what do you have for your breakfast on christmas day?

[MoonFaceMamaaaaargh]

And while we're at it what time do you (aim to) have your dinner?

Why is Christmas dinner (for those who have it as lunch rather than evening meal) so late? No way could the kids wait til 2.30-3 and neither could I to be honest....

Also have never thought about breakfast, so probably usually just eat chocolates or something. Wondering about this year now the dc are a bit older, need to have proper breakfast before they eat tons of sweets [hypocrite]

Whatever we fancy! Sometimes our usual cereal/toast, sometimes eggs, sometimes a bit of toast followed by chocolate

I do always make a really nice fruit salad with some of the more luxury fruits, and put a bit of cinnamon on mine :)

NorkilyChallenged we have dinner at post 2pm to give us time to cook it without having to get up at the crack of dawn or rush the DCs through present opening.

Crikey. Never occurred to me to have anything special.

Half a grapefruit.

Marmite on toast.

Cup of cha.

That's it.

And it's NEVER leisurely because by that stage we've already had stockings and after breakfast it's presents from us parents to dc, then it's church, then it's lunch (always at least 12 people) at 1 pm sharp.

Then it's washing up.

Then it's the Queen.

Then it's presents from dc to each other and everyone else to everyone else.

Then turkey sandwiches and cake.

Then it's time for Mummy to hit the fortified wine.

Military family. Got to keep up with the schedule don't you know.

We eat our chocolate letters and olibollen for pre breakfast food.

Then, if anyone can be arsed, we eat bacon and eggs.

Then we have lunch around 2pm when it starts to cool down.

We don't have breakfast on Christmas Day.

Food on Christmas day is Christmas Dinner served from 4pm until the early hours.

I amke Nigella's Christmas morning muffins and we have them with posh marmalade and real butter and nice coffe for adults, milk for DCs.
We eat around 2.30pm

We are having This you can make it the day before and it is gorgeous.

Full fry up, yum! Forget pissing around with smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, get the sausages on Christmas dinner is usually around 4-5pm, followed by selection boxes and big soggy turkey/stuffing/gravy sandwiches for supper, yummm [slobbering emoticon]

Norkily - In effect, the DC have 3 meals:

• Brekkie
• Nibbly lunch
• Full on Christmas lunch around 3-4pm

The adults inevitably have some more cold scoff around 8ish

Probably some toasted panattone with butter and jam, and proper coffee.

I might bake muffins if I'm organised enough to weigh out the dry ingredients the night before.

yum! toasted pannetone - what a nice idea. I think a slice or two might go down well after our dippy eggs.

thanks tea :)

Nothing - never eat breakfast. When kids were little they had a kilo of galaxy chocolate each and a selection box. (only joking!!)

Xmas dinner at 2pm -, lasts till around 4pm. Pressies after lunch.

With pressies, Nigella's Christmas Morning muffins.

Little later, bagels with smoked salmon and cream cheese, and bubbly/bucks fizz.

Eat in the evening, around 5.00/6.00pm, as its usually just the three of us for Christmas Day itself.

I have chocolate money and a satsuma! It's traditional!

Dinner at one ish

Bucks fizz and croisants

Mince pies and clotted cream.

I make a batch of mince pies on Christmas eve, shove 'em in the oven Cjristmas morning.

When they are cool, served with clotted cream and a cup of tea. Take the lid off the pie, put a dollop of cream in, put lid on, wolf down throat.

This is at about 10 (dd is a teenager, we all get up at about 9ish YES YOU WITH SMALL CHILDREN you will get a lie in on Christmas day one day!)

Then visit MIL (where all DP's brothers and sister gather) for more mince pies and wine.

Troop home to cook dinner. It's ready when it's ready.

Doesn't everyone have a Terrys Chocolate Orange for breakfast, while their mother tries to force sensible foods like toast or cereal on them?

Lunch in previous years around 2, this year, have DS who'll be 1 by then, not sure he'll last until 2 and will be a grumpy sod, infact, not sure he'll last until 1, but don't want to have him eat on his own... (must plan this better)

Breakfast is normally smoked salmon and eggs with toasted muffins, and champagne and chocolate for those that want.

Lunch is normally 2.30ish. My Mum always does a vast turkey because we all like there to be lots left over for turkey and stuffing sandwiches later in the week - yum. So even with the oven coming on at 6.30am, 2.30 is about as early as it can be ready. Also we normally go to some friends for drinks at around 12, so lunch at 1pm would veto that.

Supper is mince pies, homemade pork pie, salad, cheese and biscuits, more chocolate. Yum, yum, yum.

Fake - DS was not quite 18 months last year, and he had a sandwich when we all had pre-lunch nibbles at about 12.30. Sat in his highchair with everyone around him also eating, he was happy as a pig in the proverbial. He had a bit of christmas lunch as well, and then keeled over for a sleep so DH and I got to eat ours largely in peace which was lovely. We will have a similar plan this year I think, depending on how much breakfast he's eaten and what time he wakes up in the morning.

lovemyangels I make them too! But we just eat them as they are - no marmalade or jam.

We go to church, then to the pub and then have dinner when we get back and it is cooked. Maybe 5 or 6ish.

I'm not sure what we have in-between - maybe smoked salmon and cream cheese on rye bread? Crisps?

breakfast is cereal or yoghurt - nothing fancy. substantial nibbles and champagne around midday with family.

home to lie around, maybe have a beer and some crisps late afternoon, then dinner around five or six. looking forward to it now.

A walloping great Bloody Mary

I will do a bacon butty, followed by dinner at about 2. Tea will just be a few sausage rolls, crisps etc.