Do I have to buy anyone presents?!

Question

Hi ladies! So I am normally the type of person that LOVES buying presents for people at Christmas, I go big most years because I enjoy treating my loved ones as much as possible... but this year I will have a 1-2 week old newborn baby, my partner doesn’t currently have a job as he took a redundancy, and I myself am low on cash due to going onto maternity pay which isn’t great... 
I haven’t bought any Christmas gifts for anyone yet and I am now starting to feel guilty that I won’t have anything to give anyone when we do gift exchanges, it’ll break my heart... 
My partner keeps telling me that we’re giving them a grandson and that I have no obligation to buy anything, but I know I’ll feel guilty if I don’t..
What are other new mums doing for family this Christmas?
Does anyone have any suggestions of inexpensive things I could buy for my immediate family members just so they have something to open?

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I would just recommend if you feel the NEED to buy gifts go get them something they would like from the dollar tree. 😊

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I know it’s pretty hard to anything with a newborn but you could just bake some cookies and put them in something nice and wrap it up? 
My baby is a little older and will nap for a long time so this year I’m just making candles for close family! 
Homemade gifts for me!

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Not this yr. this yr is all about my little baby. He will be born ends of jan& he has been super expensive lol . Plus this little guy was long prayed for 4yrs& 5MC’s. So this is everyone’s gift I told my fam😂🌈💕

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I had my daughter early December in 2018 and had like 5% of my Christmas shopping done when I had her. I also had a c section so I couldn’t finish my shopping in time. I told everyone Christmas was canceled for that year and no one complained about it. Do what you can but don’t feel obligated to get presents for anyone. Focus on your baby and if anyone has a problem with it they don’t deserve a gift to begin with haha.

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We are not buying anyone anything. 
If you want to do someone small. Maybe once your baby is born do a picture of him in a frame for them

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I just buy for my nieces and nephews. We set aside money from each paycheck throughout the year so we have the cash come Christmas time. If we didn’t have to money, I would just politely tell everyone that we won’t be giving any gifts due to the circumstances.

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I still buy gifts. They are always small necessities though not big things. Like my mom got a vacuum one year and loved it. Another year was a coffee maker. Neither were expensive. I keep gifts under 100. But that’s every year not just this one lol..

Do I have to buy anyone presents?!

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