Interesting Xmas breakfast ?

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Don't want anything too filling, but want something more exciting than toast/ cereal. Thought about a panettone, any other ideas please ?

How many people is it for gillys ?

Toasted panettone dipped in something nice (champagne/mimosa/cava etc) or tea I guess !

We always have bacon sandwiches in nice bread with a mimosa (ds has fresh orange in a champagne flute which he thinks is amazing!)

We get pastries, bagels with cream cheese and smoked salmon and fresh juice.

Family tradition is scrambled eggs and smoked salmon. Super easy, a proper Xmas treat and delicious washed down with a glass or three of Buck's Fizz!

Scrambled eggs, posh bacon and croissants

Usually washed down with a glass bottle of Prosecco

Toasted bagels with smoked salmon, with egg nog 😋 it’s the best breakfast.

Tradition dictates we have croissants with Nutella and fresh orange with lemonade :o

Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs here too. With bucks fizz.

Kids tend to have croissants.....we may have some too 🙈

We don't eat lunch til 3/4pm so a hearty tasty brunch sees us through church and the Christmas dinner prep/Lego assembly hours

Cinnamon buns with icing.
Jus rol ones are lovely.

Toasted bagels with Philadelphia, smoked salmon and black pepper with nice lattes.

Bagels with cream cheese and smoked salmon, or bacon and hollandais sauce and a poached egg...

Sourdough toasted topped with wilted spinach cooked in decadent amounts of butter, cream cheese and smoked salmon ... seriously yummy

We do French toast with cinnamon and maple syrup and crispy bacon. It is filling but we don't have Christmas dinner till about 5.30.

Not sure it's particularly interesting but we usually have bacon rolls, sausages, some warm croissants and homemade jam, fruit compote, yogurt, granola and some nice juices/coffee.

In the past I've also added the part-baked bread that you finish off in the oven with cheese and ham/pâté.

It's always nicer when it's all laid out on the table rather than eaten on the hoof. We don't have Christmas dinner until 5pm so a big breakfast keeps us going for the day.

Crumpets! Or those thin crumpets, can’t remember their normal name, with something posh on like soft cheese and salmon.

Last year I did toasted bagels with smoked salmon and a poached egg. Fort time I’ve ever poached an egg and in doing it again this year. Was gorgeous!

These days we don't have a large Christmas breakfast as we try to keep mealtimes as normal as possible. (DS is autustic and the thought of not having 3 meals at the usual time boggles his mind)

We, therefore, have Christmas tree shaped crumpets, fruit, yogurt and usually some chocolate coins.

Lunch is usually cheese, pate, crudeties etc and the we have Christmas dinner at tea time.

We have chocolate coins for breakfast Followed by mini croissants with sparkly jam from Fortnum & Mason. We are not breakfast eaters in general so keep it light so we can fit in Christmas dinner mid-afternoon.

We do choc crossiants & fruit platter for the kids (summer so cherries/berries & watermelon etc) and smashed avo toast/proscuttio or fancy bacon/eggs for adults with sparkling Shiraz.

Another one here who does bagels, soft cheese and salmon! Although relatives staying with us don't like salmon, so I will probably get some nice pastries in for them.

We have this:
thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/baked-french-toast/
with maple syrup.

Definitely a once a year treat. SOOOOO good!

Christmas Tree shaped crumpets (if you can find them).

M&S bake from frozen pain au chocolate and croissants, delicious, no prep just bung in oven

Croissants and smoked salmon are our staple Christmas breakfast.

Waffles this year, with maple syrup and fruit. Possibly some brandy cream too.

Generally simple enough:
We usually squeeze a few oranges for juice.

I sometimes am organised enough to have a bowl of fresh fruit chopped in the fridge the night before - a couple of apples, some berries, maybe a peach/nectarine etc. Everyone helps themselves.

There is always a large cafetiere of coffee on the table, and a pot of tea as well.

We usually bake some pastries - either a pack of Jus-Rol croissants/pain-au-chocolats from the fridge (requires about 2 minutes work) or M&S raisin danishes/croissants from freezer (no work!).

If we are somewhat more peckish, someone might throw on a few eggs somehow, or put some bacon in the grill - there's always plenty of those in the house. Or there is always some chocolate floating around at Christmas to take the edge off.

If we had visitors, I would probably have nice bread for toasting and put out butter and a couple of jars of marmalade/jam on the table as well. But we tend to not eat that much bread ourselves.