Do you exchange Christmas gifts with your spouse?

We do not buy for each other but we do a $30 limit on the each of us ($10 for each kid) and buy gifts with them to give to the other as a family thing. We also buy one new thing that is either useful or at least practical. Such as we took advantage of a great sale and bought a sweet recliner for our living room and that is our Christmas present. I know his side is appalled by this behaviour as they all give very large expensive "romantic" gifts to each other and go way to far into debt doing so every year. We are too practical for that though, just the though curls our budget...

we dont have a lot of extra money either but we do usually spend about $10 on each other. while it is tough it forces us to be creative. you are right, it doesnt take money to show someone love!

Normally i would try to buy something for her but we don't really do an exchange yea lol

I usually do exchange gifts with here a lot. Not only on christmas, but almost everytime that I get the chance to give.. hehehe

NO we don't exchange Xmus gift. Usually we just go for picnic and we spend time with each other. My husband loves dark chocolate. So i gift him dark chocolates. It is kid's festival. So I distribute cloths book to kids.

I dont know about being married but I currently have a girlfriend going on three years now. We are in college and are BROKE! We simply tell each other how we need nothing more than each other and skip the money part of buying gifts and just be together. Thats what christmas is all about..

I love it! Someone who feels the same way I do about Christmas. My husband and I decided many years ago to give each other the gift of freedom from stress over buying each other gifts. We focus on the children. Both of us feel better for it. The rest of the year is open season. When one of us knows something specific the other wants, then a surprise is sure to be in order. It makes it so much more precious when you receive a gift just because someone loves you and is thinking of you. I think you really got the spirit of Christmas right. I also think you got the marriage thing right. Of course, with seven children, for sure, there is a lot of love there. I bet Christmas at your house is a lot of fun. After all, it is about the children.

I have not been a big gift giver for many years mainly scince my boyfriend and I moved out of state and my mom has always been about the kids on christmas so once you get to be a teenager then she will givw a gift card for dinner or someting small but mostly its just about the kids in the family. Once we moved we started staying in California for the holidays instead of flying home during the most expensive time of year. So we stopped giving each other christmas gifts a few years ago and we never looked back. My boyfriends birthday is 12/29 so I just have to figure out a birthday gift and that is it.

My husband and I focus on our daughter. She was born christmas day, so she gets both birthday presents, and christmas presents. We may pick something small up for each other, but thats about it. We do share a lot of romantic times during the year. I don't think that it is wrong to just focus on your children. I think that christmas is for the children, and that us parents just get joy from watching them. We have an agreement with our friends and family that we will only buy for the children. It takes a little bit of the stress away of having to buy for so many people.

Yes, my husband and I exchange gifts during Christmas. We open gifts on Christmas Eve together with the kids, and we don't wanna be left out of the fun, so we at least find a gift for each other to be opened on this day. It doesn't really have to be expensive - I usually give him a new shirt or a polo, perfume, or anything that I fancy for him. He too is very creative in finding something for me on this day. Happy Holidays!

Not anymore. We have two daughters now and both of their birthdays are in November so we are lucky to be able to get them presents at Christmas. We give each other a big present on Christmas eve, the free kind if you know what I mean. :)

Me and my hubby do usually try to buy for each other. We don't have any kids at home but have a whole host of grandkids that we buy for. We always get their gifts first and then if we have money and time then we will buy for each other. I know that year we bought for each other the day before christmas eve. It was kinda nice to do it that way. This I don't think we will be buying for each other. The money is kinda tight for us. Have a good week and keep smiling.

That's exactly how my husband and I are. We have two kids and we just focus on them. And we're also like you in that we pamper and give gifts to each other throughout the year. Also, I don't know about you, but especially around Christmas we don't have a whole lot of extra money because we're getting presents for the kids AND the rest of our family members. I think it's totally fine if you guys don't get each other presents. That's not really what Christmas is about in my opinion anyway. It's about love, and enjoying time with your family, and sipping hot chocolate while you're snuggled up by the fire... yeah, I know, I'm a cheeseball....

I think if you have kids the major focus should be on them (especially is money is tight or you have a large family) That being said my husband and I give each other gifts but we put a limit on it (we spend $500-$800 on each of us) We don't not have kids and he makes extra money so its not a problem for us. I have a friend who is having money problems, thankfully she doesn't have kids but she is sad cuz Christmas is coming up and she knows she wont be able to get anything for anyone. Christmas is not about gifts, don't get me wrong getting and giving gifts is great and is a part of the holiday. But to me Christmas is about love and joy, family and friends. I'd pick the people that mean the most to me over a gift any day.