gift giving etiquette

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My girlfriend invited me to have christmas with her family but i'm just not sure what kind of gifts I should buy for her family or whats the normal thing to do. Whats the correlation price wise between how much i'd spend on her and on her family compared to my own family and what kind of gifts are suitable?

I know this sounds really dorky but i'm clueless. Edit: My question now makes sense! ...kinda

That was a really hard question...i used to
buy alot of gifts at christmas, usually my
girlfriends family got various liquer (lots of it,
can be relaxing to keep them drunk )
and those big gift box-thingys with chocloate,
things like that. Unless i had overheard someone
mentioning something they wanted, then i got them
that with a switch-option at the store i got it at, in
case someone else got them the same thing.
As for whats a good pricerange...not sure, never
really thought about that so much - it varies, and
what i spend on who is very random, family or not.
Sometimes a truly great gift cost $10 when theres
some thought in it

Yeah, i`m thinking booze, chocolate, flowers....probably
more things like that, but nothing comes to mind right now.
To make an extra effort, if for example giving booze, dont
just pick up a random bottle- find out what the persons
absolute favourite kind is and get that or favourite
type of flower- but try to not ask them directly, that spoils
it a little- sneak around a little so they get pleasantly surprised

I just ask my girlfriend ¬_¬

What to get your girl-friend's family? Ask her?

What to get your girl-friend? Ask her family (a female sibling or her mother would probably be appropriate).

I agree, you should ask your girlfriend.

Someone on here might say I spend x amount on my gf's family's presents, and that might turn out to be inappropriate for your gf's family. All families are different, some families have a policy of not spending very much, of being quite frugal and trying to buy inexpensive and meaningful gifts, whereas other families like to demonstrate how much they care by spending a lot and buying very lavish gifts.

As for my own personal approach, I'm a lot like ImTheGuyThatDidThat, I don't have any set price range in mind really, more that if I see something that I think is really appropriate then I'm prepared to spend more than other people might for a gift for a random friends, because I like to give people gifts or something that I think or know they particularly wanted or that I suspect they will love. But then again, the reverse can be true, even for someone I'm particularly fond of, doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to spend a lot of money, when the perfect gift for them for that particular occasion might be 10 pounds. For me, it's not about the cost, it's about appropriateness of the gift for that person. I like to put some thought into that, or sometimes people randomly comment about a book or some music or what flowers they like and I try to remember.