26-11-2018, 09:46 PM
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Charging Family for Christmas Dinner
Would you or have you in the past said this is what you pay ?I think if you invite someone to eat , then you pay .Not the guest .
So this lady is charging £17 a head , is this cheeky or fair ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46345677..
Hosting Christmas lunch for friends and family can be expensive, so could charging them for the meal be a way to cope?
This time of year is pretty pricy for most people. There are presents to buy, Christmas outings and parties to shell out for and on top of that there's the traditional yuletide lunch.
The cost of festive nibbles, fancy side dishes, the turkey, cake, pudding and alcohol all add up, especially if you're hosting extended family and friends, as well as your immediate family.
And that's before you account for the stress and extra work involved in cooking such a large meal.
Could charging guests for their meal be one way to cope?
When a user on parenting forum Mumsnet said her mother-in-law had decided to charge her family £17-a-head to attend this year's Christmas dinner it sparked a mixed response.
Some thought it was fair enough given the cost, while others said it simply wasn't in keeping with the season's spirit of togetherness and generosity.
26-11-2018, 09:57 PM
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Re: Charging Family for Christmas Dinner
Definitely not, no but then we don't have friends around for Christmas dinner. It's a day to be spent with family and you don't ask your own flesh and blood to pay for a meal you have invited them too.In our circle of friends at other times of the year we sometimes have house parties. Whosever house it is they put on a buffet or other food and the guests bring along what they want to drink.
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