Parents/grandparents charging family for christmas meal....yes/no ?

[numbnuts]

Click bait and whats a radio ?

 

[Jameshow]

Don't give this oxygen!

Up there with the peeing in the shower feature some years back!!

 

[wiggydiggy]

I normally listen to R2 in the car, but not if it is Jeremy Vine, which I would expect to have been the show this would be on.

Exactly the same, their specialist shows like Folk and Blues are very good, but its instant off as soon as I here Jeremy Vine.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Great idea! I'll also add on the difference if I think the present I gave was worth more than the one I receive.

 

[Beebo]

If we are having a large Christmas meal we will ask someone to bring the cheese or the pudding.
I can’t really see a problem as it can cost a fortune to do a proper dinner.

 

[Kingfisher101]

If someone couldn't afford to host a meal I think they wouldn't offer to do it. I've never ever heard of anyone charging their family/friends for the meal ever. Families usually take it in turns.

 

[MontyVeda]

On R2 just now.
Grandparents charging £15-18 per head (reduced for children).
Their reasoning is that people bring various food items which are unwanted or duplicated etc so its better to say "bring nothing" and make a charge.
Never heard of it but it makes some sense.
What think you ?

Christmas is a celebration of capitalism.

If there's one day a year for someone to begrudge feeding their own family, those grandparents have chosen the right day.

Are they charging for the gifts they're giving too?

 

[gbb]

Wouldn't dream of charging if any of the kids come to us for Christmas, nor have any of them ever suggested charging us when we go to them.

But it woyld rarely just be for the day anyhow

In the last 25 years or so, we always cooked Xmas Dinner for kids, parents and grandkids (with maybe 2 exceptions) ...that has meant around 15 or 16 people sometimes round the table(s), minimum 12. Never dreamed of charging or expecting any contribution in kind...but that said, money isn't the issue, we can afford to do it. Perhaps for those that are not so lucky, expecting (or at least hoping for) a contribution may be quite reasonable given the cost of it all.

 

[Kingfisher101]

In the last 25 years or so, we always cooked Xmas Dinner for kids, parents and grandkids (with maybe 2 exceptions) ...that has meant around 15 or 16 people sometimes round the table(s), minimum 12. Never dreamed of charging or expecting any contribution in kind...but that said, money isn't the issue, we can afford to do it. Perhaps for those that are not so lucky, expecting (or at least hoping for) a contribution may be quite reasonable given the cost of it all.

Unless you're having lot of different alcoholic drinks then an Xmas dinner doesn't have to be that expensive. You can do a large chicken instead or a nut roast for veggies etc and all the vegetables are around 15p a packet at the moment.
You could easily feed 6 people for around £20.00 and do a decent Xmas dinner.

 

[MontyVeda]

Click bait and whats a radio ?

same thing as a wireless

 

[classic33]

Click bait and whats a radio ?

It's bait that hunts out the fish for you, with sonar.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

On R2 just now.
Grandparents charging £15-18 per head (reduced for children).
Their reasoning is that people bring various food items which are unwanted or duplicated etc so its better to say "bring nothing" and make a charge.
Never heard of it but it makes some sense.
What think you ?

I don't think the above is a "thing" yet, but with the cost of living being what it is, I think it's fair for guest to contribute financially to a hosted family gathering.
I go to my friend's on Christmas day, we usually have lots to eat - no alcohol.
She provides and cooks all the food, I make and bring a fancy dessert, the bread, some dips.
Normally, I would go with her for one food shop that I would pay for.
This year I put a sum of money in her account equivalent to what one would pay for a Christmas dinner in a restaurant, plus I will bring my usual.
The price of the lamb we are having was dear, her gas used on the day will be high, she is now retired so less income, I felt it was fair.

 

[Gwylan]

Up there with the peeing in the shower feature some years back!!

I assume everybody does in the other shower in my house.

 

[postman]

we have our FIL around every sunday for dinner
x mas day will be the same, we took over x mas day duties when he and MIL retired and we dont charge , MIL died a couple of years ago and we took it on ourselves to make sure he was ok .

Lovely.

 

[steveindenmark]

Dont believe everything you read in the papers. Most of it is junk to draw fools in.