Sparklelu
Brilliant_Rock
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wow, I admire all you folks who stick to the 20-30. range for gifts!
I admit we go overboard but I love the look of a huge wrapped pile of gifts under around the tree. E ach of my three kids has their own spot and they all love that I still do that even though only the 19 yr old is still home. This year weset a $300.00 limit per person, so including SiL that is $1200. Then we have the 2 grandbabies thats another 250. then we have inlaws we send a family gift to as well, last year was a Jackson and Perkins Amaryliss plant. We also have 4 neices we usually gift. This year we saw them at Thanksgiving so I gave everyone an ornament I made. Dh and I are at the point where we really dont "want" anything but we still make a list so the kids can get ideas.
We also do stockings but those include things like toothpaste, toothbrushes as well as candy, gum,fruitand coal cause nobody is perfect. The kids also add to each others stockings.
We usually come in at about $2500.00 that's for everyone NOT including Dh and myself for each other.
We earn the money so we gift each other a bit more My stocking always has a sparkly in it! This is what I want for it this year Dh is getting a gunsafe.
My youngest the one still at home, surprised me with my gift already. When we got home from NJ (after driving the 16ft Truck loaded with relief supplies to hurricane victims)we saw he had redone the front landscaping of my house and installed a fountain and decorated the outside with Christmas lights! I have always wanted a fountain!!
I admit we go overboard but I love the look of a huge wrapped pile of gifts under around the tree. E ach of my three kids has their own spot and they all love that I still do that even though only the 19 yr old is still home. This year weset a $300.00 limit per person, so including SiL that is $1200. Then we have the 2 grandbabies thats another 250. then we have inlaws we send a family gift to as well, last year was a Jackson and Perkins Amaryliss plant. We also have 4 neices we usually gift. This year we saw them at Thanksgiving so I gave everyone an ornament I made. Dh and I are at the point where we really dont "want" anything but we still make a list so the kids can get ideas.
We also do stockings but those include things like toothpaste, toothbrushes as well as candy, gum,fruitand coal cause nobody is perfect. The kids also add to each others stockings.
We usually come in at about $2500.00 that's for everyone NOT including Dh and myself for each other.
We earn the money so we gift each other a bit more My stocking always has a sparkly in it! This is what I want for it this year Dh is getting a gunsafe.
My youngest the one still at home, surprised me with my gift already. When we got home from NJ (after driving the 16ft Truck loaded with relief supplies to hurricane victims)we saw he had redone the front landscaping of my house and installed a fountain and decorated the outside with Christmas lights! I have always wanted a fountain!!