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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Athena Stavrou

UK families to spend over £1,800 this Christmas as costs triple in last 30 years

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From the Christmas Turkey to the annual “spruce up”, the cost of the festival period has tripled in the last 30 years, new research has shown.

As the cost of living continues to skyrocket, the average household in the UK will spend £1,811.70 on Christmas festivities this year, the equivalent of 80 per cent of the average monthly UK income.

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