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25.12.2022 - 04:01 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman who agreed to host Christmas dinner on the condition that each guest bring a dish of food to the festive meal has threatened to cancel after being let down by her guests. Christmas 'is a big affair' in her rather large family and they will usually have more than 30 people sitting down to dinner together, according to this fed-up hostess,
She went on to explain that, in her culture, celebrations begin on Christmas Eve with 'a huge dinner' traditionally made up of 12 different dishes. She asked that everyone bring a dish from the list, with the understanding that they'd share out the cost and any leftovers, the Mirror reports.
Taking to Reddit, the exasperated woman explained that she had planned everything out well in advance, even handing out the list to family members back in August. But, unfortunately, things haven't exactly gone to plan.
She wrote: "I've been getting calls from my family since yesterday. Everyone has an excuse for why they won't be able to bring a meal. Excuses range from 'I'm busy with work' or 'I have kids, I don't have time to cook with them on Christmas break' or 'my dog ate my cooking book' (the last one is a joke but some of their excuses are equally as funny).
"With almost everyone bailing, I'm quite annoyed. It's the 23rd and I'd have to do all the cooking myself, meaning that I'd have to go and do shopping now (5pm) with shops being packed, spend hundreds if not thousands and then cook and bake all night and likely not have everything ready."
After checking through her lengthy to-do list, the home cook admitted she 'wanted to cry'. Panicked, she called up her family, and issued an ultimatum via a conference call.
She continued: "I told them that I won't be doing all the cooking and they had
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