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What time do you have Christmas Dinner?
ragz_2
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I was just wondering what time of day you all have Christmas dinner/lunch? Obviously it will depend on situation, whether you travel/have young or old kids/ have a sperate lunch and dinner but I am curious about people's reasons for the time of day you eat.
Personally I would do it about 4pm, do not want to start cooking at 6am! OH would prefer even later! Last year we ate at around 3pm with OH's family but they would have preferred more like 1pm.
I would want to have drinks and cheese and biscuits in the evening though so maybe, especially as we have young kids and I will be precooking some stuff, I should do dinner earlier.
Anyway, would love to know what everyone else does and why, humour me? Please? lol
Personally I would do it about 4pm, do not want to start cooking at 6am! OH would prefer even later! Last year we ate at around 3pm with OH's family but they would have preferred more like 1pm.
I would want to have drinks and cheese and biscuits in the evening though so maybe, especially as we have young kids and I will be precooking some stuff, I should do dinner earlier.
Anyway, would love to know what everyone else does and why, humour me? Please? lol
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About 3pm for me then relax, a few drinks at night with the feet up and let the kids play with their new toys.0
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3pm for us too - just in time to miss the Queen's speech.Just £10,852.28p to go...
Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if...";
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We tend to eat around 2 ish.I cook the turkey the day before as we prefer it cold and dont have to get up too early.wendy x0
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EMminently wrote: »3pm for us too - just in time to miss the Queen's speech.
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Well, you lot eat late. I love Christmas:j:j:j:j and I seem to wake my kids up around four in the morning "creeping!!!!;):D" to the loo.
Breakfast is usually at 5am so Christmas lunch usually on the table between 11.30-12 as they are starving by then!
They usually start asking around 11 am.
By the way, they are 13, 15 and 19 years old!!!!
My Mam and Dad stay over on Christmas Eve so if I oversleep( not much chance of that!) my Mam gives me a knock.
It's a family thing.
Merry Christmas everyone.Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible:j
Christmas is not a time but a state of mind :xmassmile
Trying.....Very trying- as my DH would say :whistle:
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nitnurse-not2 wrote: »Merry Christmas everyone.
Ditto!!!!!!!!
Have a good one and a safe one!
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We tend to eat about 1ish, I have 2 boys 8 and 5 and are starving by then, even though they have normally eaten chocolate all morning.
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About 3pm for us too...0
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Thank God it's not just us.:j
Most people think I am MAD!-Some may be right.:DStart by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible:j
Christmas is not a time but a state of mind :xmassmile
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when ever we want this year!! we had our years of kids and in laws then kids and grandkids Now retired and all the kids have flown the nest 2 lots even left the country!!! so this year we are staying home just the 2 of us. I am planning salmon, duck and chocolate and maybe a glass or two.
Happy Christmas all0
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