The Cost of Living Crisis: Will Christmas look different for Bristolians this year?

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It is the most wonderful time of the year for some. But for others the festive period comes with added worry about expenses. And amid the rising cost of living many people have said they will be scaling back this festive season.

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00:00 You know, the cost of living is really impacted.

00:07 So yeah, I do really feel for families this year and hope that everyone can make the most

00:13 of it really and be as jolly as they can.

00:20 It is the most wonderful time of the year for some, but for others the festive period

00:25 comes with added worry about expenses and amid the rising cost of living, many people

00:32 have said they will be scaling back this festive season.

00:36 Let's chat to locals to find out more.

00:38 Yes and no.

00:39 Yes, in the sense that I'm being careful of money.

00:43 No in the sense that I've got grandchildren and I still want to buy them presents, etc,

00:48 etc, etc.

00:49 So I will do that, be more careful about what I spend and how I spend money, basically.

00:55 No, not particularly.

00:58 We've tried to be quite careful, so I think we'll still do what we want or like to do,

01:06 but just watching the pennies a little bit more, not being perhaps quite so extravagant.

01:12 Slightly, but not as much as I initially thought I would.

01:18 But yeah.

01:19 Cutting back with presents, yeah, so perhaps spending a bit less on presents.

01:25 I think it might be for the very poor, yes, because we're going through this kind of crisis

01:31 economically and I think it must be quite difficult for a number of people, especially

01:36 on fixed incomes.

01:37 I've always liked to go to the Christmas market and in fact we went the other day, it was

01:42 really nice.

01:43 And going to the theatre actually, going to the pantomime and doing things like that,

01:48 again, you know, nice traditional things.

01:50 So yeah.

01:53 Tesco has announced its sales have increased over the past six months as food inflation

01:58 has eased.

01:59 The supermarket said it has seen a jump in profits as it was boosted by investment in

02:04 its prices to help struggling customers amid the cost of living crisis.

02:10 Ken Murphy, chief executive of Tesco, said that they will be attempting to make shopping

02:14 affordable this Christmas, but are locals scaling back this year?

02:20 And will they be eating a traditional turkey?

02:22 Yes, we always like to have around Christmas time, we have a special party just to put

02:27 the Christmas tree up.

02:29 So inevitably all the family come and I do party food.

02:34 And it's just nice to be able to get together because the family now are sort of spread

02:37 out across the country.

02:38 So yeah, that's the thing we like to do.

02:42 Not really, you know, due to our savings.

02:47 But no, I'm not aware that we're cutting back that much.

02:52 Too old to worry about it really.

02:56 Only time will tell how the people of Bristol cope over the Christmas months and if Bristol

03:01 Christmas is quieter than last year's.

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