What Do You Spend ££££ On Food At Xmas.
 

Do you go overboard and go right into the nitty gritty of buying things you wouldnt normally do. Do you like to get out the cheese board and display at least 8 different types of cheeses to your guest ? Do you buy those nuts in the hard-shell only to find you cant find the nut-cracker you put away last year. Does your satsumas start to go soft because you bought to many and the kids are starting to turn orange ! Do you try to buy the biggest turkey only to find its too big for the oven so you have to give it a good pasting and break its limbs before you find out it will take 2 days to cook and 7 days to defrost !
Do you buy all the different types of pickles, only to find you need to find a chemist open on Christmas day night to buy some Rennies ?
Do you buy large amout of beers and wines only to realise you have more in stock than the local pub ?

So just how much do you spend on food at christmas. ? What do you buy but only at christmas, and what and how much of it do you tend to throw away ?

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I spend no more at Christmas than I do in a normal week. I always work Xmas day so I don't have guests, but do get invited to my Dad's or Sister's every year and I eat there. I tend to work Boxing Day too and have the New Year off. It's great......I haven't done a Christmas dinner since 1987..

God Bless Work......:D

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Been at work on christmas day for several years now so have never bothered. I have my daughter on boxing day so do a liitle christmas meal then but not with all the trimmings as they would be wasted. Usually have a simple tea and a few beers as it is just another day to me though I do the little meal on boxing day which I suppose is my christmas day.

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I suspect Phil may try to buy lots of things that we don't need, but I shall try to stop him as much as I can (bah humbug)!.

The only thing I tend to buy at Xmas that I don't at any other time of the year is mulled wine, it's gorge.........

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Thats a guys perogative to buy buy buy equal rightds now no more only women on spending spree's. :D

Might go mad myself this year on the beer front but only because of the new year celebrations.:)

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Don't do Xmas dinner or tea as we are out. For Boxing day I tend to buy snack foods that I wouldn't normally buy, which at the moment are 3 for a fiver. I also buy a box of biscuits & a couple of gateux. Other than that it's a normal shop.

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Yup, okay, I admit it - I buy enough for an army. I still have beer left from last Christmas! And as for food - I ended up feeding most of a turkey to next door's dog. I buy all sorts of daft things, chocolates, nuts (still have some of those left too, I'd better throw them out). I have the seige mentality - you never know when you'll get snowed up, or have a million relatives descend, so you have to have enough for everyone! I reckon that Christmas is a time for going a bit mad, scoffing like nobody's business, and feeding the five thousand. Better top up the Asda card, then.

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I always end up going over the top. Beer and wine take up a large part of the budget because I believe if someone turns up on your door step at Christmas it a courtesy to offer them a drink before you get rid of them. “I’m not a Social type” but a little contact doesn’t hurt. Sweets, Specials and chocolate will take up another good portion and then the food. I don’t like Turkey myself but I always cook it for everyone else to enjoy. I also have a cooked Ham and a Pork joint for choice and sometimes a salmon. All the vegetables and a large selection of fruits complete shopping list. I usually start buying mid December at start on the drink and sweeties immediately which means that thing end up being replaced before Christmas. Whatever I try to do to control spending it doesn’t work and I’m still eating sweets and chocolate in March and I still have some of last years spirits left.

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i love to go mad at xmas ,,,we usualy have enough food to feed an army even in february...i like to spend £s and £s in m&s on expensive food i would never normaly dream of buying (HOW MUCH)gulp ,much cheaper in tesco but nowhere near as nice

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If you see somebody walking around asda a few days before xmas with a small turkey and some veg ... thats me ! .. i might even stretch to a gateux and a bit of cheese ! :p

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Jimmy what about the wine or beer?

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Cant drink spuggie as im on between 150mg-250mg Tramadol daily.

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Well at least there is no hangover as well. And booze can be bad for you.

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never have i heard such drivel you should be ashamed of yourself :eek:


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oops i didnt realise you were refering to taking booze with tablets :o

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A little guilty of this, however, always found Christmas Day a nightmare .. hate cooking and don't do it very well... now no castles, lego to put together as well as doing the turkey .. found that our local Indian Restaurant is great on Christmas day. Just me, son and brother (daughter hates Injun') good food and service and congenial surroundings. Great. Booze never gets wasted, but nuts, biscuits for cheese, yes left over crawling out of door 6 months on.

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Dates.....................and figgy pudding.:)

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For xmas we normally get given as a pressie a big tin of roses or quality street and a big box of biscuits from a couple of mums friends so i dont buy toffees or biscuits. Normally I go down to my sisters on xmas day cos there is only me and my mum and she goes to my other sisters or just stops at home on her own and my sis brings her tea up. So dont buy a turkey or anything like that and on boxing day my sis normally sends me home with left overs! This year it isnt going to be like that though cos shes going to India and wont be back until new years day so for the first time i got to cook a turkey that is if i dont go to my other sisters but she does roast beef instead of turkey and to me xmas is turkey! My biggest expense is new years day. Because I go to my sisters and mum goes to my other sisters I have a party on new years day buffet style so that means raiding asda and m & s for all the party stuff and booze. And with an hangover tis a big mistake! Normally get my sister to make the pizza's and my other sis to make a sherry trifle - she makes one that can get you drunk just off eating it!

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usualy i spend christmas eve day preparing the turkey then come home xmas eve night drunk and throw it in the oven to cook over night , i then get up still drunk and spend the morning cooking the rest of the xmas dinner ready for around 2pm

i would say i spend about 4x my normal shopping budget and thats not including beer but this year all i have to by is beer so i will save a few pennies or simply buy more beer with what i save on food :D

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the kids descend from differant ends of the country and its lovely to see them so we always splash out on an extra tin of beans.p.m.s.l.

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A tin of Heinz's full English breakfast in a tin of beans, sprinkled with hunderds and thousands makes my day special.

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I gave birth!!! And no I didn't call him jesus even though I went into labour in midnight mass...:rolleyes:

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i celibrate christmas by spoiling my kids , eating to bursting point then drinking myself into oblivion coz the TV is so crap on christmas day..

afterall isnt that what christmas is all about ...?

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Stupid boy, that's so insulting.

Christmas is about the final of the X-Factor.

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To the person who deducted karma for the above post, Merry Christmas Tiny Tim, to one and all.

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from the person who deducted it..

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Don't you just love him..................:p

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Yep, that sounds about right to me an all.

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at least i owned up to it lol

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I think thats nice Harwood, you couldn't ask for a more fantastic gift. :) I trust the young chap gets another birthday to make up for you timing. ;)

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Thank you Chav. That nearly makes you a man in my book.

I would reciprocate, but I wouldn't demean myself, plus I have given out too much karma today anyway.

It is always better to give than to receive.:)

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You didn't give me any you tight person you........:p :rolleyes: ;)

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I gave some to A-b for being regal, you are merely a lady-in-waiting, or is it waiting for a lady?;)

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Give me a break, it's nearly Christmas.


Notice how swiftly I brought it back on thread?


Now off to get my teeth into a juicy date.:)

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before you all rush to give gary some sympathy karma please allow me to bring a piece of evidence to light taken from our msn conversation

karma begging is soooo demeening wouldnt you say rindy :p

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I only buy dates because the little fork you get in with them makes an attractive spear, if your doll wants to be a mermaid, even with his 'eagle eyes.'

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::D Now then Gary, do you see what I meant with my most recent reply…You just can't trust some people......:p :p :p

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Yes he does, 1st March when he was christened. He gets cards and cake at xmas and pressies and party on 1st March :D

as for karma playing....oooo chav it's backfired as rindy has gained some karma and now tops you in the karma stakes...

I alas am nowhere near either of you 3!! And no not karma begging as I'm sure you all need to spread it around first ;) amongst yourselves of course!!!!!!

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Have decided that me and son are going to eat like cavemen this christmas. Anybody had thoses 99p turkey drum legs from asda ? seeing as there is only me and son for xmas its a bit pointless buying a turkey !

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When my daughter is round then it might be a turkey breast roast and a few of the trimmings but not going mad for 2 its a waist of money.

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It is nice to celebrate this time with our loved ones, and most of us will enjoy nice food. We do have a tendency to go a bit OTT though. Most shops are only closed for a day or two, but people hit the shops, and buy enough food as if rationing was going to be reintroduced.

I wonder how much food we waste over Christmas, while in other parts of our planet people will have empty bellies?

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this is exactly why you should always stock up your freezer before christmas and not leave it untill the last minuite :rolleyes:

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Mince pies will shortly be made & put in the freezer, along with the veg which will no doubt shoot up in price about three weeks before xmas. Then if I decide to buy a small turkey It wont cost me the earth for all the trimmings & neither will I have to spend time preparing it all, giving me more time to play with all my little'uns new toys & games.

Chrissie the turkey drums are fine but the crowns are better

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Will start the stocking up in a week or so as work will stop me getting anything done. Mind you looking forward to 5am dashes around the supermarkets. The only time people do not stand and natter.

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I also tend to go overboard at Christmas on shopping. I tend buy a lot of snacks and of course differant cheeses as well as plenty of booze and wine. Also very rarely have puddings so i tend to buy a few of these, just in case.

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I save a little on my Asda card and at Christmas that's what I have to spend on extra goodies for the children mostly.
Like Lettie I havn't cooked a Christmas dinner for years coz I have been at work.
Our Christmas Day is Christmas Eve when all the Family come over.
We are eating the remains for days has well has the Children being forced to take some with them.
I hate the run up to Christmas but I do Love Christmas Eve once everyone is installed in my Kitchen.
Christmas is a time were I feel so sad and yet so happy at the same time .

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Since I was widowed I don't cook a Christmas dinner, as such, any more. My daughter and granddaughter, who live with me, are fish-eating vegetarians and I'm not fond of turkey so we just have a nice fish, maybe salmon, on Xmas Day. On Boxing Day it has become tradition that all my children, grandchildren and I go to one of the local pubs for lunch then I do a buffet for the evening. I admit to buying delicacies I wouldn't normally buy for this meal and I always make a trifle laced with port and brandy (not for the faint-hearted). We all love cheeses and savoury things so I have to get plenty of those. We also have a Christmas cake that isn't! Nobody likes icing so I order a pecan/fruit cake from America. I also send these to my kids and to my brothers as Xmas presents - believe me they are scrumptious. And, of course, I get in a lot more wine and spirits than normal, Christmas Night is always spent playing daft board games as everyone gets more and more sozzled. :p

Christmas is a bit of a food-fest and I do spend a lot on food for just a few days but I use my nectar points at Sainsburys, which I collect all year. It's the one time of the year I have all my family around me at the same time and it's worth it. :)

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Nice !! found out my parents are off to Ireland for xmas to my brothers.
I will be making the usual ...Sherry with a hint of Trifle :D

What are Turkey Crowns by the way ?

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i think its what turkeys get when they pull their xmas crackers :D

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Ooohh Christmas is a good excuse to go mad in the food and booze department, it's a time for massive over indulgence of everything in our house and i make no apologies for it I LOVE IT!! :D