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Xmas day in PJs?

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Ultravox · 24/12/2025 11:13

I read it on here quite a lot that people spend all of Xmas day in PJs. Each to their own and all that but I just can’t imagine it…I guess I could imagine it more if we got a takeaway for dinner but just can’t imagine cooking & eating a Xmas dinner in PJs! So am I in a minority? Is it normal?

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Iwantitidontwantit · 24/12/2025 19:42

AshesUnderUricon · 24/12/2025 11:47

I don't want to look at anyone's genitalia bulging through thin cotton, thanks.

I swear mumsnet is the twilight zone sometimes 😂

What a very odd thing to write

Netcurtainnelly · 24/12/2025 19:40

AshesUnderUricon · 24/12/2025 11:47

I don't want to look at anyone's genitalia bulging through thin cotton, thanks.

Don't look then.

Hallywally · 24/12/2025 19:40

I think it’s a bit grim to remain in the same clothes you slept in. Doesn’t have to be formal but surely from a hygiene perspective you should change?

ThatJadeLion · 24/12/2025 19:40

Its lazy and slovenly. My opinion.. before someone jumps down my throat!!

circledrain1 · 24/12/2025 19:39

IsThistheMiddleofNowhere · 24/12/2025 16:53

Theres only DH, myself and 2 DC but i would never stay in PJs on Christmas day unless I were really ill. It's just downright slovenly.

Slovenly? 😂😂 hark at you. Is it cold up there in your ivory tower? 🤡

Runnersandtoms · 24/12/2025 19:36

We're a dress up in nice clothes family. My dad and DH don't own or wear pyjamas so that would be awkward. Plus we like to take lots of family photos at Christmas so like to look nice. There aren't many opportunities to dress up these days so it's nice to do so for Christmas.

circledrain1 · 24/12/2025 19:35

We are staying in jammies AND having a takeaway for dinner - do your Christmas Day your way and let others do theirs their way

HaveaVeryMerryBerryChristmas · 24/12/2025 19:15

TallulahBetty · 24/12/2025 11:53

It's not for me - I personally feel gross if I don't get up, wash, and dress in actual clothes - even when poorly. I wouldn't judge those who don't, though.

You obviously have never been that "poorly" than.

user1476613140 · 24/12/2025 19:06

I don't get dolled up but neither do I wear pyjamas on Christmas Day. Usually just jogging bottoms and a top. Nothing remarkable. Since I am cooking I just wear something practical.

I always have a shower by 10am. I like to feel fresh!

Floundering66 · 24/12/2025 18:26

No, I might have a lazy morning on the 27th in my pjs and eating biscuits for breakfast… but a Christmas Day/ Boxing Day are special. I get up, shower, do my hair and make up and wear something nice!

Hollyhobbi · 24/12/2025 17:58

My dd spent Christmas Day in her new pjs when she was 6 in 2010. It was the year of the big freeze in Ireland with snow and frost for most of December. She was out with her sister making a snowman in her wellies, pjs hat etc. we have some lovely pics of her. Her first Christmas snow and her wee face only delighted.

user1476613140 · 24/12/2025 17:55

AshesUnderUricon · 24/12/2025 11:47

I don't want to look at anyone's genitalia bulging through thin cotton, thanks.

🤣🤣🤣

UxmalFan · 24/12/2025 17:53

Ultravox · 24/12/2025 11:13

I read it on here quite a lot that people spend all of Xmas day in PJs. Each to their own and all that but I just can’t imagine it…I guess I could imagine it more if we got a takeaway for dinner but just can’t imagine cooking & eating a Xmas dinner in PJs! So am I in a minority? Is it normal?

I don't share the modern fondness for daytime wearing of PJs. My proper clothes are just as comfortable, nicer to look at and also warmer. I think that for some people they stand for relaxation and cosiness?

thetallfairy · 24/12/2025 17:50

professionalhomebody · 24/12/2025 11:23

I put fresh pjs on, usually a pair of new Chelsea peers as a little treat to myself. Not ones I’ve slept in

The most expensive brand are much more prestigious right?😃😃😆

mellongoose · 24/12/2025 17:49

Well I’m going swimming in the morning so it would be weird and awkward if the rest of the beach saw me do it in my pjs. Not to mention cumbersome and cold!

SillyNavyTiger · 24/12/2025 17:47

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 24/12/2025 17:41

What I really don’t understand is buying different PJs to wear on the day - because why not get dressed? Or wear a tracksuit? I wouldn’t want my house hot enough that wearing PJs felt right tbh.

I don't get it either. If you shower, get ready and everything, why do you chose nightwear?

And why do you only buy horrendously uncomfortable clothes that you cannot wear them during the day?😂

what's comfy when you are sleeping at night, or wearing just before going to bed is really not that comfy for days activities?

I don't care what people do, but it's weird.

WalkDontWalk · 24/12/2025 17:46

TallulahBetty · 24/12/2025 12:12

Because they're not day clothes.

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'not day clothes' = pyjamas.

So your answer to the question, 'Why not pyjamas?' is 'Because they're pyjamas'.

Which isn't desperately enlightening really.

At our house, incidentally, 'not going out or having anyone round clothes' = pyjamas. So we're quite likely to spend the whole of Christmas day in pyjamas.

In fact, if I can get away with it, I'll wear nothing other than pyjamas till January.

MasterBeth · 24/12/2025 17:44

23doorsdown · 24/12/2025 11:28

It’s just clothes though isn’t it so getting up and dressed and changing into pjs or jeans is not that different.

They are completely different.

Pyjamas are what you wear in bed.

"Clothes" are for normal daytime.

Of course, you can wear pyjamas during Christmas Day if you want. You could also wear a bikini, a wedding dress or clown shoes. But, like pyjamas, none of these things are normal daytime attire.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 24/12/2025 17:42

LizTruss · 24/12/2025 16:47

I must disagree, it used to be the highlight for us at Christmas in the Cabinet Office.

( I should add that not all genitalia was bulging 😉)

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Love this response!

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 24/12/2025 17:41

What I really don’t understand is buying different PJs to wear on the day - because why not get dressed? Or wear a tracksuit? I wouldn’t want my house hot enough that wearing PJs felt right tbh.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 24/12/2025 17:39

I think it’s fine if you want to wear PJs. But it think it’s a minority of people who do it, and quite a recent thing. Not that either of those things make it wrong but I wouldn’t be worrying about it, OP.

I reckon the split is about 10% of people wear PJ, about 20% “dress up” as though they were going out for an evening (even though it’s the day), and the vast majority wear normal clothes or a slightly nicer variety thereof.

Ive made up those percentages entirely but just based on people I’ve spoken to or seen post on here or elsewhere about it. So jot scientific. A sizeable number of people go for an Xmas day walk so it’s got to be along those lines, unless they change again afterwards.

Parker231 · 24/12/2025 16:57

IsThistheMiddleofNowhere · 24/12/2025 16:53

Theres only DH, myself and 2 DC but i would never stay in PJs on Christmas day unless I were really ill. It's just downright slovenly.

Why are new silk pj’s slovenly?

ChronicallyMum · 24/12/2025 16:53

I’ve spent the last 4 days in Pjs. Only reason I’ll have proper clothes on tomorrow is because I’m working.

IsThistheMiddleofNowhere · 24/12/2025 16:53

Theres only DH, myself and 2 DC but i would never stay in PJs on Christmas day unless I were really ill. It's just downright slovenly.

harriethoyle · 24/12/2025 16:51

23doorsdown · 24/12/2025 11:51

@AshesUnderUricon why are you spending your Christmas breaking into peoples houses to stare at their thinly veiled genitalia? You know Netflix is approx £6 for a month.

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