Should families split the cost of Christmas dinner? Yahoo readers have their say

Yahoo UK's poll of the week lets you vote and indicate your strength of feeling on one of the week's hot topics. After the poll closes, we publish and analyse the results each Friday, giving readers the chance to see how polarising a topic has become and if their view chimes with other Yahoo UK readers.

More than one in four Britons will ask Christmas Day guests to contribute to the cost of their festive meal, a survey has suggested.

Some 27% agreed they would feel comfortable asking their guests to make a financial contribution to the dinner, according to the poll for NatWest, released on Friday.

It found £17 per head is the average going rate Britons expect to charge friends and family for Christmas dinner this year, with this rising to £19.80 in London and as much as £27 in Scotland.

It comes as the cost of an average Christmas dinner for four is up 6.5% on last year to £32.57, as the price of turkey and vegetables rise.

But what do Yahoo News UK readers think about splitting the cost?

We asked this week, and here are the results...

Our poll asked: "Should families split the cost of Christmas dinner?"

It received 1,526 votes and showed 781 (51%) of Yahoo readers agree. This compares to 27% in the NatWest survey mentioned above.

Some 640 (42%) of readers said no, with 105 (7%) saying they were undecided.

Readers were also asked, on a scale of 10: "How concerned are you about your spending on Christmas costs?"

This poll received 665 votes with the most common vote being 0. This was chosen by 120 (18%), though 10 was the second most selected: by 108 readers (16%).

The average strength-of-feeling score on all the votes was 5.04.

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