Mum charges family $50 each for Christmas lunch

A mother has revealed that she charges her family to come to her home for Christmas dinner where she will feed 10 people.

A mother has revealed that she charges her family to come to her home for Christmas dinner.

Abi Richards, 35, explained that she intends on asking for $50 per head for her Aldi and Tesco Christmas meal, which includes gammon, 20 cent vegetables and frozen Yorkshire puddings.

The full-time working mum admitted that her family “always want to chip in” to help with the cost of the food shopping, but she finds it “really hard to know what to ask them for,” The Sun reported.

The content creator headed to Aldi and Tesco to stock up, as she loaded her trolleys full of snacks and food for the festive season.

But Abi, who is from the UK, left people hugely divided, with some even calling her “tight”, as she said: “I charge my family to come to Christmas dinner at my house – does everybody do this? I’m intrigued to know what you guys do.

Abi charges her family for Christmas lunch. Picture: TikTok/@abilourichards

“I’m very grateful that my family wants to contribute because it’s gonna be expensive.”

Abi shared that she is having 10 people stay at her home from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day, and will be providing food for all three days.

She continued: “I don’t wanna overcharge or undercharge so I’m gonna go do all of the shopping, I’m gonna go to Aldi and Tesco.”

Abi did a big Christmas shop in Aldi, where she stocked up on carrots, parsnips and potatoes.

She also nabbed turkey gravy, red cabbage, a smoked gammon joint, goose fat, cranberry sauce and stuffing.

As her family are staying for a few days, she made sure to stock up on quiche, dips, bacon, crackers and croissants too. In the frozen section, Abi nabbed pigs in blankets, prawns, brussels sprouts and Yorkshire puddings and spent a total of $346.

She then headed to Tesco to get some extra bits, including drinks and snacks.

After her trip to Tesco, Abi returned home and calculated her costs, revealing that she spent $469 in total.

She then acknowledged: “I divided it by the adults because I feel like the kids barely eat anything, so I’ve divided it by eight adults and it comes in at just under [$60] per person, which I actually don’t really think is that bad for three days worth of eating.

“I might tell them it’s [$50] each … is that fair?”

This was her Aldi haul. Picture: TikTok/@abilourichards

The clip has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 103,600 views in just 14 hours.

But social media users were left totally divided by Abi charging her family for dinner – while some thought it ‘made sense’, others weren’t so complimentary.

One person said: “I’d happily pay [$50] per person for two days to go to my family. [$50] is a bargain!

Another added: “Makes the most sense! I’ve hosted twice and it sure does tally up.”

A third commented: “I think it’s a great idea, stops you feeling resentful and the family feel relaxed because they have contributed.”

However, not everyone was on board, as one user slammed: “Tight.”

A second chimed in: “That is weird.”

While someone else claimed: “If you can’t afford to host then don’t. I would be mortified to ask anybody for money!!!”

This story originally appeared on The Sun and reproduced with permission