Here's something you'll rarely, if ever, get to see: the actual amounts actual people gave for an actual B Mitzvah. It's an annotated list: who gave what to the B Mitzvah child, their relationship to the B Mitzvah child and/or family. DNA = Did not attend.
ANATOMY OF A REAL GIFT LIST
| Connection to B Mitzvah child | Amount |
| Grandparents | $1,000 |
| Grandfather | $1,000 |
| Aunt and Uncle | $500 |
| Aunt and Uncle + 3 children | $150 |
| Aunt and Uncle + 1 child | $500 savings bond |
| Parent's Aunt and Uncle | $150 |
| Parent's Aunt | $200 |
| Parent's Aunt and Uncle DNA) | $50 |
| Parent's cousin | $250 store gift card |
| Parent's Aunts | $300 |
| Grandparent's Sibling | $150 |
| Grandparent's Cousins | $250 |
| Grandparent's Cousins | $200 |
| Grandparent's Cousins | $180 |
| Grandparent's Cousins (DNA) | $50 |
| Grandparent's Cousins | Watch |
| Grandparent's Friends | $200 |
Grandparent's Friends | $200 |
Grandparent's Friends | $150 |
Grandparent's Friends | $100 |
Grandparent's Friends | Books |
| Parent's Friends | $150 |
| Parent's Aunt and Uncle | $300 |
| Parent's Cousins + 2 children | $400 |
| Parent's Cousins + 1 child | $250 |
| Parent's Cousins + 2 children | $250 |
| Parent's Cousin | $118 |
| Parent's Friends + 1 child | $150 |
| Parent's Friends + 1 child | $100 |
| Parent's Friends + 2 children | $180 |
| Parent's Friends + 2 children | $200 |
| Parent's Friends + 3 children | $200 |
| Parent's Friends + 1 child | $200 |
| Parent's Friends + 1 child | $100 |
| Parent's Friend | $100 |
| Parent's Friend | $100 |
| B Mitzvah Child's Friend (x 1) | $100 |
| B Mitzvah Child's Friend (x 1) | $90 |
| B Mitzvah Child's Friend (x 2) | $75 |
| B Mitzvah Child's Friend (x 6 incl. 2 DNA) | $72 |
| B Mitzvah Child's Friend (x 6) | $54 |
| B Mitzvah Child's Friend (x 5) | $50 |
| B Mitzvah Child's Friend (x 4) | $36 |
| B Mitzvah Child's Friend (DNA) | $18 |
