A grandmother who charges her family for their Christmas dinner has raised the price for 2023, noted Lad Bible. For the past six years, Caroline Duddridge from Cardiff has been insisting that her guests cover the cost of the meal. “Obviously there were a few moans and grumbles saying ‘I’ve got a few children’,” she said, “but at the end of the day that’s not my problem really, is it?” This year, she said she has got “a bit of stick” after putting up prices by £2.
King ‘hasn’t got sausage fingers’
Royal watchers are “hanging out the bunting” after “King Chas III” announced that his son Wills “does not have ginormous sausage fingers”, said the Daily Star. William was filmed closing a small clasp that held a lavish robe around his regal father during coronation rehearsals. “On the day, that’s not going to go in,” quipped William, making his father laugh. “No, you haven’t got sausage fingers like mine,” replied the monarch.
Santa Claus’ reindeers get US clearance
Santa Claus and his deer have been given clearance by the US Department of Agriculture to enter the US. The government department said its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a transit permit “to Mr. S. Nicholas Claus of the North Pole, a distributor with Gifts and Good Cheer, Inc”. Last week, Santa Claus was granted official permission by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to enter Irish airspace, noted the Daily Mail.
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