Ok, a completely different subject (it is Christmas after all 🎅😁).
“A grandmother who charged her family for Christmas dinner last year has raised her prices for 2023. Caroline Duddridge, 63, previously made her adult relatives pay up to £15, while her youngest grandchildren got a £2.50 bill each. But this December it has gone up to cover the increased cost of living and rising food prices.
Caroline, from Fairwater in Cardiff, described a general food shop in the current climate as "just horrifying". She first got the idea to make guests fork out for her turkey dinner when her husband died in 2015. She even tells her loved ones to transfer the money straight into her bank account, because it is easier to "keep track of any stragglers".
(Full story at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67770982 ).
I should answer my own question. Whilst I appreciate the costs might be very difficult for some people, I couldn’t bring myself to charge my family for Christmas dinner. Surely it would have been better to ask each guest to bake/cook something and bring it with them?
Waddayafink?
🎅🎄🍻🍷😁
Scrooge or Sensible? LIVE🎄
posted on 20/12/23
comment by Dennis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfCLt0kTd5E (U23086)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
comment by The Light Brigade (U22847)
posted 19 minutes ago
Right, taking a short break (cooking dinner … £15 a head if anyone’s interested) … catch you all laters 🍷
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Does that include delivery. 🚖
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No, it includes lamb, chicken and fish.
Hang on - that's not right...
posted on 20/12/23
They don't have to go to grannys. If they do, then they think it's worth the price.
Last christmas I disguised as a snowman, and stood as still as i can in our garden. So that I didn't have to sit at the table with the boring ones (my family).
However; I forgot that children like to throw snowballs at the snowman. And take the carrot-nose out, and stick it, hard, somewhere else.
I am still thinking how to improve last years fiasco, so that I can have a peacful and quiet christmas.
Just me and my beer.
posted on 20/12/23
comment by Loidis-Norvegicus (U9680)
posted 12 minutes ago
They don't have to go to grannys. If they do, then they think it's worth the price.
Last christmas I disguised as a snowman, and stood as still as i can in our garden. So that I didn't have to sit at the table with the boring ones (my family).
However; I forgot that children like to throw snowballs at the snowman. And take the carrot-nose out, and stick it, hard, somewhere else.
I am still thinking how to improve last years fiasco, so that I can have a peacful and quiet christmas.
Just me and my beer.
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Last christmas I disguised as a snowman
But the very next day
I melted away
posted on 20/12/23
comment by Clockwork Red: Amrabats in the Belfry (U4892)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Loidis-Norvegicus (U9680)
posted 12 minutes ago
They don't have to go to grannys. If they do, then they think it's worth the price.
Last christmas I disguised as a snowman, and stood as still as i can in our garden. So that I didn't have to sit at the table with the boring ones (my family).
However; I forgot that children like to throw snowballs at the snowman. And take the carrot-nose out, and stick it, hard, somewhere else.
I am still thinking how to improve last years fiasco, so that I can have a peacful and quiet christmas.
Just me and my beer.
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Last christmas I disguised as a snowman
But the very next day
I melted away
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posted on 20/12/23
Can't imagine needing to spend that much per person unless you're getting booze too? Maybe she just hates her family and they're not getting the hint
posted on 20/12/23
Don't know about charging friends and relatives but if a sister in law of mine, who is a brilliant cook, said "right Xmas or in my case Eid dinner at my house for £10/15 a pop" I would pay a year in advance 😄
I'm the oldest of my siblings (still in the locality have 1 older but she lives with hubby's and kids out of the way). Im a decent cook and when my mum got old (passed on now) to cook and host I took over. And it's a nightmare. It takes weeks of shopping for bits, addresses ng dietary needs, something for the kids (nephews and nieces etc), entertainment etc. own wife and kids to cater to and the fecking rush in the supermarkets etc.
£15 from Xmas eve through to boxing day is a bargain. Just eat and drink and not worry about any of the above? Heck I would just give £50 as a thanks
posted on 20/12/23
As I mentioned above we celebrate Eid. Asian families tend to be bigger and all get together. We are lucky my dad's house is massive as was mine. I'm in a smaller house now so a big get together would be difficult.
I have friends who faced similar situation and now hire the local community hall at Eid time. Every family member brings a dish/dishes. Starters, mains and desserts are allocated.
Kids have a great time because of the space and they eat and party yo their hearts content. They use paper plates and cups etc and cleaner cleans up after.
Jobs a good un.
Thinking of doing the same this year and invite out of town family and close friends too. Just a massive get together for my old man who has not been himself since mum passed 2 years ago.
Don't care about food and drinks as such. Just the company and atmosphere of around 50+ people
posted on 20/12/23
Right, that’s dinner over with … managed to barricade the front door from Granny getting in … at £15 a head, I’m onto a tidy profit (4:30 at Kempton Park here we come) … seriously though folks, many, many thanks for joining in today/tonight and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading all your stories (hope you have too). Thanks also to Admin for your assistance on this thread. Let’s just hope that everyone has the Christmas dinner (and other festivals as they occur) that they wish for and enjoy. Back to the grind tomorrow worrying about my fave team, but it’s been a privilege sharing these non-football moments with you. Go well all💙
posted on 20/12/23
"Caroline argues that, inflation or not, her fees are still good value for money given that her festive spread lasts from Christmas Eve until Boxing Day.
Previously that included a mini buffet of sandwiches before a slap-up turkey dinner with all the trimmings on 25 December, along with a nut roast and a choice of four desserts.
That would be followed by a full buffet on 26 December. "
she obviously has no problem with "no shows" . So her extended family must think it worthwhile.
I'm wondering where the pricing for the booze went?
Are they Mormons?
posted on 21/12/23
It's all the fault of McDonalds...they shouldn't shut on Christmas day
just letting everyone down