Neither did my dad, grandpa or uncle, my mum would have gone absolutely mad. They played with us children, set the table, washed up, tidied up all the Christmas wrapping.
We had a real tree with coloured lights, never had any of those hanging foil decorations, they were naff even then. Advent calendar with only pictures, just a bigger picture of jesus in the manger on 24th.
On Christmas eve we went to the local town and looked at the Christmas lights in the town centre then drove round looking at people's Christmas trees in their windows. No one had outside lights on their houses.
We had no starter, straight in to roast turkey, roast potatoes, red cabbage, sprouts, stuffing, bread sauce and cranberry sauce, all homemade, but as pp said, small portions, followed by a huge homemade Christmas pudding set alight and served with custard.
Watched Queen's speech, played with our toys, some played board games or a did a jigsaw.
We then had a high tea with home baked ham, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, hard boiled egg, salad cream( mayonnaise didn't exist), followed by Christmas cake, mince pies, Yule log and After Eights. Adults had a very small sherry glass of Harveys Bristol Cream before lunch.
We also had central heating and secondary glazing so it was always warm and cosy.