$22 a Plate

This is why my family usually have a themed potluck buffet. Because we've been there and done that. And this type of topic comes up every year during the holiday in so many places. A mother charges €17 ($22 in American) for Christmas lunch. Don't take my word for it, read about it HERE.

Have you seen the prices to have a holiday meal brought in? If you don't, go Google the pricing at some of your favorite restaurants who offer that service. €17 is about right.

I don't know what it is about the dynamic of having the holiday catered. It always brings about the person(s) who have a problem with paying money.

Many of them have never been required to contribute to the meal or bring the bare minimum. Nothing like the "I brought the sodas" people complaining about the cost of anything. Some you will find out what they were contributing was actually free to them. I know some people who didn't mind bring the turkey or ham for years. But when the event was catered, it came out that the meat they were bringing was from places that gave away turkeys or hams.

And many who complain don't understand and maybe don't care about why the meal is being catered. Who says that the host's oven is not broke? That's happened in my home a few times. Maybe the host just wanted not to be tired this year.

Either way, this is her decision. Pay the €17 or don't visit. Convenience Cost! And soon as everyone learns that, maybe this topic won't light up the Internet every year.

As Always Talking to You in Adult Terms