Plan a holiday gift budget across a list of recipients.
A holiday budget divides into a reserve for surprises and a gift pool that spreads evenly across the recipients. Setting a per-recipient cap keeps total holiday spending within a plan rather than ballooning with each extra purchase.
Holiday Shopping Budget
Per recipient = (budget - reserve) / recipients
Per recipient = (budget - reserve) / recipients A holiday budget divides into a reserve for surprises and a gift pool that spreads evenly across the recipients.
Setting a per-recipient cap keeps total holiday spending within a plan rather than ballooning with each extra purchase.
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Total holiday budget, Number of recipients, Reserve for extras. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.