On the second day of Christmas, Domestic Sluttery gave to me... a collection of Rob Ryan plates!
It wouldn't be Christmas without a little bit of Rob Ryan, would it? My parents always look at my Christmas list strangely (SPOILER ALERT: Santa isn't real). Apparently it's strange that I want shoes and plates on Christmas morning. I think that's entirely normal. Top of the list is this set of Rob Ryan plates. Lucky for you, our sponsors Hunkydory Home have a set to give away to you!
Now since we're giving plates away, a foodie question seems only right. So to win these beauties, leave a comment below and tell us what is the first thing you'll be tucking into on Christmas morning? Do you go straight for the chocs, or do you have something a little bit fancier liked smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. If you're lucky, you might get to put your Christmas breakfast on these plates.
You've got until 8pm on SUNDAY (we're going for cocktails tonight so you've got extra time). We'll draw a winner at random when we get in from our weekend fun. Wondering who won yesterday's competition? That would be Laura! She had this to say...
"Oooh the thing I most look forward to is the Lincoln Christmas Market and I'm going tonight! There's mulled wine, beer, Baileys hot chocs, and SO many stalls selling everything Christmassy! Think Scandi-style tree decorations, hand-knitted scarves and mittens, cards and wrap and lots of gift ideas too."
Congratulations, Laura ! (She writes a fab blog called High Street Home so make sure you check that out as well.) Just email us to claim your prize.
Good luck everyone!
Oh yawn, small print (read it). The competition will close at 8pm on December 4th. You must be UK based AND leave a name with your comment so that we know who you are! If you're anon your entry won't count and if you enter more than once, we'll discount all of your entries and tell you off. If you've won one competition, let someone else have a bash and go and play with your toys! We're not allowed to enter our own competitions, but Siany will almost certainly be eating mince pies.
ooh, I love these! The first thing I'll be eating on Christmas Day is smoked salmon egg pots: put some smoked salmon in ramekins, break an egg on top, and top with a tablespoon of cream, then bake in the over. Delicious! It's mine & my husband's Xmas morning tradition to eat these before starting on our stockings. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteChocolate! and lots of it! If I get a lindt father christmas I will be a very happy bunny!
ReplyDeletehas to be a chocolate orange! I have been obsessed with them since childhood and always had one in my xmas stocking.
ReplyDeleteBacon Sandwich and a massive mug of black coffee, all to the tune of the christmas album that comes out once a year :D
ReplyDeleteIt's Christmas tradition at my mum's house that we all have coffee / tea sitting on er bed (we're probably bit big for that now...), then when we do go downstairs we have brioche, croissants, and bucks fizz, while listening to the Andy Williams Christmas album and opening presents!
ReplyDeleteSmoked salmon on toast with a glass of fizz, in pyjamas, in front of the fire. The perfect start to Christmas day!
ReplyDeleteIt would be fresh OJ, toast and marmalade, maybe followed by a festive mince-pie - but I can't resist a chocolate or two while I'm getting stuck into unwrapping my pressies, so it will probably end up being a Lindt Lindor as they are irresistibly melty... mmm!
ReplyDeleteMy parents always give us a pack of those mini-cereal boxes, so usually a couple of those mixed together in a bowl with a glass of orange juice and a black coffee. Then I move on to chocolate not long after...
ReplyDeleteI'll be home in NZ just in time for Christmas, so the first thing I plan to tuck into will be strawberries! As it's summer they're in season and to this day I associate the taste of strawberries with Christmas. (Something which confuses friends when I declare this over a July picnic...) :)
ReplyDeleteWhile the kids are investigating their stockings (and losing half of it down the side of their bed) I start the oven up and load it with croissants, pain au chocolate, fill the toaster with waffles and crack open the oj. Thiers is au natural. mine is mixed with something a bit bubblier! ;)
ReplyDeleteMy mum very kindly makes me and my younger brothers smoked salmon and scrambled eggs first things after our stockings on Christmas morning - but it has been known for me to sneak a chocolate or two from my haul beforehand :D
ReplyDeleteFirst thing I'll be eating is my last advent calender chocolate and I get a surprise gift with it this year! Tradition for us is smoked salmon bagels with cream cheese and a glass of orange and champagne! Then LOTS of cheese and crackers. Fat day all in all x
ReplyDeleteAs my parents are abandoning me this Christmas for a cruise (how rude), I'll be little orphan Annie at my boyfriend's parents' house. I don't know if they'll be having a fancy breakfast like I usually have at home but I've put in an order for mince pies and I'm taking saltwater toffees so I'll be eating those first thing otherwise!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm - does a cup of tea and a quick ciggie before the kids wake up count?!
ReplyDeleteI inherited my other half’s family tradition of Christmas breakfast (having never experienced such a thing I know love it more than the turkey!), all the family comes over and we have homemade bagels, everything needed for a heart attack Scottish breakfast, smoked salmon, fresh coffee, bubbles & a Disney movie on in the background! After everyone has had their full we open presents and wait for my 90 year old grannie-in-law to palm of her gifts to other people in the room!
ReplyDeleteWe totally do the smoked salmon, scrambled eggs on toast with bucks fizz breakfast every year. I like to start the alcohol early so by the time I'm finishing the turkey in the afternoon, everyone is too tipsy to notice I'm not actually Nigella Lawson.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, most definitely, a mince pie, closely followed by fresh coffee and a full fry-up (including fried bread!) as cooked by my lovely mum... Christmas tradition in our home!
ReplyDeleteHonestly? Porridge. Can't beat it for something cosy and delicious on a winter morning.
ReplyDeleteMy husband's a chef, so it'll be smoked salmon and scrambled eggs at 5.30 on Christmas morning before he heads off to work - then maybe a cup of Christmas coffee and a biscuit or two on the sofa before packing the car to drive down to my parents when he finishes. Luckily, my parents spoil us rotten on Boxing Day so it'll be Eggs Benedict and Bucks Fizz on our 'Christmas Day'! (now I've made myself hungry thinking about all this food - my cheese sandwich now seems rather dull...!) Merry Festive Season Everyone!
ReplyDeleteThis year, we will be in Cyprus, so will be fresh fruit and bread, with tea, oh and probably some chocolate too :)))
ReplyDeleteGin. It is always gin.
ReplyDeletethe first thing ill be tucking into is my partner ;) ....then some bucks fizz!
ReplyDeleteSheree Violet
I shall be tucking into my lovely fiancee! Have a good Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI won't be eating - I'll be drinking. A nice glass of bubbles. I'll need it to cope with the rest of the day!
ReplyDeleteI love this plates. First thing I'll be having is a cup of tea followed by a bucks fizz chaser and probably pain o chocolate, and then start grazing on twiglets and nuts. Wow I sound piggy!
ReplyDeleteSmoked salmon and scrambled eggs on lightly toasted muffins dripping with butter, with a glass (or several) of Prosecco and pomegranate juice, and a cup of Nespresso on the side. Only 23 days to go - so excited!
ReplyDeleteIt'll be smoked salmon and scrambled eggs on hot, buttery toasted muffins for us, with a glass of something chilled and bubbly to go with it.
ReplyDeleteAnd then I'll be straight onto the Betty's Christmas Spiced tea if I can get my mitts on some, it's Christmas in a mug!
I keep it light on Christmas morning with toast and a festive Clementine. I save myself for the yummy Christmas dinner!
ReplyDeletea tangerine from my stocking of course!!
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@jumping_juniper
www.jumpingjuniper.co.uk
Obviously start with the satsuma from the toe of the stocking! Even though we don't have stockings these days, the day still starts with citrus... Then moving on to a classic champagne cocktail (lump of sugar, few drops of angosturas and top up with fizzy stuff) and smoked salmon on thinly sliced, buttered brown bread. This has been our family's Christmas tradition as long as I can remember, and long may it continue! (Seems it's not as unique as I thought though...)
ReplyDeleteAmazing plates!!!
ReplyDeleteI usually go for deep fried mars bar Christmas morning, but then my mom sits next to me with pork pie and piccalilly and my step dad with a fry up...so I get jealous and have a bit of everything like the little piggy I am :D
I'm a bad foodie, because in my house we all make noises about being virtuous and saving ourselves for Christmas lunch and so breakfast often falls by the wayside! Of course, because we're all starving, everyone's VERY willing to help out in the kitchen during the day (just to see if they can snaffle any tasty treats!).
ReplyDeleteSo the first thing I'll tuck into is likely to be whatever I can pinch without my mum spotting me!
Champagne will be the first call of order... and then I'll probably nibble on all the tasty bits and pieces in the kitchen when my mum isn't looking!
ReplyDeleteRob Ryan is the only thing to eat from! I will be scoffing a festive muffin with loganberry jam plus a morning flute of bucks fizz. CLASSIC.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking warm spinach and cheese muffins (my current posh breakfast baking obsession)topped with poached eggs and lots of black pepper. And of course a nice cup of tea!
ReplyDeleteThe first thing we eat will be breakfast, hopefully including a lovely hot croissant or pain au chocolat, and a cappuccino, before rushing off to a Christmas morning service.
ReplyDeleteChristmas breakfast will almost undoubtedly be a cup of freshly brewed coffee and a bowl of berries with greek yoghurt and honey (topped with a little spring of holly to make it look less summery and more festive). Not HUGELY wintery, but the colours are pretty and it's a joyous mix of flavours to wake you up in the morning!
ReplyDeleteChampagne!
ReplyDeleteApart from when friends have stayed over from a drunken evening together, Christmas Day is probably the only other time I ever eat breakfast (the ones on flights don't count as that isn't real food). I'll be taking my neighbours dogs out first thing and then i plan on having french toast (or eggy bread as it's called here) with baked beans and homade veggie sauasages - nothing fancy for me, i'm from the Peak District and it's way too cold for croissants in December!
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I'll have is warmed bagels with brie melted on top, and then plenty cranberry sauce spooned on. So good! Accompanied by a glass of bucks fizz and a pot of tea, it's the perfect start to the day.
ReplyDelete@lucy_wob
Without fail it has to be Eggs Florentine with a severely runny yolk that me and my mum make for the family and honestly... a near on pint of orange juice with a dash of Cointreau in it. I go out with friends for Christmas eve, so it's my equivalent of a Bloody Mary.
ReplyDeletebacon sandwiches on crusty bread, because that's what my dad used to make for us when we were little, and i've continued the tradition. it's just not christmas without the big bacon butty.
ReplyDeleteglass of champagne! my Grandad spends the month of December sourcing a lovely bottle of vintage to be shared whilst we open presents.. yes, this is terribly decadent but hey it's Christmas!
ReplyDeletePanettone and a cup of tea and probably a sneaky chocolate or two...
ReplyDeleteEggs with soldiers, followed by scotch pancakes. All accompanied with copious amounts of champagne - perfect!
ReplyDeleteA very sticky and sweet cinnamon roll with a cup of hot chocolate. yummmm....
ReplyDeleteMmmm...every year my husband makes us all french toast (eggy bread) with loads of maple syrup.
ReplyDeleteAnd coffee, loads of coffee, because we do have early rising children.
I'll be stopping with my Grandparents this year, as the rest of my family rudely emigrated to America, leaving me to finish my degree, so hopefully it will be something nice! Normally we have either croissants or Christmas porridge (porridge with a generous dollop of mincemeat mixed in) with a good old cup of tea, hopefully followed by the traditional chocolate orange! If not I'll have to sneakily take some of my chocolate orange brownies!
ReplyDeleteWaffles: first with some feta or mozzarella and nice smoked ham, and then with some cinnamon in the batter, served with stewed apples and prunes and a bit of sour cream. All down with mimosas or pomegranate champagne cocktails. We are only just creating our (new) family's future Christmas traditions so now's the time to get it right!
ReplyDeleteThe satsuma from the bottom of my Christmas stocking of course :)
ReplyDeleteSmoked salmon, a mountain of thick freshly sliced toast and Pops Hop's famous scrambled eggs with more pepper than you've ever seen in your life. All topped off with Bombay mix (of course) and alternate drinks of red wine and tea. Indulgence is my middle name!
ReplyDeleteChristmas Morning tradition involves Pain au Chocolat, Croissants, Coffee, and Orange Juice with the family ... and the old history teacher from the school where my parents worked (and where I went to school) who always pops in between church and a visit to his sister!
ReplyDeleteI shall be having a teeny tiny breakfast on Christmas morning (perhaps eating the odd chocolate as there are usually some lingering around the house) to make sure I save room for our now traditional family Christmas dinner at our well-loved local Chinese restaurant!
ReplyDeleteI resolve to be good every time and start out with an austere bowl of cereal, then gradually ruin my appetite anyway over the next few hours with steady picking at crisps and chocs. This year I may try a different tack with a blow-out croissant and jam breakfast and hope it keeps me too full to snack before dinner.
ReplyDeleteI believe I shall be sipping bucks fizz first thing on Christmas morning. We usually spend Christmas with my partner's family and that is what the serve with their Christmas breakfast. ~ Sara
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous! First thing I'll be eating on Christmas Day? A breakfast feast inspired by the cabanes à sucre in Quebec - scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausages, baked beans, lashing of maple syrup, strong coffee and (not at all traditional) bellinis!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I go straight for the chocolates!
ReplyDeleteFreshly ground coffee and mince pies:-)
ReplyDeleteBacon Sandwiches Mmmm
ReplyDeleteYou have to have a special Christmas Day breakfast! Apart from anything else, it lines your stomach against all the Christmas Day drinking!
ReplyDeleteWe'll be starting with lovely cinnamon flavoured french toast (or eggy bread if you prefer!) served with lovely crispy bacon. Yum!!
Very different to the usual cornflakes, or toast on the run!
Judith x
Definitely will be tucking into the Santa shaped chocolate lolly I get in my stocking every year! DELICIOUS :)
ReplyDeleteToeat just toast, I don't want to spoil my dinner! But I do like to have a glass of bucks fizz too :)
ReplyDeleteI head straight for the bubbles and then maybe some smoked salmon...
ReplyDelete:( I don't even get a christmas tree! But still I'll probably have my usual weekend breakfast of french toast and rise early to watch some christmas kids tv to keep me young!
ReplyDeleteMy grandad is staying over on Christmas eve to be with his great granchildren so he'll make a giant pot of porridge. it's the only time I eat it but it's a family tradition we want to start with my little boys.
ReplyDeleteGoing to be with the in-laws this Christmas and Dad-in-Law makes his own Gravlax which we have on toast along with a glass of bubbly first thing in the morning... yummy! Cannot wait!
ReplyDeleteI go straight for the chocolate money from my stocking! Yes, I still get a stocking!!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful plates! In theory i should be tucking into homemade croissants but Christmas morning will be my first time of making them (what folly!) so i shall probably start my day with a handful of Quality Streets for the required energy boost to deal with a new recipe.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to my parents house this year where we start things off with Bucks Fizz during present opening and then homemade cranberry muffins for breakfast! YUM :)
ReplyDeleteIf we're at my grandparents, it'll be sweets from my stocking (yes, still), and then breakfast with orange juice and oatcakes in the dining room instead of the kitchen...not sure why, but it feels festive, with the huge Christmas tree at the end of the room and decorations everywhere (on reflection it may be because granny wants the kitchen to herself with lunch preparations already under way).
ReplyDeleteMy Mum always insists we have a glass of Bucks Fizz first thing so I'll be having a nice tall glass full, followed by my little sister's glass too as she doesnt like it - so I'm 'helping' her...
ReplyDeleteBollinger of course, served with a portion of the previous evening's trifle. Yum!
ReplyDeleteThis year we are at my mother in laws for a big family get together, every year we eagerly anticipate the arrival of my sister- in- law...well more to the point, her amazing homemade sausage rolls, warmed in the oven and washed down with some bubbles, divine! It doesn't get any better and Christmas really doesn't get started until they have been devoured (which never takes long). ;)
ReplyDeleteSmoked Salmon & Scrambled Egg with a glass of Champagne
ReplyDeleteBucks Fizz
ReplyDeleteChampagne and as much chocolate as I can fit into my mouth. And possibly smoked salmon too, if the cats haven't demolished it again..!
ReplyDeletecinnamon rolls! i'm even gonna use the recipe sara posted on this very site. am gonna make them the night before and hopefully there will still be some left xmas morning...
ReplyDeleteBuck's Fizz and kisses!
ReplyDeleteMy husband first and foremost, if we are awake before our 4 little boys wake up! Failing that some american pancakes and honeycomb butter! Yum Yum
ReplyDeleteProbably coffee, bucks fizz, smoked salmon and toast. Maybe a furtive christmas chocolate too!
ReplyDeleteDepends if any of my siblings have made us stockings - if so the day always starts with chocolate coins. If we are relegated to being grown ups for the day then the usual toast/cereal options win out.
ReplyDeleteFollowed shortly by chocolate. And more chocolate.
Cheeky chocolate, followed by eggs and crumpet to line my stomach for the lovely fizz later nomnomnomn
ReplyDeleteLovely, warm gingerbread muffins with a vat of coffee to start the day for us.
ReplyDeleteCan't start drinking champagne that early as I'm cooking for 15 this Christmas! Will have to stay vaguely sober until, ooh, 2 o'clock? Well, that's the plan anyway.....!
Hope you all have a marvellous and very merry Christmas.
Cathryn Blyth (Enthusiastic but hopeless Domestic Slut!)
Open stocking presents in bed with a glass of fizz. Absolutly favourite part of the day!
ReplyDeletePancakes with golden syrup for me please. Maybe I'll get adventurous and make them in Christmas tree shapes this year!
ReplyDeleteWell with a 2 year old boy who will be very excited about opening presents we decided we need something simple, that won't go cold or soggy but is still special so, we're going to have a nice slice of panettone and a coffee from our new espresso machine (an early christmas present to ourselves!).
ReplyDeleteTracy Smith
Marmite on toast shared with the cat, mince pie & lots & lots of tea [not shared with anyone]. x
ReplyDeleteOoooh we go all out on xmas morning, cooked brekkie & croissants - so I guess I will be eating some scambled eggs & bacon drizzled with maple syrup! yum!!!!
ReplyDeleteI usually just have my regular speacial K and OJ. But I think I should step it up and treat myself to freshly squeezed orange juice
ReplyDeleteI would love to say something healthy but honestly I will just continue to feast on xmas chocolate!!! xxx
ReplyDeleteHot and spicy King Prawns, can not wait!
ReplyDeleteI will be having raw sprouts I just can`t get enough.
ReplyDeleteCroissants! And brioche! And pain au chocolat! Xmas carbs are the best! X
ReplyDeleteRather uncouth in this house, crumpets and pate with a glass of Bucks Fizz
ReplyDeletetraditional irish breakfast with homemade soda bread, all made by my lovely daddy! rowena xx
ReplyDeleteMince pie- well Santa never seems to manage to eat it!
ReplyDeleteBacon sandwiches, its the only day I ever get breakfast in bed.
ReplyDeleteA nice cup of redbush tea and some chocolate should start the day right!
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ReplyDeleteRoses Chocolates
ReplyDeleteI will be feasting on toasted muffins, topped with smoked salmon and a poached egg, smothered in Hollandaise Sauce. Accompanied by a glass of Bucks Fizz and the Muppets Christmas Carol on telly. Thanks for the giveaway, although I don't think I'll win! ;o)
ReplyDeleteI'll start my Christmas with lots of strong, hot coffee to rouse me fully if my son's enthusiastic bouncing at 5.30am hasn't worked... Then I'll get a bit of an energy kick from freshly squeezed orange juice, a warm croissant and, if I'm feeling especially indulgent (it is Christmas after all) one or two fresh cream chocolates
ReplyDeleteI will rummage around my stocking for a usual box of Lindor chocolates, and will have wolfed a third of the box before I get out of bed and have my first Bellini. I can't wait 'til Christmas - chocolate and booze - all legitimate before 11am : - )
ReplyDeleteI will be opening the Tin of Roses, I have been doing this for years now, I won't say for how many years!
ReplyDeleteChoccies all the way :D
ReplyDeleteFruit scones, butter and jam with fresh coffee.....but that is of course after all the parcels are ripped open, which of course requires simultaneous chocolate munching!!! :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely chocolates, when else can I do this!
ReplyDeleteFirstly I'll brew a pot of Tim Horton's, to go with scrambled egg on a croissant - my hubby makes the best scrambled egg, FACT! Then find the mint Matchmakers :D
ReplyDeletewe love fresh kippers with crusty brown buttered bread in the morning not too much mind as we need plenty of room for yummy chocolates later !!
ReplyDeleteboiled eggs. 'soldier' toast and tea
ReplyDeleteFirst thing to be consumed on christmas morning? Has to be Champagne - and these plates are so gorgeous I could quite happily just lap it off them... Glamourous? moi?
ReplyDeleteFried breakfast, after my night shift!
ReplyDeleteI should think I will be serving a simple plate of toasted panetone and/or danish pastries. Want to leave plenty of room for Christmas lunch. But possibly a small mimosa with it might be welcome, my mother in law is coming to stay after all (in fact, make that 3 or 4 mimosa's before I come down to make Brekkie)
ReplyDeleteJust like any other day nice bowl of cereals
ReplyDeleteCostco Coissants it seems to have become a family tradition that the children want to continue, easy to eat while opning presants
ReplyDeleteFirst thing on Christmas morning? We'll open a bottle of bubbly, have a glass (or 2) of Buck fizz, with a bacon sandwich and some freshly brewed coffee. And of course you have to finish with some chocolate, it is Christmas after all!
ReplyDeletebacon sandwiches on warm bread with butter
ReplyDeleteI eat nothing at all on the morning of the 25th, in order to be ready for the big event at about 1pm!
ReplyDeleteAckee and saltfish :D with all the trimmings (I hope)
ReplyDeleteMaxine
Me and my husband have all our closest friends over on Christmas day and cook everyone a full English Breakfast :) So I will be tucking into that! :)
ReplyDeleteusually just an orange or 2 and some chocolate coins! I don't want to spoil myself for later on!
ReplyDeleteWe usually have chocolate croissants for breakfast on christmas day, satisfies the chocolate want somewhat with a suggestion of healthier than just going straight for the bars of chocolate, which naturally I hit immediately after breakfast.
ReplyDeleteWe usually have toasted Veda bread and pancakes
ReplyDeleteFinally tucking into the biggest advent calendar chocolate and some bucks fizz for breakfast!
ReplyDeleteKatherine Hughes
I volunteer so I usually get a brick lane beigel (they are open 365 days a year, hooray!) with cream cheese and salmon, and the biggest coffee I can handle. Then head out into the dark... its like a zombie invasion, its always so deserted in London that day!
ReplyDeleteI don't really have dinner that day, just a steady diet of mince pies and sweets from a tin :)
Smoked salmon washed down with Bucks Fizz - it wouldn't be Christmas otherwise!
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ReplyDeleteI found out about Santa before my brother... when I saw Dad tucking into the carrot we left for Rudolph and the sherry/mince pies for Santa by the tree. Since then it was tradition that I joined him, my brother has never done early starts! The only issue was who had the carrot and who ate the pies... lets just say we normally go 50:50 and the sherry... well we have to leave something half full to show my brother that he is real. Oh, and did I mention he is now 25!
ReplyDeleteSince I'm so busy running around after everyone else the first thing I usually eat (I don't count my liquid bucks fizz breakfast)is the crispy bacon off the top of the turkey - cooks treat - well someone has to make sure that it's cooked properly don't they?
ReplyDeleteprobably just a cuppa as I run about making sure everything is ready for dinner!
ReplyDeleteI'll be sitting on my bed with my sister like when we were little tucking into the satsumas and choccies in our stockings hehe
ReplyDeletekaren s
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My boyfriend has a family tradition of having a full on fry up Christmas morning! I have to admit with the size of the dinner he cooks up the last thing I want is a huge breakfast but for the sake of making him happy I will munch on a bit of bacon, a sausage and a few beans ;)
ReplyDeleteI shall have my very simple plain porridge as I will be indulging in rich food all day.Anything else and I would feel sick before my beautiful Christmas lunch :)
ReplyDeleteThe plates are beautiful! the firs thing I'll be having on Christmas morning will probably be some chocolate coins off the tree and then I'll have some cereal after feeding my baby boy (it's his first Christmas - he'll be three months old then!). :) x
ReplyDeleteI'd love to say that I'll be indulging in something fancy schmanchy pants and la di dah, like smoked salmon, Eggs Benedict and wholewheat toast, with a cafetiére of freshly ground coffee and cream but-in reality-after far too little sleep, caused by some late night/early morning panic wrapping and one too many gins, it is more likely to be some hastily glugged down instant coffee (two teaspoons in the cup) and third degree mouth burns, with a side of paracetamol a la mode and then later, some Marmite and cheese crumpets. I wouldn't have it any other way!
ReplyDeleteOooh it will be a Bucks Fizz - no doubt!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the peach Bellini kindly left by Santa.
ReplyDeleteWatching my nephews get really excited about Santa and long chats with my sisters. I was diagnosed with arthritis this year ( I'm 26) and I never thought support like I've had existed. Legends. I remember finding Rob Ryan on Etsy years ago after he did a campaign for Irish charity, Trocaire. The prints were a tenner and I didn't get one. Gutted to this day!! Please let me win! Xx
ReplyDeleteAs Christmas Day is a food and drink marathon I think one needs to start in a sensible manner, first off lots of chocolate because who is going to say no, then eggs on crumpets so you don't get that sickly feeling too early, this has the added bonus of lining your stomach so this is swiftly followed by a nice glass of fizz, nonommmonon I cannot wait......
ReplyDeleteI will head straight to the big tin of quality street on Christmas morning. Christmas just wouldn't be the same without fighting with the people you love over the last strawberry cream.
ReplyDeleteI will be celebrating Christmas on holiday in Australia this year so it will be a very different Christmas! I'm told we'll be having lobster and a 'seafood medley'!
ReplyDeleteCrumpets oozing with melted butter...followed by a Curly Wurly
ReplyDeletefinishing off santa's mince pie that he left behind ;-)
ReplyDeleteLast year I made Nigella's Christmas day muffins and they were amazing so I shall make them again and try not to scoff too many.
ReplyDeleteThe last choccy out of my advent calendar
ReplyDeleteOn Christmas morning it's tradition to start the day with croissants and Buck's Fizz. The croissants are served hot from the oven with lots of melted butter and ginger jam. The Bucks Fizz made with fresh orange juice.
ReplyDeleteStraight to the chocs for me!
ReplyDeleteChoc coins for me, with a bucks fizz not far behind!
ReplyDeleteFor me, it's a latte and a pain au chocolat warm and oozy and lovely!
ReplyDeleteIt will be my usual porridge, lots to do xmas morning
ReplyDeleteIn the crazy days of my childhood it would have been five selection boxes without skipping a beat. But now it's the more "grown up" glass of bucks fizz and home made choccie bread - yummie!
ReplyDeleteA Christmas morning tradition in our family is warm flaky croissants, accompanied by much teasing of my mother for the year when she was so stressed about keeping the kitchen tidy that she made us eat them outside in the snow to avoid getting crumbs on her clean floor! She's a little less uptight these days :)
ReplyDeleteMince Pies and slightly warm milk. Santa isn't very grateful in my corner of South East London, so I (happily!) get to munch on the untouched goodies.
ReplyDeleteslices of papaya and caviar crazy but true- old family tradition from Zanzibar!!!
ReplyDeleteChocolates
ReplyDeleteSmoked salmon, hard boiled eggs and home made bread - yum!
ReplyDeleteFull English Breakfast with Bucks Fizz is my favourite start to Christmas Day - then I top up with chocolates until it is time for a very very late dinner. Christmas is all about good food in my house!
ReplyDeletecup of tea and short bread biscuits are the tradition in our house
ReplyDeleteI recently bought, at a food fair at the arts centre where I work, a locally made cranberry and port jam. I'll be taking it home to my parents' place where I will be very liberally spreading it on toast Christmas morning!
ReplyDeleteChristmas breakfast in our house is likely to be a dish my five year old son invented, which he calls the 'Rainbow Pudding' - and I think it would look evern more ace than normal on these fine plates. He's insanely proud of it and offers it to all our guests. Rainbow Pudding comprises kids' yogurt plopped into the middle of a plate, with a banana resting on top. If you're lucky, he'll plonk any chocolate he can get his hands on in the middle, upright, leaning against the banana. He thinks it's amazing. It's the most unappetising thing I've ever seen, but you know...
ReplyDeleteOops. My name is Emily, by the way. @MyShitty20s on Twitter.
ReplyDeleteI'll be making soft warm biscuits (the American kind) with lots of melted butter, maple syrup and bacon on Christmas morning. This may sound odd but I'm an American expat married to an Englishman and Christmas wouldn't be Christmas if I couldn't bring a bit of "home" to our celebrations. We'll wash it down with champagne-not too decadent, right? @dejanestpas
ReplyDeleteI'm spending Christmas with a childless friend. Her plan is champagne, scrambled eggs with salmon on toast. With my 7 ywear old in attendance the reality of it will be half the selection box and several cups of coffee and 4.30am
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I tuck into on christmas morning is the clementine that is in my stocking each year - health before the feast.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping there'll be breakfast of some description! However, since it'll just be the two of us this year, we'll probably sleep in then move directly to a glass of wine and lunch!
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, I might tuck into a nice snowball cocktail (Advocaat and Lemonade) while opening gifts!
ReplyDeletechocolate, of course!
ReplyDeleteTerry's chocolate orange. It's tradition. Me and my best friend, in separate houses, I know will be doing it at around the same time...
ReplyDeleteBacon sandwich
ReplyDeleteNothing as I shall save all of my stomach space for the huge Christmas dinner and delicious dessert (which I haven't decided upon yet) that I'll be cooking.
ReplyDeleteA cup of tea, a slice of toast, beans and 2 fried eggs. The roast will come later :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to start with fresh fruit - something healthy like blueberries. This is supposed (in my scatty brain) to have some effect in combatting all the recklessly UNhealthy food I'll be eating during the rest of the day!
ReplyDeletegreat prize, hope to win :-) first thing will be bacon sandwiches
ReplyDeleteFirst thing on christmas morning while opening pressies will be Bucks Fizz and toased tea cake :0) its tradition
ReplyDeleteMmmmhhh...one of the best Christmas traditions - the whole family stays up until midnight on Christmas Eve when dad carves the turkey and we all tuck into freshly roasted turkey and stuffing sandwiches - best Christmas morning breakfast ever!!
ReplyDeleteI usually try and have a healthy breakfast, but i'm afraid it's the chocolate for me! As cute and as kitsch as possible for me, a chocolate sanda would do perfectly. mmm chocolate beard . . .
ReplyDeleteGreat prize! Thanks
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ReplyDeleteIt's an absolute tradition to have scrambled eggs, with smoked salmon, Irish wheaten bread and bucks fizz on Christmas morning in our house, it wouldn't be Christmas without it!
ReplyDeleteChocolate :D We always have some when the children have opened their presents. \then it's dippy eggs & soldiers with fresh orange juice, yum!
ReplyDeleteI will probably have some cream cheese and salmon bagels. Thats sounds like quite a good idea to me ;)
ReplyDeleteWithout fail, I always have a chocolate-based breakfast for Christmas every year!My Mum always gives me chocolate money and it's a tradition in our family :)!
ReplyDeleteWe have anything we like- whatever takes our fancy at the time!
ReplyDeleteWe usually have scrambled egg smoked salmon and bucks fizz
ReplyDeleteThe first thing we tuck into for Christmas isn't fancy or anything, it's a good old bacon or sausage sandwich on soft white bread with butter along with a cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteErrr, I was going to lie and say how we always dine on smoked salmon, scrambled egg & champagne but the truth is - whatever edible present we unwrap first! Last year it was a lovely box of M&S Biscuits!
ReplyDeleteHonestly I don't even remember what I have for breakfast on Christmas day because PRESENTS ARE FAR TOO EXCITING! So it would probably be the best idea for me to have some fancypants extremely lovely plates to encourage the "most important meal of the day, Rebekah!" (yes, grandma...) because then I could combine the two! Christmas breakfast on an early Christmas present beautiful plate! Huzzah! - Rebekah-Emily :)
ReplyDeleteAlways have croissants with lots of butter. Has become a traditional Christmas treat in our household :)
ReplyDeleteI've been promised Pancakes for breakfast on Christmas morning :D ... but as I'm normally up about 3 hours before my other half, chances are I'll have attacked the Roses tin by then! xx
ReplyDeleteno breakie, i am cookin dinner so no time lol
ReplyDeleteHot sausage rolls! This will only be my 2nd ever Christmas away from my family so I will be eating as much as possible to make it feel like home. Always start with sausage rolls straight out of the oven - I might even spend Christmas Eve making them, if I'm feeling dedicated.
ReplyDeleteAmerican pancakes - sugary start needed for the long day!
ReplyDeleteWeetabix and soya milk, and then I'll start on the chocolates!
ReplyDeleteFirst munching of the day will be mid-morning when the homemade Christmas cookies come out to accompany a mug of coffee :)
ReplyDeletecriossants and pain au chocolate - and probably half a tin of chocolates :-)
ReplyDeleteOn Christmas morning, being up at around 5 am with the kids desperate to open their presents from Father Christmas, the best thing to eat first is a traditional Ouma buttermilk rusk dunked in a mug of coffee
ReplyDeleteI always opt out of breakfast on Christmas morning, otherwise where would I be able to put all that yummy Christmas dinner and pud?
ReplyDeleteWell, there are a couple of scenarios:
ReplyDeleteFirst, the hopeful one - as a postgrad student, I return to the family home. My parents, having been bereft of their daughter for months, decide to feed me up! The remedy for the (imaginary!) months of supposed student-life-induced starvation is on special occasions like Christmas morning my Dad breaking out his rusty cooking skills. Having spent some time in Alabama growing up, his speciality is beautifully spiced American pancakes, laden with a delicious-but-naughty combination of butter, maple syrup and greek yoghurt. This is what I'll be making my Christmas wish for!
The second, more likely, scenario: even though I normally no longer live at home I revert to the typical child role of waking up super early on Christmas day. Mt parents will remain stubbornly asleep and I will fend for myself as only a student does - left-overs of last night's dinner or microwave porridge!
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ReplyDeletesomething not too filling as need plenty of space for the main food event! Probably scrambled egg on some homemade bread (hooray for bread maker!) topped with some smoked trout or salmon.
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We stay at my Mum's over Christmas and tradition normally dictates lots of coffee and a bacon sandwich after over-imbibing at the pub next door on Christmas Eve! However this year we are expecting our first child so some traditions are going to have to change. My Mum says that she has found a delicious-sounding recipe for mulled plums with cinnamon pancakes that she will try out for me, so I'm looking forward to that.
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