good thing.) you can't spend what you don't have.I'm working very hard right now to get myself out of debt. I'm hoping that by next Christmas things will be alot less tight. This year is slightly better than last, so I might be able to buy a few small things, but nothing like I did in the past.

I wanted to try Christmas shopping online this year. A classmate shared his method which was to think of adjectives that describe the person he was shopping for and googling them. So far I've found a few possible and interesting gifts doing that.

I have a lot of people to buy for and a very small budget of 50 dollars. I'm trying to earn a little extra here before the holidays, maybe bump it up another ten dollars before I go shopping. I try to be creative when I give someone a gift, so it's easier for me to make the gifts more meaningful. For example, my sister in law loves candles. I'm going to buy her three for four candles [which you can get for a dollar each at most dollar stores] and decorate the outside of the candle with a little glitter gel paint and ribbon, and put them all together in an old easter basket I have lying around. I'm getting each person something small, and because my family gets food stamps I'm going to buy a few baking ingredients and make a small bag of goodies [like cookies, chocolate dipped pretzels, etc.] for each person to add to the gift. That way they know you put thought into their gift.

well for me it doesn't matter how big or small the gift is as long as you gave it with all your heart... well in Christmas Time, most people expect gifts for the reason of giving and sharing... but what is important to the receiver is that you gave it because you want them to feel special... with that, I make sure that when Christmas time is near, I have started saving to buy gifts to all the people whom I want to feel special no matter how many it is... Gift for me is not just a material thing but an act of kindness and a simple way of saying "hey i remember you in this holiday season coz you're special"...

Buy gifts to their children,it is a must,as far he could afford to buy them within the bar.

I'm buying for as many people this year, but not spending nearly as much. Some of our family members are having hard times, so we're making it low key for everyone to keep anyone from feeling bad. I have helped them in other ways, but Christmas will be more about family and less about gifts this year. I don't know why, but I haven't been excited to make gifts this year and I usually do that.

We are buying for less people, but still shopping about the same for our kids. We used to exchange with his family, but are not this year.

Well, for us in a certain sense it is less, but then for the kids it is the same as normal. My husband's side of the family has decided to exchange names this year so that we will only have to buy two presents for that side of the family as opposed to the five that we usually have to buy. As far as my side of the family they are still getting what they are accustomed to getting. Last year my mother's extended side of the family decided that it was better to just get together as opposed to exchanging gifts so that is what we will be doing again this year. Now, my children will be spoiled as usual this year. I started their shopping very early and I've done the majority of it with amazon gift cards so I haven't spend any money out of my pocket, but they are still going to be finding plenty of toys under the Christmas tree from Santa Claus and they will each have a good amount of gifts to open from Mom and Dad.

It's less for us as well. It's a good thing that i don't have that much god children so I will just worry about my kids and some of their cousins. Children are not hard to please anyway so a toy of or a dress will do. But I'm still for waiting for our Christmas bonus and I'm not expecting much since half of it had been released already last month. But gift giving is what Christmas is all about so i guess we have to continue with the tradition. Cheers!

Hi, lelin1123! This year I have a big list with gifts for my relatives. And yes, I think I will have enough money to buy all the things I need. I already have made a list with the gifts and I even have bought some of them, because they were cheaper, and if I have to wait till Christmas, I will give much more for the same thing that I have already bought.