Mad world: Waste not, feast lots

This 29yearold stands firmly against food waste and because of her frugal eating habits Sofie Juel Andersen spends just pound70 a month on groceries Sofie has salvaged fresh produce meat cheese and other packaged snacks from supermarket bins which she claimed have designated dumpsters for different types of foodShe has become a pro at spotting food and said she can tell when supermarkets start to get rid of Christmas food judging by the amount of flour butter duck and pork which gets thrown awaymdashand she will jump to retrieve the excess itemsChristmas is no different The restaurant manager will contribute to her family dinner with a winter salad made from greens from a shop bin as well pickled red cabbage which she found in a restaurant skipmdashand all her family asks is that itrsquos cleanldquoMy entire family knows I dumpster divemdashmy mum says itrsquos not an issue Irsquoll be bringing a winter salad and pickled red cabbage to Christmas Therersquos no need for me to go out and buy stuffmdashmy family supports my fight against food wasterdquo Sofie from Denmark sharedSavvy with her food finds Sofie has managed to find enough food to feed her large extended family of 20 and will be serving up cheese nuts fruits and premade salads she has scavenged from different bins Even when premade salads look wilted she will just take the salad cream and claims she has ldquohundredsrdquo of packetsDespite her food contribution to the family coming from bins Sofie stressed that her family has never had an issue with it ldquoIrsquod never bring anything dirty or expired I always make sure I can actually eat the food before I bring it home In the new year Irsquoll be getting together with my friends who dive and putting on a massive dinner party made with food from dumpsters onlyrdquoTwinkle tussleOne familyrsquos World Record winning light display bugs neighboursThe New York family with the Guinness World Record for the most lights on a residential property said this yearrsquos Christmas display is their biggest evermdashbut not all neighbours are amused Tim Gay whose family first set the record for most lights on a residential property with 346283 Christmas lights in 2012 before topping it with their 2014 display said the latest version of the ERDAJT Holiday Lights Displaymdashnamed for his childrenrsquos initialsmdashnow sports 720426 lights The opulent Christmas displays are a tradition for the Gay family but some nearby residents have complained of the crowds leaving their yards littered with discarded alcohol bottles trash and human urineSanta has rizzNow you can flirt with Father Christmasmdashor one of his elvesmdashon the erotic app Bloom which boasts AI chat and audio message capabilities So far over six million messages have been exchanged since its September launchVintage ChristmasPICINSTAGRAMA 103yearold artificial Christmas tree one of the first to be massproduced was auctioned for more than 4000 R333341 in Britain The tree was brought to Dorothy Grantrsquos home when she was eight years old in 1920 and it became a staple of the familyrsquos holidaysGood luck good health good pooCaganer which translates to ldquothe crapperrdquo is a staple of the Catalan Christmas scene Yoursquoll often find him camped outside the manger while he defecates Historian Enric UcelayDa Cal suggests that the tradition started because defecating was historically linked to good luckGetting frisky is riskyPicNY POSTMen are being warned against engaging in energetic Christmas romps as chances of suffering a painful penile fracture dramatically rise during the holiday week Scientists studied 3421 German men between 2005 and 2021 and found that chances of sustaining the painful groin injury especially among those in middle age rose significantly between 24 to 26 DecemberPaws in the pinePicNY POSTA Texas woman has gone viral after capturing the moment she found an uninvited guest hiding in her Christmas tree Brett Ingram 29 based in Texas was finishing up some work at home when she heard a soft sneeze At first she thought her cat had brought in a rat or that some small kittens somehow entered her home she said When she made her way around the front of the tree she located the culpritmdashan opossum