We are a family of 5. We have one very good friend who has joined us for years at christmas. He now has a partner who was with us last year but not the year before as he had other prior arrangements. I imagine he'll be joining us again as a plus one with our friend although they haven't confirmed.
We also have another family of 4 who joined us for Christmas day/dinner last year. They are hoping to come again this year as they really enjoyed last year which is lovely as we all get on very well, including the children
This makes us a total of 11 on Christmas Day.
The family of 4 have said they can only come if they can contribute to the cost of the meal etc. This is very kind and much appreciated as whilst we are happy to host to jump from 6 to 11 is quite a financial leap.
My query is what to do with the friend and his partner? They area a double income/ no kids household with a trip abroad immediately before Christmas and another trip abroad immediately after Christmas so not particularly strapped for cash. If previous year are anything to go by they'll bring a bottle of fizz arrive in time to sit for the meal.
I had wanted to do bacon butties and selection boxes from the year following my Dad dying but DH and our friend insisted on the full Christmas Day meal so I now make DH cook most of it (in my defence I cook every single other day as part of my day job)
I think I'll feel a tad awkward taking money from our friends (family of 4) and not mentioning anything to the couple who are easily the best off financially out of all of us. I also believe they'd feel awkward if they discovered the family were contributing and they weren't.
Should I say something or is there an easier way of doing this that I haven't thought of? Maybe asking everyone to bring something specific to contribute to the meal etc?
A little help will be gratefully received please MNers. These are very lovely friends and as DH is actually off work this year we can enjoy Christmas and would hate there to be an atmosphere or cause anyone to be uncomfortable.
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KeepCalm · 26/11/2016 21:57
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