To prefer having Christmas dinner on 24th nor 25th

[Traballi]

Dh is from a country where they celebrate on 24th, not 25th. This year we decided to do a Christmas dinner at 7pm Christmas eve with dishes from both countries and skip the faff of cooking on Christmas Day.

We'll still do present opening on Christmas Day and spend it eating leftovers/ cheeseboard etc but it means the pressure to do it all on 25th is gone and things feel spread over a couple of days.

It's the first year we've done it like this and I much prefer it, I feel so relaxed this morning and just looking forward to relaxing today. WIBU to just do it like this every year from now on? We're in the UK and I've always done everything on 25th like my parents did but I remember my mum used to treat 25th like a military operation of coordinating timings to cook dinner for 2pm and it felt like entire day was too focused on that

I saw someone post about this on Instagram yesterday and thought yep that sounds bloody brilliant. I feel like way too much of Christmas Day revolves around cooking and then cleaning up. I’d enjoy it much more if there was time to sleep in a little, play, read, go for a good walk. My partner however is a bit of a stickler for tradition and also very stubborn so I can’t see me convincing him anytime soon 🙄

I mean, if people insist on making a drama out of Christmas dinner I get your point, but it’s just a roast with extras, it’s a very easy meal in my view. So easy to do on 25th

But aren’t you just transferring the work to the 24th? I don’t get the difference. We don’t eat til about 5pm anyway so there’s no mad rush or anything.

The meal we did on 24th was a bit easier to prep than full Xmas dinner