'We’re a family of 9 - here’s how we do Christmas lunch for £2.77 per person'

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Christmas can be an expensive time of year, especially when you've got the whole family squeezed around the dining room table for a hearty turkey roast dinner.

In a bid to dodge the costs during the festive season, a savvy mum of seven has figured out a way to master her Christmas dinner, with all the trimmings, for a fraction of the price at just £2.77 per person.Tess Giddings spends a cool £25 on Christmas dinner for the whole family, including her husband, Christopher and their seven children: Jacob, 18, Savannah, 16, Amiah, 14, Zion, 12, Nevaeh, nine, and twins, Hezekiah and Levi, seven.The 36 year old has revealed how she keeps the costs so low at a notoriously expensive time - from a deli meat roast to hunting down the best bargains. "I think a big expense for many is the dreaded Christmas food shop," the digital content creator told What's The Jam. "People think they have to go and do a huge spend for that three-day period.

I’ve got friends who will easily do around £400 – it’s mad," Tess shared. Revealing how she keeps the cost of a Christmas dinner at a discounted price, she said: "We don’t do a specific food shop as such and make sure to never go over our usual weekly budget.

A Christmas dinner doesn’t have to cost a fortune; for nine of us, it costs £25. "We usually buy £10 worth of sliced deli meat, instead of a whole Turkey, and £10 worth of vegetables, with £5 spent on pudding.