Christmas ..Do you spend equal amounts on your grandchildren/step grandchildren?

Glad you said that, Carol, because I don't allocate specified sums to each member of my family. Appropriateness is the criterion I use. As birthdays are spread across the year, it's easier to buy the big presents then and give interesting but less expensive gifts for Christmas. I like choosing and they like receiving books. Lego is a big hit with all of them, and my GD2 likes anything creative.

Our presents to GC were always placed under the tree, supposedly delivered by FC, along with those from all the family.This made a huge pile which almost filled the lounge. The GC were overwhelmed when they were tiny and I'm sure didn't realise who had really given them.
Sad old me would have liked the children to know that we had given them their presies!

Hello Tosh, how lovely to see you on here.I am a step daughter, and my step mother and Father did and spent a lot less for myself and my sister, now I look back on it,, b ut it really didn,t matter at the time. It's not how much, it's the time you put in to choose something. I now have a step son and a step daughter in law(can be very tricky) and a dear little step GD, they are my husband's family and we treat them like everyone else.I don't think your daughter will be upset as long as you handle it all sensitively,which I 'm sure you do. I have a daughter with no children and she has two grown up step children. I do sometimes think that I give more of my time and attention to other DD as she has two small children and I'm a hands on Granny, so I have to make an effort to make sure I see her and am in touch regularly. Family life is complicated in this day and age, and all you can do is your very best and no more! Oh , and £30 pounds is fine, they doon't know how much everything is.

We have two "step" grandsons (although our son and his partner aren't married) who we treat just the same as our "real" grandchildren. Our son treats them as his children (and is a much better father than their own!) so we do too.

I try to get things for each child that I know they will like. I don't try to make up the cost for each to be the same.
My eldest grandchild usually gets most spent on him because he is a teenager and the things he likes are more expensive.

I treat step grandson exactly the same as other grandchildren. I spend £30-£40 on each. However we decided this year to cut out presents for our children and husband, wife.

Granny Tunnocks,.. We are considering cutting out the presents for adults this year or at least just buy small token gifts. Over the years it has got much too expensive !

We stopped buying for the adults last year, it was not only the expense but I had completely run out of ideas. DC's hobbies are extremely expensive ones and buying anything related would involve specialist websites. I usually take whole family out to lunch on Christmas day and that in itself is expensive but at least I don't end up with all the shopping, preparation and washing up.