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Breakfast on Christmas Day.

357 replies

Spangles1963 · 07/12/2017 19:49

Am I the only person who doesn't get this obsession with huge breakfasts on Christmas Day? Nearly everyone I speak to,or read about (yes,on MN too!) say they're having a full English or similar. I was reading an article in the Co-op supermarket magazine yesterday and saw the comment along the lines of 'make sure you have a big breakfast to keep you going and make sure you have plenty of food to give your guests and family'. And this was assuming you were eating dinner at about 2pm. I have always had Christmas dinner at about 5pm,quite late by some peoples' standards,but I know for sure that if I ate a massive breakfast at about 10am and kept eating things like mince pies,sausage rolls and canapés all day,I would not be able to do justice to my dinner? Don't get me wrong,I'm NOT bragging about having a tiny appetite and neither am I slim. I am quite greedy by nature and overweight but I do like to sit down to Christmas dinner feeling hungry and able to eat it all! Or is it just me?

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Enko · 07/12/2017 20:01

Salmon in scrambled eggs here.. I love the Breakfast time together really enjoy it

maddiemookins16mum · 07/12/2017 20:04

In fairness we're not eating our main Christmas meal until 5pm (DH on shift unti 14.45) and I certainly will be too busy (drinking sherry) to do a lunch.
So we'll have a bacon and egg butty (me and DD) about 10am and some nibbles (crisps/dips/etc) from say 3pm onwards.

AnonEvent · 07/12/2017 20:05

Breakfast is my favourite meal of any day.

On high days and holidays we set the table for breakfast before we go to bed. It's lovely to get up to a nicely laid breakfast table, with white linen and proper napkins.

Christmas Day we have smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, toast (and after a slice of toast and homemade marmalade), Champagne and coffee.

But I am twee as fuck.

madein1995 · 07/12/2017 20:06

We always have a hot chocolate/tea/coffee and biscuits/chocolate/similar, but then we have lunch around 1ish. Also don't have alcohol at breakfast - but plenty of wine/prosecco at lunch

Robinkitty · 07/12/2017 20:08

Chocolate for my breakfast here, eaten in bed whilst the kids unwrap their stockings. Kids will have fruit and yoghurt and chocolate.

OriginalRhubarbGin · 07/12/2017 20:09

Bucks Fizz is breakfast, right?!

Ecureuil · 07/12/2017 20:10

We have a big breakfast. But I don’t graze throughout the day, and we have dinner around 4pm. So a big breakfast at 9ish then nothing until dinner at 4ish.

ArcheryAnnie · 07/12/2017 20:11

If your children haven't eaten the entire selection box that came in their stocking, and already feel a bit sick before breakfast has even been mentioned, then there's something wrong...

(Just toast here. Might make waffles, if I am feeling fancy.)

Ecureuil · 07/12/2017 20:11

We usually have eggs benedict or smoked salmon and scrambled eggs.

pandorawithtreaclecolouredhair · 07/12/2017 20:11

Another one for Christmas tree crumpets.
Maybe with some scrambled egg and smoked salmon.

WitchesHatRim · 07/12/2017 20:12

Bacon sandwiches here

illl · 07/12/2017 20:13

Cereal, pastries or a bacon roll at most. A big breakfast on Christmas Day is daft.

Elliemayclampett · 07/12/2017 20:14

Chocolate for breakfast on Christmas Day and on Easter Sunday...it's the law

speakout · 07/12/2017 20:15

Bacon and mushroom rolls with coffee.

Rainbunny · 07/12/2017 20:16

We don't have our Christmas dinner until the evening (MIL cooks and that's her preference). Even so, knowing that we'll be eating a large meal later we don't really eat very much during the day, DH usually makes some scrambled eggs with a mug of tea. My aunt gives us piles of homemade chocolates every year so we graze on those a bit too. It's never occurred to me to drink bucks fizz, I might try that this year!

MrsBonato · 07/12/2017 20:16

If we bother it'll be pancakes (the ones you reheat) or krave cereal, the chocolate and hazelnut one!

ludog · 07/12/2017 20:16

We always have a full Irish (or English) breakfast on Christmas day but we don't have dinner till about 5/5.30 so we're well ready for dinner by then.

DarlesChickens61 · 07/12/2017 20:17

I love a big tube of smarties for breakfast on Christmas morning. I always make sure DH gets me one (even if I have to buy it myself).

I spend all day cooking dinner for the masses. If they think I’m going to cook breakfast they can think again.... I always have a few sneaky brandies when prepping the veg too 😉

Mulch · 07/12/2017 20:18

Normally eat panettone and coffee. Couldn't manage a full English at all

user21 · 07/12/2017 20:19

Smoked Salmon and Scrambled Eggs or a Bacon Sandwich. Champagne

FluffyWuffy100 · 07/12/2017 20:19

We just graze through the morning - pan au choc and a coffee when I wake up. Champagne and smoked salmon from 11. Lunch at 2.

JaneEyre70 · 07/12/2017 20:20

We have croissants heated up in the oven with a nice coffee. Or toast. DDs eat chocolate. I'm buggered if I'm cooking 2 meals in a day..........!!

Parker231 · 07/12/2017 20:20

Coffee and selection box for breakfast, Christmas dinner is at 1pm and then a buffet for anyone who wants anything else later on.

gwenneh · 07/12/2017 20:20

We usually do a continental breakfast, then nothing until lunch/dinner.

mathanxiety · 07/12/2017 20:20

I do a big breakfast around 10. Cinnamon rolls, rashers, scrambled eggs, fruit salad, toast.. We eat dinner around 7pm, so breakfast (brunch?) has to tide us over for a while. We usually have dessert about 9 pm (pumpkin pie and tiramisu and leftover dessert from the Christmas Eve dinner).

There are usually leftovers to graze on during the day or leftovers from Christmas Eve dinner. People are welcome to have cookies or chocolates if they wish too.

I put everything in the dishwasher afterwards for the first of three dishwasher cycles of the day. Christmas dinner usually takes two cycles.

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