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How much has Christmas cost you? [so far!...]

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  • 21-12-2006 12:33pm
    #1
    abetarrush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭


    I spent about €70 on my Sister and her Husband, but got them loads of deadly stuff.

    Givin my bro 3 nice tops I never wore
    [Ha, how stingey is that! But they're all new and tagged, so there]

    Bought my Dad Brain Training for the NDS, but the DS is MINE! muahahaha. Ill also get him about €100 worth of clothes


    thats it for now

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    How much have you spent on Presents already??? 99 votes

    Less than €100
    0% 0 votes
    €100 to €500
    26% 26 votes
    €500 to €1000
    51% 51 votes
    €1000+
    22% 22 votes


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    #2
    Bard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Roughly ...

    Fiancee - €200
    Fiancee's family - €100
    Mam - €85
    Dad - €40
    Brother 1 - €40
    Brother 2 - €40

    So,... yeah... over €500... along with being more generous to myself than usual (new printer, clothes, DVD's... etc.)

    Glad the fiancee doesn't read this site ;)


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    #3
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    About €450 in total on random stuff for me, gifts for my better half and my Kris Kindle*. Probably end up close to €600 by the end of today.


    * We do a family Kris Kindle whereby instead of getting 5 x €50 presents from each person, we just each spend €250 on one person. Makes life much easier and the pressies better.


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    #4
    Busterpuss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 163 ✭✭Busterpuss


    €650/700 on the OH, €80 on my mam, €50 on my dad, €90 on the 3 bro's, €150 on 3 mates, €15 on a work thing, and thats not including clothes and goin out etc, also bout €100 on the oh's parents


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    #5
    kmick
    Registered Users Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭kmick


    Four farthings and its been worth every shilling Barney.


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    #6
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Nothing :p


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    #7
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    The only thing I've bought so far is the present for the boards secret santa deely..

    Haven't done any other xmas shopping yet.

    I might pick up some stuff to bring into my staff in work later as they're still in work while I'm at home in bed right now.


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    #8
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    I'd probably forget half the presents if I tried to write a list of what I have bought but I reckon its deffo over the €200-€300 mark anyway. And I still have Daddy dearest to buy for :eek:


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    #9
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    spent nothing on presents so far


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    #10
    irlirishkev
    Registered Users Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭irlirishkev


    About 700blips so far. That includes 150 on a holiday with the g/f after xmas (did it instead of buying presents). 200 on my folks, and the rest is scattered around between my siblings and nephews..

    I have to take a moritorium from my mortgage to afford Christmas, but I don't mind one bit. Christmas is great fun.. and I love giving pressies. Ho ho ho!!


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    #11
    User45701
    Registered Users Posts: 6,905 ✭✭✭User45701


    i havent done any shopping yet its best to do it all on x-mass eve.
    you hear so many stories about how bad it is but you will be surprised how easy it is to shop on x-mass eve because all the people believe the stories about how bad it is so less people wait till then.


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    #12
    Mrs_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Mrs_Doyle


    Its crazy, I started shopping early this year, so didn't realise how much I had spent, but on presents alone I have spent about €850!
    I buy for my parents, my brother, 2 sisters, 2 friends and my boyfriend, and I also bought a few small little presents for the people in work.
    I honestly didn't think I had gone over board this year, thought I had been sensible, but nope, spent just as much as ever, just over a longer period of time.


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    #13
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    About €200


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    #14
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    Haven't started getting Christmas presents yet. Will do on Saturday!


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    #15
    matrim
    Registered Users Posts: 7,518 ✭✭✭matrim


    It's going to cost me about 300 - 400 euro on presents. Most other years have been less money but unfortunately I set the bar fairly high this year when I told everyone that I wanted a Wii for christmas.


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    #16
    Hail 2 Da Chimp
    Registered Users Posts: 7,589 ✭✭✭Hail 2 Da Chimp


    What the crap... Over 600! Just counted it up. I was much happier before you asked that question OP!

    Also this doesnt include the €307 I spent on an Xbox360 for my self :o


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    #17
    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    about €150 or so.
    *waits for netwhizzkid to come in and tell us all he spent €20,000 on presents for fine gael members.


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    #18
    scojones
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    julep wrote:
    *waits for netwhizzkid to come in and tell us all he spent €20,000 on presents for fine gael members.

    Fine Gael sent me a Christmas card this year!


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    #19
    exCrumlinBoyo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭exCrumlinBoyo


    $1000 bucks to date. It includes presents for my two kids, my wife, my mum, dad, brother and sister. My mother and father inlaw, brother inlaw, my wifes grandmother, uncle, aunt and uncle...

    Not a penny spent on myself.... its all about the giving.... (me bollix...)


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    #20
    Judt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Judt


    Family, friends and last minute - last minute is people who give me presents and I jump into "Uhoh" mode, get them something and cleverly pretend I had it all along. About €300+ at this point.


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    #21
    Sad Professor
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    Not much, about €110 and I'm finished. I've no brothers or sisters and no girlfriend. I also don't send cards. So it works out fairly cheap for me :D


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    #22
    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    sjones wrote:
    Fine Gael sent me a Christmas card this year!
    the bastards never send me one. all i ever get is a generic one from Emmet Stagg and that is addressed to my dead father, whose funeal was attended by stagg (he even sent a wreath).
    never anything from fine gael for this voter.


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    #23
    Mrs_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Mrs_Doyle


    sjones wrote:
    Fine Gael sent me a Christmas card this year!
    Me too! and I don't even vote for them.


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    #24
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    So far, Christmas has cost me €0 EUR (seriously!). But that's because I'm broke. Getting paid tonight so will probably be spending around €500 EUR in the next couple of days...

    I hate Christmas... :(


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    #25
    MonkeyWrench
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭MonkeyWrench


    About 125 on presents for my bro, secret santa for work etc..the real money drain for me will be flights home from the UK and getting pished over xmas! :D


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    #26
    GrumPy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    Just on presents for people between €200-250

    But if I include all the clothes and my wii which I bought myself €1000+

    :D


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    #27
    cance
    Registered Users Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭cance


    €3000 upwards.

    but i did just get engaged too :)


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    #28
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    About €80,150* eurons.










    *€80,000 being a house for ourselves and €150 for pressies for the wifeh. :)


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    #29
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    cance wrote:
    €3000 upwards.

    but i did just get engaged too :)
    Congratulations!!


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    #30
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    €0.00 ;)

    I don't do the whole Christmas thing at all.


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    #31
    R0ot
    Registered Users Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭R0ot


    thank the world for little sisters, presents bought all i needed was the money :D


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