You are at the mercy of whatever establishment you book into and dependant on good weather for your meal, it could snow or the cook taken ill with bacteria such as E.coli or salmonella. So many things could go wrong, so why take the chance. Not that everything can go right at home like the time the wife forgot to switch the oven on a job I now do myself. Listening to the radio people are saying stress, cost, family, are the most popular reasons to eating out.
A friend of mine is stumping up £55 a head for a three course Christmas menu, £25 for the kids that’s a lot of money to put down on the table. Some newspapers tell us if you shop around you could get a Christmas dinner for around £6.50 a head, not sure if that is for three course but would think adding another £0.50 and you could have all three. It’s like flowers on valentine Day when a £10 bunch of flowers become £30 you put Christmas in front of Sunday dinner and the price sharply increases.
At home, you can personalise your meal to each person’s tastes and if young Billy doesn’t like sprouts then there is no need to plop them on his plate. While eating out you could tell, the waiter to leave the sprouts out but you won’t get a reduction in the bill. Do you get turkey leftovers for sandwiches and a curry on Boxing Day if you eat out?
“Many mums and grandmothers find they spend 90 per cent of Christmas Day in the kitchen and they would rather spend it with their family.” Really whatever some of these survey people must sit at home and make the results up.
Twaddle, as the Christmas day cook in my household I would say I spend about 10 per cent of Christmas in the kitchen and it would be no difference with a house filled. What is it about having a house full of relatives over on Christmas Day! Mum and Dad yes but the rest could fend for themselves in my family Boxing Day was for family to visit or go visiting.
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