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Family Demands Person Hosts Christmas Dinner, While Not Helping At All: “You Earn The Most”
Two women in a decorated room having a tense conversation about family demands and hosting Christmas dinner responsibilities.

Family Demands Person Hosts Christmas Dinner, While Not Helping At All: “You Earn The Most”

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Hosting Christmas can be a lot of work, yet most families choose to celebrate at home. In the UK, 42% of Brits say they will host Christmas dinner themselves. People say that celebrating Christmas at home brings a cozy, relaxed atmosphere and feels more personal and meaningful.

But it can also be so tiresome that the designated family host would like to refuse. That’s exactly what this sibling did when family members asked them to host for the eighth year in a row. When they refused, the family ganged up on them, calling them “selfish” and accusing them of ruining the holidays for the kids.

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    Three women having a tense discussion during a Christmas dinner, highlighting family demands and hosting conflicts.

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    Feeling like the family doesn’t at all help or pitch in, the sibling didn’t feel any guilt

    Person frustrated after family demands hosting Christmas dinner despite no help and highest earnings.

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    Kornelija Viečaitė

    Kornelija Viečaitė

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    Kornelija Viečaitė

    Kornelija Viečaitė

    Writer, BoredPanda staff

    Hi there, fellow pandas! As a person (over)educated both in social sciences and literature, I'm most interested in how we connect and behave online (and sometimes in real life too.) The human experience is weird, so I try my best to put its peculiarities in writing. As a person who grew up chronically online, I now try to marry two sides of myself: the one who knows too much about MySpace, and the one who can't settle and needs to see every corner of the world.

    What do you think ?
    Ace
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand why almost the first thing she talks about is the cost of hosting. I mean, all the effort involved, the lack of help, the unrealistic expectations etc. sure. But if it's only about the cost all she needs to do is ask all the guests to chip in a bit to help cover it.

    Alexandra
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think that's the heart of the matter. The heart of the matter is the entitlement to someone else's home and money. Just because you happen to have a big enough room and a decent income it does not mean you are the designated extended family venue and wallet.

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    sbj
    Community Member
    34 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every one should contribute and they may find that they enjoy the day more by doing this as it would be a joint effort

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    Ace
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand why almost the first thing she talks about is the cost of hosting. I mean, all the effort involved, the lack of help, the unrealistic expectations etc. sure. But if it's only about the cost all she needs to do is ask all the guests to chip in a bit to help cover it.

    Alexandra
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think that's the heart of the matter. The heart of the matter is the entitlement to someone else's home and money. Just because you happen to have a big enough room and a decent income it does not mean you are the designated extended family venue and wallet.

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    sbj
    Community Member
    34 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every one should contribute and they may find that they enjoy the day more by doing this as it would be a joint effort

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