Mom charges each family member $200 for Christmas dinner to 'make a profit'
Topics: Christmas, Money, Food and Drink, Parenting
Callum Jones
Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@officialcarlabellucci
Topics: Christmas, Money, Food and Drink, Parenting
One mom decided she couldn't wait until playing a round of Monopoly and decided get the Christmas arguments in early.
Most of us would see going home at Christmas as a way to save some cash - going back to family or a friend's house and indulging in turkey and pigs in blankets galore, only having been tasked with some cheese or wine.
But not for this family.
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With the cost of living crisis continuing to hit hard, last year, Carla Bellucci from the UK revealed she was planning to charge $200 a head for the Christmas dinner, serving a total of 15 people for lunch - made up of nine relatives and six people in her immediate family.
Granted, Christmas is expensive, but $200 per person? I'd be expecting caviar, champagne, lobster and goodness knows what else.
And Belluci broke the menu for the big day down.
And it turns out the $200 simply included a full turkey dinner as well as one glass of champagne - no comment.
Belluci told the Mail Online at the time: "It's not cheap feeding people and it also takes a lot of time to put together a nice meal. "I'll give them a glass of Champagne, but if they want any more booze, they can bring their own."
And if the menu wasn't flabbergasting enough already given the price, Belluci then revealed that charging $200 actually included a profit margin.
"Everything I do is for profit and my family understand that." the mom said.
Not every family member is on board will the charge, with Belluci saying some family members will be 'disgusted' at the idea and may decided to not even attend.
To that, the 42-year-old says: "If you want quality, you have to pay for it. You might find a carvery that's cheaper than my place, but my dinner is going to be a lot more classy than that.
"It wouldn't be any cheaper if you went to a restaurant or hotel for a Christmas Day meal, so why should I be out of pocket?
"I'll have the telly on in the background so they can listen to the King at 3pm and watch whatever they like."
Doors will open on the Christmas luncheon around 2pm, with Belluci to 'kick them all out and send them home' at 10pm after a game of charades.
Certainly not your typical Christmas Day, but each to their own, eh?