Brits spending on Christmas predicted to snowball to £200m

By Becky Bargh | Published: 20-Nov-2018
Finance Retail

Spending on children’s presents has increased £2.86bn in a generation with aftershave and perfume named most popular present parents want to receive from children

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Figures released by savings site VoucherCodes.co.uk has revealed Brits are expected to spend £203.98m on presents for children this Christmas.

The survey conducted on more than 2,000 participants found the average expenditure per child will amount to

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