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Facebook has taken note of users’ connections to deceased loved ones, and last month the social-networking giant changed its policy to allow family members to “memorialize” accounts, or set profiles to have increased privacy measures while still allowing users to express grief and memories.

Susan Dumais, sociology professor, said Facebook is a modern and more public way for family and friends to grieve.

“It’s the next step to other kinds of memorials that we’ve had in the past,” Dumais said. “[In the past] people just had photo albums, and we’ve moved on to videos … Having commemorative films or videos of the loved one, and now, to have a piece of them in cyberspace, is the next step beyond that.”

Dumais said to have the existence of a deceased friend on Facebook is probably hard for people at first, but as time goes on, they likely appreciate having a piece of that person around.

A British man says when it comes time for him to die he wants his funeral to have a Christmas theme, complete with elf coffin-bearers and a holiday message.

Andy Park of Melksham, who is a healthy 44-year-old, says when he dies he wants funeral attendees to enjoy themselves as best they can and is planning on having his final gathering adorned with Christmas decorations to reach that goal, the Mail on Sunday reported.

“I want everyone to be smiling,” Park said of his ideal funeral.

Park wants all funeral attendees to dress like Santa Claus aside from those carrying his coffin who will be dressed as Santa’s elves.

The coffin will also come equipped with reindeer to pull the makeshift holiday sleigh and a holiday message from Queen Elizabeth II will be played during the ceremony, Park said.

The Mail said an undertaker has estimated the event, which will also include a performance of the song “Merry Xmas Everybody,” will cost nearly $104,600.

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We all know that funerals cost an arm and a leg and Granddad’s funeral is not the time to be haggling with the undertaker, so we maybe just accept what we have to for fear of looking stingy, but that’s the way it has to be isn’t it?  We have to have a funeral director right?  Wrong! So how’s this for a stunning bit of news?  There is no legal requirement for a funeral to be managed by a funeral director.  That’s right, you can do the whole thing yourself.   Sound a bit daunting?  Well maybe and that is where this site comes in, giving you all the details you need so that you are prepared to see off anyone at a moments notice, armed with all the information you need.

But before you start shopping around for old aunties coffin ‘cos the last time you saw her she looked a bit peaky remember that although there is no legal requirement in law to hire an undertaker there are plenty of legal requirements with regard to anyone who has died. If someone dies at home, they must be pronounced dead, (usually by the family doctor) as soon as possible. If a certificate cannot be issued because the patient has not been seen for a while or is away from home, the coroner and police may have to be involved. If someone dies in hospital you can buy a coffin from a funeral director and pick up the body from the mortuary and take it away in your own car or van.

You can make your own arrangements with the place at which you wan the service for the deceased to take place and get a list of local celebrants of whatever type of funeral you fancy. That can take any form at all, poems readings, reminiscences.  But perhaps the best thing is that it will be affordable and maybe have a more personal touch if you have done everything yourself.

Mind-bogglingly enough I’ve actually found some practical and worthwhile advise from the Funeral Consumers Alliance website. Usually the industries mouthpiece it seems that someone actually posted a piece that might save you some money. Take a look but make sure you download our ebook as well.

http://www.funerals.org/frequently-asked-questions/funeral-arrangements/47-how-to-read-a-general-price-list

The funeral home typically will charge you the $2500 + Casket ($4500) to arrive at the average $7000 service. What they do is inflate the services to $5000 (add $2500) and if you buy the casket from the funeral home they give you a $2500 discount from $4500 to $2000 on the casket. The end result is the inflated $5000 + discounted casket of $2000 leaves you with the same total price of $7000. So they fool you.

Also the online casket price does not look as cheap but actually you are still paying $4500 for the casket because they have inflated the services up $2500. If the funeral home is $2000 for the casket and we are $1000 on ours, you might not think that you are saving that much. Conclusion, go to other funeral homes, the service fee is normally $2500 and much better when you are negotiating, not $5000.

One customer said it all, when they asked the funeral home if they could a buy casket online and ship it to the funeral home. They said sure, but they paid $5000 for the services instead of $2500. Get the itemized list first showing the $2500 for all service fees, then cross off the $4500 casket and have us send you one. Then your total is closer to $3500 instead of $7000.

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