Christmas dinner police

Pigs in blankets are meh, never understood the obsession with them. We have herby chipolatas and devils on horseback

London is a big place.

I can't say I've seen threads with the "Christmas police". I've posted a typical Australian menu on MN, and no one bat an eyelid. I also mentioned much I dislike turkey and hate Brussels sprouts on a thread where 90% of posters loved them to pieces, and no one cared 😁

Honestly, I think the majority of posters, with few exceptions, understand that we all have different tastes, come from different cultures/countries, and traditions may be great, but are there to be broken if your family's taste buds want something different.

I’m a very strong believer that everyone should do what makes them happy (as long as it’s not hurting anyone else - but what you eat for Christmas dinner isn’t going to do that!)

You ask why - because they’re very tasty! Hot or cold.
They’ve been a Thing for Christmas dinner for many decades, but when I was a child they were just called ‘bacon-wrapped sausages’. The ‘pigs in blankets’ term came later.

if I turned up for someone's for Christmas dinner (at lunch time) and it wasn't turkey I would be put out, but if I don't have to partake, do as you will.

In Essex, at school in the 1970s/80s in the register you were "packed lunch" or "school dinners" (or "home") which I think proves that dinner is the hot main meal, whenever you eat it!

Never used the word supper.

Mum and dad said "breakfast, lunch, tea" so I have followed. DH's parents the same. I was born in North London and DH in South London.

Never known anyone to call their evening meal supper. Some call it dinner but most call it tea

I never use the word supper. To me supper is something you eat not long before you go to bed which is something I never do.

Exactly.

I’m a lifelong Londoner. I say breakfast, lunch, supper. Never heard any Londoner say tea - to me that’s a northernism.

Tea is a cup of tea and cake around 4pm.

Dinner is only used for formal evening meals either people dining with you or dining out.

Also a Londoner. It’s breakfast, lunch and supper, unless you have people round for dinner, in which case it’s a dinner party (and you’re still living in the Eighties). Tea is at about half past three in the afternoon and is a cup of tea and cucumber sandwiches and a slice of Battenberg.

Oooh! I know I said I was pretty relaxed about Christmas Dinner, but you’re going too far! Back away from the pigs!

And everyone knows that Breakfast on Christmas Day is either a selection bix, a Terrys Chocolate Orange or some concoction involving bagels, cream cheese, scrambled eggs and salmon. There is no fourth option!

Agreed.

Londoner here. It's breakfast, lunch and tea. DH (also a Londoner) says the same

Yorkies?

(Please don’t @ me about chocolate or happy little dogs.)

I live in another country and I see that folk here take their Christmas food very seriously.

It is not like that everywhere. We have a more go with the flow attitude.

But one thing that is on every single thread is pigs in blankets. I have never eaten one in my whole life, but there seems to be an obsession with them. Why? They sound more like a breakfast item to me.

I know, I know!
I like to think they had a good life before they were 'despatched'. Believe it or not I have often thought of going veggie, mainly because I wholeheartedly disagree with the way supermarkets have taken control of farming in this country! However that's a thread by itself so I will stop now.

Oh, you big meanie! 🤣

I like my meat already dead. That way, I can reason well, it's dead anyway! Doesn't make any difference now!

Oooh I'm definitely having notions! I grew up eating goose, venison, veal etc etc. I feel very posh now!
In reality I grew up on a working farm! If goose was required for the Christmas plate one simply selected one and dealt with it before the day🤣

@WilfredsPies We love every single bit of Christmas in our house, because we eat, drink and do exactly what makes us happy

Happy? HAPPY? What's happy got to do with it? For one day, you should have turkey with very specific accompaniments no matter how miserable it makes you! It's TRADITION! You have 364 days of the year to eat wellies stuffed with beef, like some people on here.

Should be called Mumsnut.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

🫨 Weird, weird, weird!

You also need to have Christmas lessons!

You both need to go to Christmas lessons. 🤣

Yorkshires are for whenever you fancy them! There are no rules about eating as you like. I’ve never had turkey for Christmas dinner, why would I when I hate it?

We have chicken for Christmas, or occasionally beef, if I can afford it. I don’t do anything different for Christmas, it’s just a normal roast, and not something I cook all that often. To say some people don’t know the difference between them is very strange and quite offensive.

If DD and I fancied a beef stew or spaghetti bolognese that’s what we’d have!

The 25th of December is just a number on the calendar, and people can eat whatever they want.