Guides to help you decide

The questions that come up before you choose a gift: what to ask for, how much to spend, when to buy and how to avoid duplicates.

• Best-selling toys in Spain for Christmas 2026: what kids want

  This year is led by building sets to assemble and display, card games, robotics and four licences: KPop Demon Hunters, Stitch, Pokémon and the football World Cup. Several of the most sought-after already have long delivery times.

• Gifts for siblings to share: ideas for different ages

  A shared present works when both can use it at the same time and neither has a clear advantage. Cooperative games, free-building sets and outdoor kit fit the bill. Choose by the younger one's age and the older one's patience.

• How many Reyes presents per child: what is reasonable, how to cap it

  There is no correct number and no study that sets one. As a pointer, three to five presents in total, adding up every household, is what a child can open, look at and use. What counts is the total, not what each person brings.

• Christmas presents for nieces and nephews: how to get it right

  Ask the parents before you buy, with a specific question. If you cannot, choose by age something that does not depend on their tastes or on what they already have, such as a board game, a book or craft materials, and ask for a gift receipt.

• Amigo invisible for kids: €5 and €10 Secret Santa ideas that work

  With a €5 limit, the safe choices are things that get used up or collected, such as drawing materials, cards or modelling clay. With a €10 limit there is room for a card game or a book. At school, go for something anyone in the class would like.

• Reyes presents for under €20 that don't look like an afterthought

  Under €20, the presents that work are the ones that are good at a small size, such as a card game, a book, a short building set or drawing materials. What fails is the cut-down version of a big toy.

• Father Christmas or the Three Kings: how to split the presents

  What works best is one present to use over the holidays on 25 December and the letter on 6 January, or the other way round, but not two full letters. The child's total should be the same as if you only celebrated one date.

• When to buy Three Kings (Reyes) presents so they arrive on time

  Anything your child has asked for by its exact name, buy in November or the first week of December. Generic things can wait. For everything else, go by the delivery date on the product page, not the calendar.

• Letter to the Three Kings: what to ask for at each age, 3 to 12

  Up to age 5 you write the letter yourself around their drawings, and two or three requests are enough. From 6 to 9 they choose on their own and it helps to ask them to rank their wishes. From 10 to 12 they ask for fewer things, and more specific ones.

• Gifts for children that are not toys (and that they will use)

  When they already have everything, three kinds of present work: things that get used up (drawing materials, collectable stickers), things they use every day (a watch, a rucksack) and things that are shared (a board game, an instrument).

• The four-gift rule: what it is and how to use it at Reyes

  It proposes four presents per child: something they want, something they need, something to read and something to wear. It has no scientific origin, but it is useful for sharing presents out and for not overdoing it.

• First Communion gifts in Spain: what to give and how much to spend

  It depends on how close you are. A classmate or a family friend does well with €20 to €35; close relatives usually go higher, and godparents and grandparents give the big present. There is no official figure.

• How much to spend on a classmate's birthday present in Spain

  There is no rule. The most common approach is a present of €10 to €20 per guest, or a kitty of a few euros per family for a joint present. What matters is that the class agrees on it once.