does anyone else have this for Christmas morning breakfast?

[milkmilklemonade12]

Train of thought started up again by another thread...

Our Christmas Day breakfast consists of pork pie (a really nice one), cheese, crackers, pickles, then warm mince pies and a tot of something. Literally first thing we do.

Now, this was normal throughout my childhood, you'd go to my Nan's and other people in my family (all my nan's kids admittedly) and it'd be the same.

Fast forward a few years and it's mine and DH's first Christmas together and he was genuinely shocked to the core when I unveiled this little lot

Mum says it's a midland thing, and that both my Nan and Grandad's parents did it.

Can anyone shed light on this? Do you do this? Is it a Midland thing? Do you have Christmas food no one else seems to know about?

OMG - two kinds of pastry-pie for breakfast?
What do you eat for the rest of the day?
I'm from Nottingham and have never heard of a breakfast like that!

Glad you enjoy it though.

We have Pannatone and black coffee, or similar. Newfangled - we did'nt have that in Sneinton, we probably had toast and cereal.

Wouldn't have room for all that lot with all the chocolate we stuff ourselves silly with on Christmas morning.

There are only a few days of the year- Christmas, Birthdays, Easter and Valentine's Day when chocolate is an acceptable breakfast food and there's no way I'd sacrifice tummy space with anything remotely resembling proper food.

All my DM's family do this, we grew up with it. Good pork pie , home cooked ham ...They're from Melton Mowbray. I love it christmas morning , couldn't entertain it at any other time of year [santa]

We only have two meals on Christmas Day so a big breakfast isn't too much of a problem. We have a nice breakfast. We take it in turns to choose. DH usually picks a variation on a cooked breakfast, last year DD wanted breakfast muffins, DS picked omelette the year before. Christmas lunch isn't until around 3pm and we have a big break between starters and mains and then a massive break between mains and pudding so we actually don't finish eating until around 7pm at the earliest.

We don't eat chocolate on Christmas day.

Goodness, no......... sorry OP, but it sounds gross.......

Same here.
Breakfast is at about 8.00 after the children have awoken at stupid o clock. Then lunch is at 3.00
That's usually it.
Anyone who gets hungry gets a turkey sandwich or cold meats and salad etc etc.

That's my DM's Christmas tea - Stafford-born.

We have pain au chocolat and crumpets. The kids would be happy with cereal like usual and so have banned me from Nigella's cranberry muffins. I can get away with "fancy toast"

My gran was the same - Christmas day wasn't the same if she didn't have a nice bit of pork pie for Breakfast. She definitely wasn't from the Midlands though!

I'm from the East Midlands, your list sounds like Sunday tea

Christmas day breakfast at home was always a sort of fruit compote of orange segments and Cox's apples, served with white bread and butter.

Yes I've witnessed that too. I was surprised

DH's family is from the midlands and they always have a pork pie for christmas breakfast. But that's it. The first year I breakfasted with them on christmas morning and declined the pork pie I was offered half a grapefruit to see me through to Christmas dinner at 2pm. Yum.

Now they offer toast. I wish they did the crackers, pickles and mince pies, sounds lovely.

Can't remember what we used to eat as children - probably just the usual toast and jam! (North West.) My parents start drinking champagne on Christmas Day around 11am so you need to have eaten something for breakfast as Xmas dinner isn't until about 1pm. DH and I normally have coffee and croissants/pain au chocolats and skip the booze until a bit later in the day. Love the crumpets idea up thread though - mmm, might have butter and honey crumpets this year!

Ooh we have ham and pickled onions. Might have to add a pork pie!

Oh god no I couldn't imagine a worse breakfast!!

Traditionally we'd have bacon sandwiches but I'm a veggie so I have fried egg sandwich with loads of Tommy k. And a massive hot cup of tea.

More recently, I have been having pain au chocolate and dh has smoked salmon and scrambled egg on toast.

Never, ever a pork pie though. Oh no.[santa]

We don't have that but it sounds delicious OP.

When I was younger my parents did a full english, or we had cereals and toast, or bacon sandwiches, just whatever they had time to make on the morning.

When I married DH we read about a traditional Christmas breakfast of a toasted roll, covered with soft cheese, salmon, and a poached egg.

So we made that and it was lovely. We always have it for breakfast at Christmas now, and also for any other special breakfast.

I've never really taken to the alcohol in the morning or afternoon, just puts me to sleep. We have nice breakfasts on days off anyway and Christmas morning will be no exception. Croissants or good bread for toast or crumpets or bagels, etc., home made marmalade and jams, eggs, maybe bacon, a couple of pots of loose leaf tea... The only days I eat chocolate first thing are easter, for obvious reasons, and valentines if we have exchanged chocolate!

It sounds delicious as a Sunday tea, minus the tot, but I couldn't possibly stomach it for breakfast, croissants for us on Christmas Day, and no alcohol till at least 11.

Growing up we always had a full English, fuck knows how we had room for Christmas dinner considering DM serves it at 1pm.

With two small DC's and a kitchen the size of a postage stamp we just go for something simple. If we want anything that involves a bit of prep I like to do it the night before so one of us isn't stuck in the kitchen by ourselves on Christmas morning.

As kids we had chocolate...

As grown ups with kids we have bacon sandwiches after presents THEN chocolate as Christmas dinner is often 2pm and we've usually been up since 6!

That sounds a weirdly tempting breakfast! We have bacon rolls, fruit and pastries.

Smoked salmon and crea cheese bagels with scrambled eggs for us!

I've heard of it, colleagues who live unsurprisingly near Melton Mowbray talk of it. We have french toast or similar to keep us going at dinner is at 4/5 usually

Hmm we usually have smoked salmon bagels but that sounds tempting op. I might suggest it for this year

We only have two meals on Christmas Day too. Smoked salmon / egg bagels with champagne and then Christmas dinner from 2-6ish. Lots of stopping to play and watch doctor who. Unlike showy we also eat our own body weight in chocolate coins

Sounds like a feast....at tea time. Pickled onions at breakfast time ? Pickles and/or chutney at breakfast ? Really ?

Scrambled eggs, smoked or cold poached salmon, toast, bucks fizz. Delicious. Start the day sloshed and pretty much stay that way all day !

This is making me hungry.
I shall have scrambled egg on granary toast; the kids will probably have cereal and chocolate....!
Dh won't have anything he never eats breakfast. He will eat his mums soup and half a loaf of bread when he get there