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Christmas breakfast traditions?

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chelseamorning · 21/12/2007 15:40

Do you have a tradition for what you eat on Christmas morning?

My parents are staying with us for the festivities and I wanted to prepare something nice for them, i.e. muffins etc.

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chocolateshoes · 21/12/2007 19:31

We are going to have croissants while DS opens his stocking presents....in bed all together. Then we'll go downstairs and have grilled Manx kippers! I am Manx and I love them!

FlossALumpOfPud · 21/12/2007 19:32

DS will wait for pressies. I think And DP cooks breakfast, I cook lunch. Perhaps not the most equal of deals but better than nothing!

tassisssss · 21/12/2007 19:37

I don't really like scrambled eggs, and for some reason (like not doing sorbet for starter) I can't get my head round smoked salmon for breakfast, and as dh has to take a Christmas morning service a few hours later and I'm pregnant, there's no bucks fizz here either!

We generally have pancakes, bacon and maple syrup.

Have Nigella's muffins on Christmas Eve (or maybe tomorrow or maybe both!)

I think ds would LOVE sock's idea of having cocopops though!

LoveAngelGabriel · 21/12/2007 22:42

No tradition, really. We always had a full fry up when I was a kid, but we ate lunch a bit later in those days. For a few years we had smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. Then we had just scrambled eggs & toast and a big fruit salad for the last couple of years. think we'll have that tis year, too. Oh, and champagne. Always champagne!

eidsvold · 21/12/2007 22:52

smoked salmon, crusty bread for toast, fluffy scrambled eggs, bucks fizz. Dh cooks.

JoyeuxNoelBiggy · 21/12/2007 22:57

When I was little it was a cup of coffee (cup of warm milk and a dash of coffee powder) and a couple of biscuits from the Rover tin. I thought that was special. When I thought I was being a fab crazy mummy the other week offering DD1 cake for breakfast on her birthday she got cross with me because she wanted Weetabix ("of course").

chatee · 21/12/2007 23:13

the only tradition we have is that either dh or i make the breakfast and bring it upstairs to the childrens bedroom(santa leaves their stocking in the bedroom-main pressies are downstairs in the lounge)so they at least eat some breakfast amongst all the excitement and then we all get dressed and go downstairs together to open other pressies(learnt the hard way- with pics of me in my nightie and dd opening pressies- not nice)
i hope mil appreciates our tradition this year

SueW · 21/12/2007 23:26

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RosaLuxMundi · 22/12/2007 00:33

Nigella Christmas muffins is my tradition (albeit only six or seven years of it so far) and croissants and champagne. We wait till my Mum comes back from Christmas mass and then make a two-hour ceremony of brunch and present opening. Then I do Christmas 'lunch' for about 4pm and voila - only two meals to do.

PurpleTinselPrincess · 22/12/2007 01:00

We have nutella on thick toast with lashings of melted butter - yummy! I've done it for years - my mum still puts a jar of nutella in my stocking bless her! We've carried on the tradition years later...

EffiePerine · 22/12/2007 03:36

Champagne. I really like the sound of COV's smoked salmon doodahs so will try those this year (usually eggs and bacon)

Merrydian · 22/12/2007 09:09

I make pancakes with maple cured bacon ( or that lovely trecle bacon from waitrose) dh makes the coffee, that is if I can drag him away from gorging himself on chocolates for a few minutes.

FrannyandZooey · 22/12/2007 09:11

croissants and pastries, fruit - the nicest fruit we can find, usually stupid things like sharan fruit chosen by ds that we don't know how to prepare

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FrannyandZooey · 22/12/2007 09:14

I love sockmonkey for confessing they have REAL cocopops

Boredveryverybored · 22/12/2007 09:18

Croissants and Bucks Fizz here too

BJB21 · 22/12/2007 09:22

cooked brekky (veggie for me) and bucks fizz.And usually a selection box or half a jar of Quality Street or the like!

Have it early so still hungry for lunch, especially after all the alcohol ive drank by then, builds up an appetite!

dizzyblonde · 22/12/2007 09:36

We always have kegeree and bucks fizz. I make the kedgeree on Christmas Eve and heat up in the microwave in the morning. Only one bowl each to wash up

Alambil · 22/12/2007 10:12

We have museli and croissants for breakfast

ChippolataMinton · 22/12/2007 10:28

terrys chocolate orange juice
smarties
jelly tots
cinnamon bagels & nutella

WewishyouaBUMPERLICIOUS · 22/12/2007 10:48

Just looked up the recipe for nigella's muffins. are they really that good? convince me before i go out and brave the shops to get the ingredients!

Waswondering · 22/12/2007 16:24

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pinetreedog · 22/12/2007 16:29

fruit salad

plus all edible stocking fillers

sleepdeprivationandme · 22/12/2007 16:33

A selection box!

merrylissiemas · 22/12/2007 16:48

we will be creating our traditions this year and shall be having kedgeree for breakfast. i used to live with my friend and herfamily from 14 and her mum used to make it for xmas breakfast!