Is £20 tight for a sibling's Christmas present?

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On 10 October, the Daily Mirror reported a survey for Park Christmas Savings in which households expected to spend £693.80 on presents. That puts a sibling's gift within a wider Christmas budget.

In YouGov's 2025 Christmas survey, 57% of present buyers said they typically bought for siblings. Among the 1,053 who did, the middle spending band for each sibling was £21 to £30. The full 2025 tables show 29% spent £20 or less and 64% spent more. Most of the latter stayed at £50 or below: 25% spent £21 to £30 and 22% spent £31 to £50. Another 7% did not know.

The same survey put the middle band for a friend at £11 to £20 and for each parent at £31 to £50. I would look at the total across everyone on the list, then at what this sibling usually expects.

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