One in 10 Brits will charge gran for Christmas lunch – but there is a city where 40% will ask relatives to cough up
ONE in ten skint Brits — rising to four in ten Geordies — will charge grandparents for their Christmas Day spread, a survey reveals.
The relatives will typically be asked to chip in £10 to £25 towards the cost of the festive meal.
A frozen turkey is 15 per cent more costly while potatoes are up 20 per cent and parsnips 30 per cent.
The survey of 2,000 adults by Flora found 40 per cent of people in Newcastle, home to Ant and Dec, plan to charge their grandparents.
Twenty nine per cent of people from Edinburgh said the same, followed by 25 per cent in Norwich and Leicester.
Some 14 per cent of people from Cardiff and Birmingham said they would have to charge followed by nine per cent of Londoners.
Families in Southampton, Sheffield, Oxford, Manchester and Glasgow said they would meet Christmas dinner costs themselves.
But overall a quarter of those asked said they will also charge parents and 43 per cent said they will ask friends to pay.
Etiquette expert Lucy Challenger said: “As the cost of living crisis takes hold it’s clear we need to make difficult decisions.”