Christmas Dinner Who Buys Food?
Where are you spending the holidays? The answer used to be grandparents’ house for a variety of reasons. They lived out of town with a big yard for kids to run around and sleep on the floor with cousins. Great fun. They think they're camping.
Some families have always rotated e.g. Khanya’s place last year and Phila’s two years ago. Christmas dinner can be held anywhere, but that doesn’t change the fact that it should be funded. Who will buy food and drinks? This leads us to Cousin Bella. Every family has a Cousin Bella (male or female) when it comes to money.
1. Cousin Bella is the baby in mum’s or dad’s family. In fact, she is a spoilt brat. She is used to family giving her things. That’s why she never contributes to Christmas, Thanksgiving or special anniversaries.
2. Cousin Bella cannot host the Christmas dinner because her place is small and has no parking. Nobody knows where she lives. She has never invited family.
3. Cousin Bella claims to be vegan but eats a chicken thigh like a concertina.
4. Cousin Bella flashes a bottle of 'vintage' red wine when she breezes in, forgetting that it has the grocery store label.
5. Cousin Bella always claims she is broke but floats in the day before the family event, with little handbags that cost a month’s rent for poorer cousins.
6. Cousin Bella doesn’t cook, something to do with her nails, but she opens all the pots for a taste. She has a food blog and she’s mad at family for never checking it out. They are scared of food poisoning just by staring at the screen.
7. Cousin Bella doesn’t have money but she changes cars every two years.
How about your Cousin Bella or Cousin Ben? Any interesting Scrooge stories?
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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