Christmas Spending: How much?

• GoChiefs

  

  Mr. 300;988865 wrote:Looks like the OC does a fine job of stimulating the economy.

  
  $2700 on 16 people really isn't hard to do.
• queencitybuckeye

  Couple hundred. We've had more fun with the challenge of setting a really modest budget trying to get the most for that small amount of money.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  queencitybuckeye;988869 wrote:Couple hundred. We've had more fun with the challenge of setting a really modest budget trying to get the most for that small amount of money.

  
  Con_alma'd?
• queencitybuckeye

  ernest_t_bass;988902 wrote:Con_alma'd?

  How so?
• said_aouita

  

  ccrunner609;989556 wrote:High maintenance wife and 3 girls at home.................it will be alot.

  Still funny all these years later.
• dwccrew

  

  Multiple thousands on high priced escorts.
• SnotBubbles

  

  We have already spent around $500. Total will probably be around $600. That's just on the 3 kids. Probably another $200 or so on various other gifts (family).
  
  And some of you are fucking nuts...
• sleeper

  

  I'll be spending 1 paycheck on Christmas this year. It's about $8500(pre-tax)
• GOONx19

  

  Around $372.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  sleeper;991046 wrote:I'll be spending 1 paycheck on Christmas this year. It's about $8500(pre-tax)

  They only pay you quarterly?
• sleeper

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;991080 wrote:They only pay you quarterly?

  Weekly.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  sleeper;991082 wrote:Weekly.

  You don't even make 500,000? I thought you had money.
• sleeper

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;991095 wrote:You don't even make 500,000? I thought you had money.

  ...
  
  LOL
• power i

  

  With 4 kids, by the time it's all said and done, I'm not going over $2500. That includes everything from Christmas cards and stamps to the food. And that's all cash.
  
  Oh, I forgot the booze. Make it an even 3 grand.
• Automatik

  

  <$300
  
  Parents, sister, one set of grandparents. Very simple.
• like_that

  

  Probably around 200. Parents, brother, and sister in law. Thank god I'm single.
  
  Last gf I had, her bday was jan 3 and then our dating "anniversary" which she made a big deal of was on the 8th. Lolfail on me.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  That's a brutal stretch.
• OQB

  

  Well Let's do the math:
  
  13 people at $35 dollars a piece = $455.00
  Fiance = another $250.00
  
  Total Spending this Christmas = $705.00...roughly
  
  I usually do a combination of cash/credit.
• Con_Alma

  Don't know yet. Don't know what I'm even purchasing yet!
  
  God only knows what my wife has spent thus far.
• OQB

  

  Con_Alma;991230 wrote:Don't know yet. Don't know what I'm even purchasing yet!
  
  God only knows what my wife has spent thus far.

  haha I'll rep you for that when the site allows me to.....
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Probably $1,500 when it is all said and done.
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  sleeper;991116 wrote:...
  
  LOL

  Why the hell are you on this minor league site then?
• that_guy

  Christmas spending is a big point of contention between my fiance and me. Her family is small, but tends to buy everybody presents and seems to treat Christmas like it's a competition as to who can spend the most. My family is large, and as we've gotten older Christmas has been more about all being together for a few days (I live 2,500 miles away so it doesn't happen often). Most of the presents are now focused on the nieces & nephews. I'm slowly working my finance over to my way of thinking, and our budget this year is much lower than what she spent last year, but still much higher than I'd like to spend.
  
  Our budget ($750)
  Finance's side of the family (Brother, Aunt, Mom, Stepdad, Dad)- $250
  Gift Exchange on my side of family- $50
  My Parents- $100
  Goddaughter- $50
  Gifts between fiance and me- $300
• sleeper

  

  DeadliestWarrior34;991346 wrote:Why the hell are you on this minor league site then?

  I've offered to purchase this site multiple times to try and remove the minor league title from the site. First order of business is removing C4F but Justin won't sell unless its guaranteed that C4F stays on as mod. You ban C4F and this forum could be worth millions instead of the smaller offer I've put on the table.
• fan_from_texas

  $100 on the C-monster
  $200 on Mrs. FFT's family (4 people)
  $200 on my family (2 gifts in the gift swap, plus my parents)
  $200 on my secretary
  $500-1,000 on Mrs. FFT
  
  I anticipate she'll spend $500ish on me.
  
  So that puts us around $2,00ish, I guess.
  
  We'll pay for everything with credit and pay off the balance each month, so I guess that counts as cash.
  
  The bigger Christmas expense for us is that we're hosting a dinner party for about 20 people this year. We decided to cater it so we didn't have to bother with food, and of course, Mrs. FFT determined we needed a second dining table to accommodate . . . I'm scared to think about how much we're spending on all of this.
  
  It's good that I went to a B1G school, so I'm loaded. I couldn't even imagine trying to do all this on an SEC salary. Amirite, sleeper?