To think a full English breakfast is too much on Christmas morning?

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I like my food, honestly I do, but I don't know how people eat a full English on Christmas morning.

You are having a big roast dinner for lunch which is unusual in itself.

How on earth are you supposed to put that away too?

Am I missing something here?

My DH loves a big fry up for Christmas day but we have it at about 8/9am then won't have the dinner until 3 or 4, I wouldn't be bothered with it to be honest, a croissant or coffee would do me, and like someone else said, the kids are tucking into bloody sweets at 7am from their stocking so I just live and let live, so everyone has what they want in my house. Kids often want pankcakes but might nick a bit of DH sausages etc. Bit of a mish mash

Yesturday we had sausage sandwiches at 11am, that was me done all day

You do realise that most people eat more than one meal a day though?
I don’t ‘pig out’ in Christmas Day. We have a full English breakfast then a nice dinner (whatever we fancy that year).

Lola, i guess you're not well if a sausage sandwich is all you can eat in a day?💐

I'm not sure why folks keep saying huge, big etc, does no one know how to exercise portion control anymore? No one has to pig out or have a huge fry up or a huge Xmas dinner, both can be easily done in regular portion sizes,

No one has to pig out or have a huge fry up or a huge Xmas dinner, both can be easily done in regular portion sizes

Exactly this.

It's not what I'd have. We have smoked salmon and scrambled eggs but it's Christmas: anything goes! I don't think we stop eating all day and we start drinking with breakfast.

We have a smoked salmon and scrambled egg on a bagel brunch at about 10.30 then Christmas dinner about 4.30.
My family are creatures of habit so it tends to be the same every year.
Then boxing day is blueberry pancakes with fruit and yogurt, a big bubble and squeak lunch made from leftovers from Christmas dinner( I have to cook extra to ensure leftovers) then snack party type food in the evening, ( The stuff you get from the freezer and bang on the oven with a tub of coleslaw and bowl of salad on the side. )
Nice and easy and everyone enjoys it.

We have a full English breaky, it keeps us going until tea time when we have our Christmas dinner if that makes sense.
Then we enjoy the full day without family falling asleep in the afternoon

We have smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels with bucks fizz. I don't want to use up too much space as I want to fit in a lot of the cheese board.

I have a tradition of having crossaints on Christmas morning, followed by mountains of celebrations (the sweets)

Smoked Salmon and Cheese Cheese bagel and a glass of buzz fizz for Brekkie xmas morning.

Prawn Cocktail and bread starters and xmas dinner from around 2pm..

Full English on Boxing day and nibble at left overs and chocolate the rest of the day :-)

We have lunch around 1/2 and then buffet food around 6/7

We usually have croissants and fresh fruit ,maybe some contintal meats..Then big lunch around 1-30...can never manage a pudding though..
Boxing day we have a fry up making bubble and squeak with the christmas day left over mash and sprouts,,then nothing else until tea time (apart from the odd choc) when we have cold meat salad and Garfield potatoes

That's great for you Lola, but most people need more than a hot sandwich to sustain them all day and evening.

I've done a full English in the past but I'm not going to this year but I still want to do something special.

So far I've been thinking about doing some nice bacon ,maybe a couple of different types (maple and smoked)and some cinnabons straight from the oven served along side a pot of nice tea and a pot of nice coffe some juice and bucks fizz.

But there's every chance I'll worry that's not nice enough for Christmas day and I'll change my mind again.

It’s too much to do, full English then full roast. We have ham n cheese croissants ( make em up the day before then warm in oven) and a Buck’s Fizz

We used to have a full English at 9am-ish, then Xmas dinner at 3 or 4pm, then maybe a turkey sandwich at 9pm. That was pre-kids. Now we have a much smaller breakfast (though still a fry-up!) because we have lunch at 12.30 or 1pm to fit more with a pre-schooler's meal schedule.

We have croissants/bacon butties or both with bucks fizz about 8.30 after pressie opening and then the big meal is about 3.30. Before bed we gorge on cheese to soak up the alcohol and then we do the full English on boxing day!

You are having a big roast dinner for lunch

You might be. We have ours around 5.

But we are Scottish so wouldn't have a full English anyway

Not sure how people manage to eat a big breakfast & a roast! We always have smoked salmon, cream cheese & bagels with scrambled eggs, roast vine tomatoes & champagne And that's not a big breakfast"?

We always have bacon sandwiches for Christmas breakfast and eat dinner at about 3ish depending how much sherry I've drunk .

As I'm the one cooking, I definitely could not be arsed to cook a full breakfast and then start on a roast.

You are supposed to starve until lunch is ready (except for champagne) so you can then fit in as much as possible.
Pfft, everyone knows tyou can fit more in if you stretch your stomach with a big breakfast first. Amatuer.
Saying that it's usually toast and bucks fizz in our house. Maybe a bacon and cheese pastry if we're pushing the boat out.

I'm with you. We have croissants, toast etc and hot chocolate on Christmas morning.

I want to spend the morning enjoying the atmosphere, not cooking bacon lol.

Cinnamon buns and/or bacon butties here. With Baileys coffee for me.
I couldn't be arsed doing a fry up.
We don't eat Christmas dinner until around 6 either.

My husband and I celebrate our Christmas after Christmas day and we have a big breakfast mid morning then a roast for dinner at about 7.
When we're visiting our families we tend to have a bit of toast for breakfast, roast lunch and maybe something light in the evening after Doctor Who.

I think we need to know what constitutes a home-cooked full English!

For me it would be some bacon, a fried egg, and some fried mushrooms or grilled tomatoes. Not sausages/hashbrowns/baked beans. My version with a slice of toast isn't massive in my opinion.