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Grandma Charges Her Family $45-A-Head For Christmas Dinner
A woman from England found a way to feed her family during the holidays more affordably by charging them for dinner. Now Hayley Garbutt charges about $45-a-head for a seat at her Christmas dinner table, the
Sun reports. Garbutt guests include her three children, their partners and her four grandchil- dren. The 52- year-old invites some friends as well.
“I get all of my family to put in before I go and do the shop,” Garbutt told the Sun. “This year I spent $388 online at Morrisons, doing the big shop and making sure I had a variety of
things in. But it’s not that I’m being tight – it means I get to spend more in other aspects then too like presents – this year the tree has so many presents stacked around it, that you can’t even see it.”
Although the family has to pay
to eat dinner, the woman says she makes sure they get their money’s worth
“My fridge is absolutely packed and I’ve got all sorts of different meats in, from beef, to turkey, pork and chicken,” she said. “I’ve got champagne for
Christmas day and all the fizzy drinks for the kids. On the actual day, I have my daughters Lucy 26, and Zola, 33 coming and my son Luke, 27.”
“I’ll lay their Christmas meal out like a buffet and make sure everything that
they request is there,” Garbutt continued. “It’s going to be the full works, and nobody leaves until really late, as in the evening I get more guests coming too. I’ll wash up and I’ll clean but I’ll make sure there’s everything from King prawns, to pizza,
to homemade quiches.”
Garbutt says Christmas is an important time of the year for her and her family. “In truth, I’d prob- ably say my fami- ly are spoiled at Christmas,” she said, “but that’s part of the fun of it.”
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