From BBC:
A grandmother who charged her family for Christmas dinner last year has raised her prices for 2023.
Caroline Duddridge, 63, previously made her adult relatives pay up to £15, while her youngest grandchildren got a £2.50 bill each.
But this December it has gone up to cover the increased cost of living and rising food prices.
Caroline, from Fairwater in Cardiff, described a general food shop in the current climate as "just horrifying".
She first got the idea to make guests fork out for her turkey dinner when her husband died in 2015.
She even tells her loved ones to transfer the money straight into her bank account, because it is easier to "keep track of any stragglers".
In 2022, her two sons were charged £15, her three daughters £10, her four grandchildren over five £5 and her two three-year-old grandchildren £2.50.
Her sons were levied more because they are full-time workers, while her daughters who work part-time also have families.
Yuletide 2023 will be slightly different though, she revealed.
"I have put the girls' prices up (this year) by £2 because I did get a bit of stick from people saying I was being sexist - not that I listen to public opinion, particularly," said Caroline.
Wow, it appears that people in the UK are grappling with a tough inflationary economy, much like we are here in the US. Hopefully, things won’t deteriorate to the point where we start charging family members for dinner, but if the current trend under Joe's administration continues, it might just head in that direction.
