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What do you do for your Xmas breakfast?

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Cordee · 08/10/2025 17:43

I am hosting for the first time. I am 29, in my newly gutted and decorated home so plan to push the boat out. No children will be in attendance. Only adults. I enjoy hosting and cooking/baking.

What do you do for Christmas brekkie? I want it to be posh but light and easy. I was thinking of doing cinnamon buns and fruit salad. Plus tea, coffee, juice and fizz.

But then I think most people who are coming don’t really have sweet tooth’s (myself included liked). Stuffed croissants? DIY style? There will be a couple of veggies. And then some mini sweet pastries? But then that seems like too much pastry. Parfait?

I wouldn’t mind doing waffles/crepes but I don’t think that will be fun as I don’t want to be stuck in the kitchen whilst everyone else eats.

Xmas lunch is at 2.

Sorry this is being asked in Oct!

there will be plenty of snacks/canapes/seeet treats throughout the day

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Vicliz24 · 10/10/2025 16:05

Pork pie here too . With sourdough toast .

butterfly0404 · 10/10/2025 15:57

Champagne and a few olives for me, can't eat breakfast and xmas lunch, way too much food in a day. I try and save some room for a few cheese snd crackers in the evening but usually too full for that too.

But, for guests, a selection of croisants, pastries, fruits, some yoghurt, jams, marmalades etc should be plenty before a big lunch.

LadyHexham · 10/10/2025 15:49

Usually porridge with Demerara sugar, cream and a splash of whisky.

linsey2581 · 10/10/2025 15:43

A big pile of buttery toast

FlipFlopVibe · 10/10/2025 15:08

Croissants after the kids have gone wild at 9-9:30. After we all get ready we have smoked salmon canapés and champagne about 12 and then full Christmas dinner around 2:30

Harleyband · 10/10/2025 13:40

Breakfast casserole- like a bread pudding but make it savoury with sausage (we use vegetarian), cheese and onion. Herbs to season to taste. Make it the night before and bake it on Christmas morning. Serve with Mimosas

tiutinkerbell · 10/10/2025 12:58

We always do smoked salmon with poached eggs on sourdough with bucks fizz!

Iris2020 · 10/10/2025 12:47

We have croissants, nice bread and jam bu5 we have dinner at 1. I like the bagel idea and the smoked salmon and poached eggs too!

Sahara123 · 10/10/2025 12:31

CasperGutman · 10/10/2025 11:25

Glad to hear it's not all shredded cardboard! 🤭

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Definitely not ! 🤣

Lonleyfox · 10/10/2025 11:47

Smoked salmon on wholemeal bread with rocket etc and of course Champagne!

CasperGutman · 10/10/2025 11:25

Sahara123 · 10/10/2025 11:22

Ah but you haven’t experienced my roast turkey lunch , or my cold cuts meal ! Which involves Christmas coleslaw and Delia’s spiced red cabbage with cranberries 😋. Need to leave room for all that 🤣

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Glad to hear it's not all shredded cardboard! 🤭

Sahara123 · 10/10/2025 11:22

hattie43 · 10/10/2025 09:42

I think I know which house I’d go to lol

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Ah but you haven’t experienced my roast turkey lunch , or my cold cuts meal ! Which involves Christmas coleslaw and Delia’s spiced red cabbage with cranberries 😋. Need to leave room for all that 🤣

Carriemac · 10/10/2025 10:41

We have smoked salmon and scrambled egg, we eat lunch late afternoon

ilovepixie · 10/10/2025 09:52

We don’t have a special breakfast. Just what we would normally have. We have Christmas lunch around 1.30 so don’t need a big breakfast.

Littlejellyuk · 10/10/2025 09:48

Bagels and philly cream cheese in our house! 🙌 🥯 😋
I have mine topped with smoked salmon, scrambled eggs and fresh chives, and a drizzle of balsamic glaze, which looks fab 👌

DS prefers a continental style breakfast, with chopped fruit on his bagel, with either cream cheese, honey or Nutella.
Or DS has a pain au choc, with fresh blueberries on the side, a babybel, and a fresh orange or apple juice. ❤️

For the adults we have a nice coffee (cafetiere) and a buck's fizz 😉

hattie43 · 10/10/2025 09:42

CasperGutman · 10/10/2025 09:35

I love how the last two posts represent the absolute extreme options: a bowl of bran flakes as usual Vs a great big plate of one of the best meals on Earth! Isn't diversity a wonderful thing. 🎉

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I think I know which house I’d go to lol

MrsSkylerWhite · 10/10/2025 09:36

Mushrooms on toast, with cream and sherry.

CasperGutman · 10/10/2025 09:35

I love how the last two posts represent the absolute extreme options: a bowl of bran flakes as usual Vs a great big plate of one of the best meals on Earth! Isn't diversity a wonderful thing. 🎉

Snakebite61 · 10/10/2025 09:10

Cordee · 08/10/2025 17:43

I am hosting for the first time. I am 29, in my newly gutted and decorated home so plan to push the boat out. No children will be in attendance. Only adults. I enjoy hosting and cooking/baking.

What do you do for Christmas brekkie? I want it to be posh but light and easy. I was thinking of doing cinnamon buns and fruit salad. Plus tea, coffee, juice and fizz.

But then I think most people who are coming don’t really have sweet tooth’s (myself included liked). Stuffed croissants? DIY style? There will be a couple of veggies. And then some mini sweet pastries? But then that seems like too much pastry. Parfait?

I wouldn’t mind doing waffles/crepes but I don’t think that will be fun as I don’t want to be stuck in the kitchen whilst everyone else eats.

Xmas lunch is at 2.

Sorry this is being asked in Oct!

there will be plenty of snacks/canapes/seeet treats throughout the day

Full English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish breakfast.
That way you have 2 of the best meals on earth in one day.

Sahara123 · 10/10/2025 09:06

A bowl of Bran flakes, same as usual 🤣. I’m not a big breakfast person, and we’d all rather save ourselves for our Christmas lunch ! Which we have at our usual 1pm so that we’ve got room again for our favourite bit which is a cold cuts supper in the evening!

BrendaSmall · 10/10/2025 08:59

It’s no different than any other Sunday with a roast!
coffee n whatever we normally have and then a midday roast!!
only difference being is it’s not always a Sunday!!

Mumgamer · 10/10/2025 08:02

ForFunGoose · 08/10/2025 17:48

I make sausage rolls , the recipe is on the just roll pastry box . Sausage meat, grated apple and hoisin sauce. They can be pre made and freeze well, I cook in over or airfryer depending on how many I need.

They sound nice!

Homehelper · 10/10/2025 06:13

My precious mum would work continuously Christmas Day, like most other folk

RosyDaysAhead · 10/10/2025 05:16

We do continental style fruit/cheese/cured
meats and yoghurts.

Exploringtheworld · 10/10/2025 03:27

American style pancakes (bought), bacon, maple syrup - yum and doesn’t require too much time in the kitchen!