The average household will spend over £500 on Christmas presents over the festive season. Unsurprisingly, children are the main beneficiaries of our largesse – the usual amount spent by Mums and Dads is £137 per child. That’s a whopping 60% rise over a generation – the survey also found that the over 50s spend an average of £86 per child when their children were young.

The results are the conclusions of a survey into Christmas spending habits of over 2000 adults.

Average spend per relative:
Wife: £117
Girlfriend: £102
Boyfriend: £102
Daughters: £101
Sons: £99
Husband: £89
Grandson: £48
Granddaughter: £45
Daughter-in-Law: £42
Mothers: £38
Son-in-Law: £34
Fathers: £32
Sister: £26
Mother-in-Law: £24
Father-in-Law: £24
Brother: £24
Grandmother: £16
Grandfather: £14

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