Kirstys handmade Christmas... !!!!!!!!

abaxas

Cleaver wrote: »

Aren't you mixing up hatred and fear? I know you could say that they are the same in some ways, but in my eyes to hate something or someone you need to base that emotion on feelings of anger towards something because of something that that object / person has done. Most people don't 'hate' spiders or heights, they have an irrational fear of them. I don't like spiders, but I don't want them to come to harm for example.



A couple of posts ago you were wishing death on a person who comes on TV every now and again making objects you put in your house. That, to me, is a bit stronger than what would be considered normal.

That is life. I'm sure there are people you dont like.

Cleaver

abaxas wrote: »

That is life. I'm sure there are people you dont like.

There are indeed, and probably even people I hate. I just thought wishing death on someone who makes Christmas decorations on TV was a little bit odd and speaks more about you than her. But there we go, each to their own.

PasturesNew

pqrdef wrote: »

Worse is to come. Don't forget not to watch A SuperScrimpers Christmas, which will tell you how to cook Christmas lunch for £50 (on which some families feed themselves for a week).

Blimey.... if I tried to feed a family a Xmas dinner for £50 I'd need help with what to do with the £30 I still had in my pocket! ... maybe more if I put my mind to it.

PasturesNew

Cleaver wrote: »

There are indeed, and probably even people I hate. I just thought wishing death on someone who makes Christmas decorations on TV was a little bit odd and speaks more about you than her. But there we go, each to their own.

To be fair ... they were actually quite cr4p Christmas decorations.

pqrdef

wymondham wrote: »

and this shows how out of touch she really is

No, sorry, this one's not her. It's meejuh types in general who're out of touch with reality. They're all in some sort of parallel financial universe.

Cleaver

PasturesNew wrote: »

Blimey.... if I tried to feed a family a Xmas dinner for £50 I'd need help with what to do with the £30 I still had in my pocket! ... maybe more if I put my mind to it.

Seriously?

A turkey to feed 5 or 6 will be around £20. Throw in veggies, sausages (gotta have 'em), stuffing, extras, couple of bottles of wine and a pudding and you're looking at about £50 aren't you? I'm sure you could do it cheaper, but £50 for a family of 5 or 6 is around £10 a head, which isn't much for one of the most important family meals of the year.

Cleaver

pqrdef wrote: »

No, sorry, this one's not her. It's meejuh types in general who're out of touch with reality. They're all in some sort of parallel financial universe.

Honestly, the majority of the normal population out there will spend more than £50 on a Christmas dinner for the family. Am I alone in thinking that £50 on lunch is quite normal for Christmas day if there's five or six of you?

Cleaver

Just had a bit of a google on this:

http://www.the-spirit-of-christmas.co.uk/index.php/christmas-facts

2. The average turkey weighs 12lbs and costs around £60
5. The average family spends £170 on their Christmas dinner
6. The average Christmas lunch costs £14 per head
15. The average shopper spends £384 on presents
16. Christmas costs the average household £975 for the day
20. The UK spends around £20bn on Christmas with about £1.6bn going on food and drink

Dunno how true these are, but an average spend of £170 on Christmas dinner probably seems about right when you consider that will probably include alcohol. And if it is right then a dinner for £50 would seem cheap by normal standards, not just by Kirstie and 'London meejuh types'.

However, if the average Christmas dinner is £170 and the average spend per head is £14 then the average Christmas dinner is 12 people. Which seems a bit high. But I don't think website is the ONS or anything...

Davesnave

Cleaver wrote: »

Honestly, the majority of the normal population out there will spend more than £50 on a Christmas dinner for the family. Am I alone in thinking that £50 on lunch is quite normal for Christmas day if there's five or six of you?

I think that's a 'How long is a piece of string?' question. We wouldn't spend anything like that, but then half the veg would be from the garden

When we had 5 or 6 to feed on Christmas/Boxing Day I would be in Sainsburys at 4pm on Christmas Eve and usually picked up about 3 different birds + a salmon, or something random, for around £20 all in. With a bit of luck and space in the freezer, we'd cover Easter too like that.

It was usually the larger turkeys and the fancy stuff, like HRH's produce, that was left over.

People who couldn't be arrised to do that would buy frozen birds in Iceland, or maybe just one of those turkey crowns, or whatever they're called. Me, I like a semblance of quality.

I'm not sure how much we spend now there's only three of us, but it gives more scope. For example, we had a guinea fowl two years ago. If we each had a really good steak we'd still be quids-in at £10 per head, I reckon.

JonnyBravo

Cleaver wrote: »

Honestly, the majority of the normal population out there will spend more than £50 on a Christmas dinner for the family. Am I alone in thinking that £50 on lunch is quite normal for Christmas day if there's five or six of you?

Our turkey will be £50(?) I think. It'll be from a local farm.
I'd guess we spend £30 on other meat.
I'm guessing £15-20 for the veg?
There will be 6 of us this year. Only half of us will be drinking so not too much more on that, say £20-£30?
We're certainly closer to £170 than £50 but perhaps slightly less?

All in all, the budget is never even thought about.
We just get exactly what we want. It is, without doubt, my favourite meal of the year and we're lucky enough to not have to consider the money.