What do you do for your Xmas breakfast?

If they're going to be there for breakfasts, then I assume they're also overnight guests? What will everyone have eaten on Christmas Eve night? And what time are they likely to get up? And what time are you doing Christmas dinner for?

All those things would have a bearing on what I'd offer guests for breakfast on Christmas day. Our Christmas Day breakfasts have always been rushed, something to fit in as we're rushing round all tryiing to have showers then opening presents, getting the turkey in the oven, prepping veg, texting friends and relatives, last minute present-wrapping. We usually just end up having a totally normal breakfast, then scoffing chocolates through the morning and then doing smoked salmon, plus a few canapes and champagne at around 11.30 or 12.00 around doing all the other actiites that go on.

I usually aim to serve dinner between 2 and 3pm and that's the main event of the day so I couldn't give a feck about fancy breakfasts really. As long as I get my smoked salmon and champagne.

Eggs Benedict/ royale

Second breakfast is smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels. First breakfast is something out of the selection box and baileys coffee in bed while we do our stockings

It is - I've never found anything as good as the ikea version, but I've never shopped with Ocado (I now feel I should try). I used to live 20 minutes from Ikea so never needed to look further, but now feel inspired!

@JuvenileBigfoot you’d be horrified how quickly I can eat gravadlax, and usually you get not a lot! Saying that I’ll go to Lidl to do a taste test. I might need to stop by the bakery for some mini baguettes to have with it… and a brownie….

Really crispy smoked streaky bacon butties on thick white bread with a thick layer of lurpak and ketchup and mayonnaise mixed together. With a brew and a glass of Buck’s Fizz. Making me hungry just thinking about it

Nice pastries (sweet/cheese croissants, pain au choc etc) and melon here.

I really like the idea of having nice bread with pate and smoked salmon for elevenses though.

I would very much like the recipe please!

Bacon butties? Sausage sandwiches? A fry up? A selection of toast and toppings?
My mum used to get posh stuff like salmon Bagels.
We just have cereal like usual on Xmas morning and then probably have fancy mid morning snacks to keep us going!

Croissants and the gingerbread house we made christmas eve.

Lidless do a cracking smokes salmon already in a dill sauce too 😋

Something very light. Yogurt and fruit or a smoothie. Definitely not a fry up! I want to enjoy my Christmas dinner and wouldn’t if I had a big breakfast.

Everything depends on what I ate the night before to be honest. Sometimes eggs Florentine, sometimes toast and an Alka-seltzer!

Ooooh do you have recipes please?

Absolutely zero cooking. Fuck that.

A few smallish pastries (sweet and savoury), posh yoghurts and some fruit. And if they didn't like that they could lump it and make do with a handful of quality street.

I make in advance and freeze 3 or 4 types of muffin (e.g. orange and cranberry, coffee and white chocolate, mincemeat, spiced) also mince pies, and dd sometimes makes cinnamon buns. And champagne cocktails.

I’ve never heard of this - I like the sounds of it!

We usually have simple and easy (toast / cereal) because the Xmas dinner is the main meal and cooking of the day for us. But we do have Bucks Fizz.

This thread is giving me ideas though!

@Latenightreader is the dill sauce in a jar? Ocado do three types, is the ikea one nicer? I love it with smoked salmon on a cohen’s bagel.

Mince pies. I usually make dozens on Christmas Eve and need them gone or I’ll eat them all myself. Son has sausage rolls.

@Cordee for over 35 years...homemade cinnamon buns with cream cheese icing (let me know if you want a from scratch recipe) big bowl of fresh fruit salad, mimosas.. not allowed for our kids till they were old enough..they are now in their thirties..and when we are not there (live abroad now) they continue the tradition.

I always prefer something filling and proper like savoury. I would do a lovely platter of scrambled eggs with chopped veg to fill the croissants. You could do tofu for those who don’t do eggs.
and then have your pastries and fruit. That would be a proper breakfast for me. I would also do sausages.

We had porridge growing up; DH’s family did smoked salmon and toast with scrambled eggs plus Bucks Fizz.

We always had smoked salmon and prawn cocktail for our Christmas lunch starter and we still do because I treat Christmas food like it’s 1978 so I don’t want salmon twice on one day! So I still have porridge or toast with marmalade etc and DH usually has eggs on toast. DS likes toasted fruit loaf with a yoghurt etc; we’ll all eat together. DH and I might sip some champagne or Bucks Fizz with the tea and coffee too. But we keep it fairly simple and light at breakfast as we like to eat lunch at 1/2pm not long after church, leaving time to make space for tea of turkey and ham sandwiches and Christmas cake, chocolate Yule log etc.

But if you’re hosting a large group maybe see what they prefer?

Who drinks Bucks Fizz at breakfast? Me! IT'S CHRISTMAS! Plus there's hardly any alcohol in it. Well, the one I get isn't strong anyway. I don't drink much the rest of the year but a bit of fizz and a festive breakfast makes it feel special.

I love reading these sort of threads. Christmas morning is just the best! But goodness, there are some miseries on here.

Croissants. Always just buttered when I was young but dh and one dc like them with cheese and ham so they have that and dd2 and I have just butter. It's nice and easy but feels like a treat, even though we do have them throughout the year!

Bacon butties and a cuppa.