To not understand why people eat at such strange times at Christmas?

[NumberSixtyTwo]

I really don't get why so many people choose to have Christmas dinner at times they'd never normally eat a meal. Like many seem to have it at 3 or 4pm. Normally no one eats at that time so why do it on Christmas day?

Why not have it at a normal lunch time, like about 1pm, or a proper evening meal time?

Having it in between normal meal times surely just means you're too hungry or not hungry enough?

Whenever you feel like it. 😎

That’s the beauty of being an adult. You can eat what you want, when you want.

We usually have main meals late in the week. At weekends we dont have breakfast until very late, today was about 11 or 12 so when we do a roast its quite late.

Plus for Christmas you have to have time to fit in all the chocs and random slices of yule log, mince pies etc etc

We always eat around six (retired now) but for some reason every year my husband is anxious to start preparing vegetables early in the morning for a Christmas meal at one pm. Every single year I have to say firmly that I shan’t be ready to eat till six.
The day is a one off though, with people travelling, overexcited children getting up early, people going to church, so understandable that timings can change.