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[@RyanMK666]

Man the fact she didn’t call them pigs in blankets she’s not a real Brit! Ignore her about Boxing Day, it’s nothing like Black Friday we have Black Friday at the same time, Boxing Day is basically Christmas Day but with extended family over and no presents.

[@WeAreThePeople1690]

3:30 He goes to America after us, why do you think he slips on all those roofs in the movies 🤣

[@jess9875]

Omg yes💀😭

[@leesamurphy1110]

@@jess9875 😆

[@andygozzo72]

@@leesamurphy1110 yup, 'nissed as a pewt' 😋 (to put it more politely😜)

[@leesamurphy1110]

@@andygozzo72 🤪😆

[@dontaskme7004]

The cracker "explosive" is like a cap in a cap gun, or the bit in the bottom of a party popper. It's a small amount of gun powder (or similar) that's in between 2 sections of cardboard, as the 2 pieces pull apart the friction and pressure cause the powder to go off like pulling the string on a party popper. EDIT - I just read some of the comments, maybe these people are younger than me or have parents from a later era. I was born in 1980 and lived with my nan, the things in the video are what I remember... Glass of brandy. Although the stocking wasn't hung up by the bed waiting for Santa but it appeared in your room overnight. She made a massive batch of puddings and gave them as gifts. A few were kept in the cupboard under the stairs (cool and dark) for the rest of the year and the one we had with dinner was one from the previous year.

[@fuzzlewit9]

That all sounds amazingly Christmassy. The stocking part really reminded me of my own Christmases as a kid. You'd wake up in the middle of the night, check the bed... nothing. Try to go back to sleep. Wake up later, check again... something bumpy at the bottom of the bed! IT'S CHRISTMAS!!

[@beccasalt8960]

I was born in the 90's and we always did stockings either at the foot of the bed or just tucked inside the door. We didn't leave stuff out for Santa, but everything else was pretty spot on

[@hamoostaffat]

We used to leave scotch and mince pies out for Santa, now I'm grown I wonder how long after I went upstairs my dad waited till he downed the scotch 🤣 Stocking the same though they got left by the fire with the pies and in the morning they were on our bed posts, the 9ne I couldn't work out was how he did the foot prints on the hearth, foot print didn't match any shoe I could ever find, I never worked out how data delivered presents while we were having dinner, turns out the next door neighbour used to ring the bell and run away after leaving the bag of stuff my parents gave them, now do the same with my nieces and nephew, although it helps having a wireless doorbell now 🤭

[@Hannahxx1971]

My mum liked a sherry and mince pies....surprisingly so did father Christmas so I'd leave that out on Christmas eve. It was always gone in the morning 😄

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

🤣I think most moms did

[@andygozzo72]

@@W0rdsandMus1c my nan and i both loved sherry (i still do) **hic** .. **burrp** 😜 cant stand mince pies,😷

[@Starwars0405]

He liked wine at my house.

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

@@andygozzo72 🤣🤣I am addicted to Mince Pies

[@fuzzlewit9]

My daughter always insisted on leaving him milk because "he's driving." Yes, but I'm not. What's all this "milk" nonsense?

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

The burning letter thing was thought up by a Scottish dad to save money on the stamp!!!

[@jonathanmartin5771]

This is probably because neither me nor any of my friends have fireplaces, but as someone from london I've never heard of burning the letter before

[@TheTwoFingeredBulldog]

@@jonathanmartin5771 we used to do it.

[@harrymarshall]

,, she's got it wrong from the start, (click bait) the letters aren't burnt!! They magically fly up the chimney on the thermals of a low-key fire 🧾🔥

[@janpenaluna5639]

Sending 'offerings' to Spirit by burning it in the fire is a very ancient tradition. And. It's Magic! Father Christmas is Magic, so he can read the spirit letters! Simples! 😁

[@tiggerwood8899]

​@Harry Marshall I was going to say I'd never heard of burning letters to Santa. We just used to address them to Father Christmas, North Pole and post them in special post boxes at Santa's grotto

[@mattwuk]

We always leave a carrot for the reindeer too.

[@0-springytears-0]

Yup, and sometimes we even put reindeer Dust outside I don’t know why but we do

[@Yaapo]

Reindeer dust...?

[@0-springytears-0]

@@Yaapo yeah, it’s like an packet of dust. On Christmas Eve, my family used to always pour it or whatever outside for the reindeers

[@anta3612]

Our parents would pin our Christmas stockings to the foot of our beds. We'd then try very hard to stay awake so that we could catch Santa in the act but we'd eventually pass out and wake up at 5 to find them filled with goodies! Also, before we were old enough to write, our mum would have us talk to Santa up the chimney and tell him what we wanted for Christmas. 😊✨🎄🎍🎁

[@mrmalavey1098]

Your mum sounds awesome 🤣👌

[@anta3612]

@@mrmalavey1098 Thank you!

[@dataterminal]

6:10 "We might eat more than ya'll" Ahh, probably not. We basically have a thanksgiving meal every Sunday.

[@tiggerwood8899]

The average American thanksgiving meal contains about 8,000 calories. The average Christmas Dinner contains around 3,000 calories. A Sunday roast is about 700 calories.

[@sonofsol2869]

@@tiggerwood8899 700 calories lol you ain't seen my Roast

[@tiggerwood8899]

@@sonofsol2869 😂😂

[@hamoostaffat]

@@tiggerwood8899 tbf those numbers are based on only around 6 meal components including gravy, we have at least 6 meats on our Christmas table, even Sunday roast has more than 6 components 🤣 Makes you wonder where they get the people they poll for these things from

[@TT_PLEB]

Born and raised in the UK and never once burned a letter to Santa...

[@TheTwoFingeredBulldog]

We did.

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

Out of curiosity how old are you?

[@lincliff663]

First time I've heard that,.

[@amazingpurplegirl0903]

We blew it up the chimney with bellows, which is why my badly spelled letter comes out every year from when I was around 7...

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[@GenialHarryGrout]

There are 5 things that you need at Christmas and these are, and not in any particular order, Quality Street, Roses, Celebrations, Heroes and Terry's Chocolate Orange. Usually you would have any one of the first 4, depending on your preference plus the chocolate orange.

[@AndrewwarrenAndrew]

and that's breakfast sorted.

[@mjb6442]

@@AndrewwarrenAndrew haha so true

[@gavinbissell8847]

Our chocolate orange is already gone

[@alexmckee4683]

They're all rubbish now, except the chocolate orange which are still great.

[@angelofchrist4494]

What about heroes

[@susanpearson-creativefibro]

I have always given 100% attention to the Queen’s Speech. It is going to be very strange this year, although the King did a good job on the 9th September.

[@Kissameassa538]

He has done a sterling job so far hasn’t he, it must be so hard for him to take this over from his Mummy, but I have a feeling he will do good. Blessings ❤️🇬🇧

[@damianpritchard1456]

I have never watched the Queens speach in my life. maybe its because I am Catholic and she is head of CofE

[@dobythedog]

I've never once paid any attention to the Queen's speech. It may have been on in the background but I'm not really bothered with what some overpaid aristocrat has to say about anything.

[@Kissameassa538]

@@damianpritchard1456 That could be a good reason why. No other answer !! ❤️🇬🇧

[@serpenthydra]

This may be the first I actually pay attention to...!

[@juliedowning7782]

Pull your cracker with the person next to you! Not on your own lol

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[@toddlerj102]

Across from you more I'd say.

[@juliedowning7782]

@@toddlerj102 yes depending on table size haha…..we always had to cross arms and pull with person next to us as table was so big ….either way….Happy Christmas 🎄

[@iainhughes8110]

As a child growing up in UK, my siblings and I always hung out crimbo stockings downstairs over the mantle piece. So did all of our friends.

[@joannedwyer4755]

Santa is always pissed as a fart when he's been ours 😆

[@tordoff80]

😂😂😂

[@mary-kittybonkers2374]

😂He’s always pissed as a fart by the time he’s got to ours too😂. Do you think he has a driver…you know…for elf and safety…GET IN🤣🤣🤣.

[@fuzzlewit9]

Definitely. It explains half the crap left under the tree.

[@joannedwyer4755]

@@mary-kittybonkers2374 😅😅😅

[@donnagreen7386]

In my hometown they do a festive tractor pull. The local farmers decorate the tractor and trailer and they raise money for charity

[@Kellie_Curtis-Holmes]

One of the traditions I miss most is Santa riding through our streets on his sleigh on Christmas Eve (pulled by a car lol). Every year around 7pm, Santa would ride through the streets of our area with Christmas music playing and gorgeous lights all over the sleigh. His elves would be walking the pavement alongside him with collection buckets for local charities and our parents would give us all some money and we'd run up to the elves and drop the money in the bucket. They'd always give us a lollipop and Santa would cheerfully call out his thanks. It always felt so magical and the excitement that the real Santa chose our street lol 🥰 I don't know if other areas did this or not though xxx

[@teamchimp]

they did it where I spent my first few years as a kid in leicestershire. happy memories I forgot until I read your comment. have a good christmas.

[@Kellie_Curtis-Holmes]

@@teamchimp Aww thank you, I hope you have a great Christmas

[@mattlm64]

They still do it where I am.

[@101steel4]

Still a thing in my part of England

[@rebeccab1501]

My town still does that every year

[@newuk26]

I was always told as a kid that Father Christmas needed the brandy to keep warm

[@Yaapo]

I always put out beer for Father Christmas.

[@pamelajoanne3628]

@@Yaapo It was rum in our house...strange my Dad likes it too

[@Yaapo]

@@pamelajoanne3628 What coincidence! My dad likes beer too

[@user-yx2xm1bg6j]

Our family tradition is putting a Santa hat on the telly and trying to take a picture of someone wearing it 😂

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[@libbyminchin3163]

I have a little light up tree that I leave up all year. Miraculously every December it starts to grow chocolates. My grandchildren get so excited for it every year. X

[@lincliff663]

I love that!

[@clairemarkham3485]

I'm not sure that everyone in the UK burns letters to Santa.

[@lyncohn9505]

I'm not sure anyone does

[@TheTwoFingeredBulldog]

@@lyncohn9505 We used to.

[@michaelcole-hamer607]

These days probably not, but we definitely used to in times gone by

[@clairemarkham3485]

@@michaelcole-hamer607 thank you as I’ve never heard that one before

[@CharmCharlie]

As a Brit, it is fair to say that not all of us are the same. We don't have what I would refer to as stockings, but instead have massive sacks that have the names on and are at the back of all the other pressies on Christmas morning! (Also, have never met anyone who has their stockings in their room!!) Some parts of the uk differ greatly in their traditions and this may be because the country differs widely on its beliefs and values....religions, accents, and more than 1 country (N. Ireland, S Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England) But should also tell you that the Sausage wrapped with bacon is just referred to as "Pigs in Blankets". Merry Chrimbo JT

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

I don't know your age but you look quite young, I can understand a lot of these traditions wouldn't apply to you as they didn't reply to my son, but when I was little in the mid 50s all beds were wooden headboard and foot board, my parents would wait for us to go to sleep, fix stocking(dads socks, freshly laundered🤣) with drawering pin to foot of bed, usually filled with one clementine, few nuts, sweets and a couple of shiny pennies(old money) then they would put our actual presents on the bed, so exciting to wake up to, also every house had real fires, no such thing as central heating, so we would write our letter to father Christmas and dad would hold it above the flames, then lose it and it would magically disappear up the chimney, my mom and dad even spent Christmas eve(also my moms birthday) bringing in our 7ft real tree and decorating it, and decorating the whole ceiling with crepe paper streamers and balloons, it was truly magical to get up Christmas morning, but that couldn't carry on with my son as time moved on and things changed, new traditions had to be made, sorry that was a bit long, just thought you might like to know a 50/60s Christmas. happy Christmas however you celebrate it 🎄🎄🎉🎉

[@CharmCharlie]

@@W0rdsandMus1c Firstly, Thank you for calling me young!! Lol!! I am in my mid 40's, but I understand what your saying. The sacks we have are the size of a small duvet cover (Massive) and this is the last year they will be this big as my youngest (of 3) is turning 18, so its time for me to calm my chrimbo madness down! Lol! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas too Jane and thanks!! : )

[@heatherhirst1241]

we have always put our stockings by our beds, and I'm only 19!

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

@@CharmCharlie I agree, our family knock Christmas on the head when you turn 18, we concentrate on birthdays instead 🤗🤗

[@damianpritchard1456]

we always hung the kids stockings on their door handle in the landing, not inside the room

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

The Royal Christmas Speech pre-dates the Queen (King George V gave the first one in the 1930s, though it was on radio until the 1950s) so Charles will continue the tradition. There's one TV channel that gives an "alternative Christmas message", usually by someone who's been in the news during the year. These are sometimes serious, sometimes comedy. Boxing Day sales also help out any stores that may have overstocked for Christmas - they can get rid of the stuff they overbought in the sales!

[@markthomas2577]

When I was a kid we always put our letters to Santa up the chimney .... but of course in those days most homes had open hearths and coal fires. Not much point trying to stick your letter behind a central heating radiator

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[@lillipupsmum8820]

My Nan bought indoor fireworks one year for after Xmas dinner. She got a little excited every year and covered the whole house with decorations and was really into fire and explosives. So when it came to her happily bringing out the fireworks she lit so many and set light to all the decorations above the dinner table. She also used to regularly set fire to the decorations when she bought in the burning pudding. She put too much alcohol on it before setting it alight every year. Fireworks day used to be even more exciting because my grandfather was even more of a fire starter than his wife.

[@melscienerf5977]

We tried to make the letters fly up the chimney, not just burn them. Our stockings were by the fireplace (don't know who is daft enough to put them on their bed.) Santa got sherry and a mince pie at ours (reindeer got carrot) I love crackers (the crack is from strips of cardboard with a tiny bit of black powder between them so when you pull it gives a tiny pop as it ignites). Christmas pudding is gorgeous, served with brandy butter and cream at our house. The pudding also has a silver six pence put in it for 1 lucky person to find (be careful as you chew)

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[@lynette.]

It's going to be very strange this year not hearing the queen's voice.

[@lincliff663]

The King will give his speech @ 3pm on Christmas Day. A lot of people plan their main meal around it &, when the Queen gave her speech, it was a pretty big deal in the UK which a lot of people watched. The Queen used to insist her family viewed her speech with her after lunch on Christmas Day. Charles is a good speaker so I expect he'll do a good job - but this year's will probably be tinged with sadness recalling the past year's events.

[@Yaapo]

Yeah. RIP Technoblade

[@toddlerj102]

It will be a sad event this year how couldn't it be, worse than the queen's Annus horibilis speech. King Charles will do well though.

[@lincliff663]

@@toddlerj102 I completely agree, Dean, but I do feel he'll do his best to bring some positivity & hope into it. He learned from the best & he's a sensitive man who has met a lot of the public over the past few months - that would have helped to gauge the mood.

[@MonkeyButtMovies1]

*yawn* We were still eating, and had Gavin and Stacey on in the background.

[@carlchapman4053]

I'm English and my mother always made a SEVEN course Christmas Dinner (Way too much but when you grow up with it you learn to eat your way through it all) 1 - Soup (Usually home made tomato) 2 - Prawn Cocktail and salad 3 - Viking Ships (Cinnamon rice wrapped in cooked cabbage leaves) 4 - Christmas Dinner 5 - Christmas Pudding 6 - Mince Pies and Ice Cream 7 - Cheese and Crackers 8+ Leftovers, cake, crisps and everything else is on the buffet table, Mom is now on holiday!

[@WeAreThePeople1690]

Im usually comatose on the couch after No. 4 🤣🤣

[@zakyoung9062]

Wait you have courses my family (whichever house we all meet up at) just lay everything out in the biggest table in the house, just pick what we want and bring it back to the dinning table… also drink your annual alcohol intake in one day

[@TheTwoFingeredBulldog]

Same, we always had loads of courses as well minus the "viking ships" though.

[@carlchapman4053]

@@zakyoung9062 So you guys just start at 8+? Well each family to it's own traditions I suppose!

[@carlchapman4053]

@@TheTwoFingeredBulldogI grew up with Viking ships every year of my childhood but mom never told us the recipe so it took both my sister and I almost thirty years to finally get it right, even the type of cabbage leaf changes the flavour and texture!

[@JackWilliams-bt8wg]

She kind of skipped over boxing day It's not just a shopping day! It's celebrated by most Commonwealth nations, including your Canadian neighbours. It's also known for a big day of sport Typically football here. We also have a boxing day dinner Basically another Christmas dinner which is normally served with roast ham. it's also a good time to visit family that you couldn't visit on Christmas day. It's basically Christmas day 2.0

[@ruthholbrook]

It's the day for Bubble and Squeak with dinner. Used to be fox hunting, I believe they still have meets and the stirrup cup, but someone lays a trail, they're not supposed to hunt real foxes now.

[@chrissygw4971]

We put our stockings or Dads biggest socks on the bottom of our beds on top of the quilt not at the head end, I remember as a kid (many moons ago) me and my Bro and SIs would argue over the biggest socks in the house and come Christmas morning they would be filled with an apple an orange a few sweets and maybe a shiny coin and it was so exciting because they were filled we knew Santa had been and we could get up. My how times have changed!

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[@redtrevcollects]

The. Crackers are to be pulled at the dinner table one person holds one end and someone else the other. Whoever gets the bigger end gets the prize and the hats inside have to be worn through dinner

[@johnp8131]

Father Christmas at my parents house always had a large Port waiting for him. Funny, it was my Dads favourite too? Our Chistmas dinner was usually rib of beef with loads of creamed horseradish and the trimmings, as we all hated turkey. My German in-laws normally had a goose, also delicious. BTW, that's the bird not the other thing!

[@jeanproctor3663]

One of the traditions in our local area when I was little and still living with my parents, was the Carol Bus. This was basically a double-decker bus that had all the windows decorated and it drove around our town playing recordings of Christmas carols at a loud enough volume so you could hear them over the TV (if you had it switched on) and you would go and stand on the front doorstep to watch it going up the road. Even though our house was always decorated with a tree, lights, cards, garlands and decorations, the Carol Bus always made it feel like Christmas was there when I heard and saw it every year. It's one of the things I miss about not living in my hometown or on the street I grew up on.

[@susangore9457]

I remember my mum used to put our presents in a pillowcase at the side of our beds

[@purpleenglishman1395]

We always added salt to our letters to Father Christmas so they turned a different colour when burnt.

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

Fox's Glassier mint wrappers produced a beautiful green flame, my grandad used to save them for us to throw on the fire(small pleasures🤣) back in the day

[@JustCallMeHen]

Although these all were British Traditions, they are not all still in place. Most of us Brits do not have a Open Fire place, so we do send letters to Santa by post. (I just told my kids I had posted it, but now you can actually just put them in a post box and the post office will send out a reply. Santa always gets a glass of wine or a Rum and coke in this house.

[@fantasmigorical8618]

@Just Call Me Hen see! Remember I said it's tradition at least here in the south to have our tree down by Jan. 1st?? Maybe it's the same all over the U S...Merry X'mas🖤🎄🖤

[@JustCallMeHen]

@@fantasmigorical8618 Yep, it's January 6th here

[@markpotter8280]

haha and I bet as soon as the kids have gone to bed Santa comes and drinks that rum and coke

[@JustCallMeHen]

@@markpotter8280 yes she does lol

[@rocketrabble6737]

I hope you leave something for Rudolph as well!

[@emilygaskell424]

Father Christmas drinks a pint of Baileys in my house. As the disappointment of the family it’s normally my job to drink too much, or do a very inappropriate speech. 😂

[@cefngwyn]

In my own family we have a tradition of roasting two different meats for Christmas dinner, as opposed to our family Sunday dinner with a single roast meat. We also have Brussel sprouts and roast parsnips at Christmas dinner and at no other time during the year, but that's because only grandma likes them. Have a stonkin' Christmas and a very jolly New Year JT.

[@Kissameassa538]

Americans eating more than us, you have not met my two sons. They get their meal served on a bin lid . ❤️🇬🇧

[@MonoDree]

I hope they are cleaned first

[@MustardMischief]

We wrote letters to Santa 🎅 and put them up the chimney where the wind would carry them to the North Pole. On Christmas eve, we leave out carrots for the reindeer and cookies and milk, then take our stocking up to bed. Stockings mainly consist of novelty toys, colouring books, chocolate coins and a little orange (in the wartime fruit was scarce and if lucky got a new penny, coal fires could be lit to warm the main room while opening stockings). Crackers are pulled before dinner and usually have a hot broth as a starter. 🙂♥️

[@wrorchestra1]

My family has always done what we call "Tree Presents". Small gifts that are wrapped up and put *in* the tree, not under it. They're given in the evening, normally about 8pm

[@Psylaine64]

We do that too! But we usually have them after Christmas Dinner and the adults tend to get Miniature bottles of alcohol lol

[@lesleyjackson2750]

In my house growing up father Christmas was left whiskey, because my dad said he would be tired of brandy, and a mince pie and a carrot 🥕 for Rudolph. I did have a stocking at the end of my bed growing up. I now do this with my daughter as it gives me an extra 30-45 mins in bed asleep before she comes in and wakes us up to go downstairs 👍🏼

[@Hairnicks]

I was going to do Santa for my kids one year and with them put out a mince pie and a decent tot of brandy when my wife quite crossly said, "Hey, don't give him the good stuff!" I glared at her before she went red and realised what she had said.

[@lupinbun7240]

The version of "Boxing Day" origins that I heard was that it came from a time when rich families with servants would have the servants work all Christmas Day to make sure they had a good time, then the day after, they would have a day off so they could celebrate it themselves and got boxes of gifts from the lord and lady of the house.

[@jillhobson6128]

As in Downton Abbey.

[@lupinbun7240]

@@jillhobson6128 yeah, exactly :)

[@rachelwalker6700]

Our Christmas tradition is a fruit trifle, this is usually eaten in the evening way after dinner has gone down and we've had our pork and stuffing batches (bread rolls) 😁

[@amzkirby2286]

Hi from the UK the very first one she said about burning the Christmas letters to Santa most people don't have fires like that anymore so you stick them in the post box and the Royal Mail will send your kids a letter from Santa that's providing they don't go on strike

[@humanworld2695]

Bacon wrapped sausage are also called pigs in blanket

[@andygozzo72]

pigs IN blankets...but surely should be 'pigs in pigs' ? 'pigs in pigskin'? 😉😜

[@humanworld2695]

@@andygozzo72 idk why it just is

[@Tilion462]

In ages past I hated Brussels Sprouts - done the 'classic' 1970's-80's way of boiling them into oblivion. Now I'm enthusiastically an advocate for Creamed Sprouts Lyonnaise. I know, sounds a bit French, but I can get past that 'cos it's delish. I chop & sautée them with onion and bacon, once everything's got a bit of colour & crispness, but certainly NOT sogginess, add cream & blitz with the hand blender, add some crispy bacon bits as garnish. Can be made ahead & microwaved for serving in a quenelle (a posh dollop!). Simply gorgeous! - very handy as cold leftovers spread on several of the obligatory turkey sarnies, too. TRY IT! He encouraged, vociferously...

[@andygozzo72]

i love them well cooked, not half raw, ...good dollop of tomato ketchup and 😋😋 only problem is the after effects later 😉😉

[@decb]

Throwing letters in the fire may have been the inspiration for the floo network in Harry Potter - instant transportation through a fireplace. Christmas crackers traditionally contained a tiny amount of gunpowder. The jokes inside are generally written by dads. Christmas pudding is so dense that it would be lighter if made of dark matter.

[@ninebangtrojan4669]

Christmas morning consists of a full English breakfast with either a glass of Champagne or a pint of lager in our house. The Queens speech at 1500 followed by a turkey dinner, Kings speech from this year onwards.

[@jdubya3388]

Bacon wraps? Nobody calls them that!

[@leesamurphy1110]

I thought that it pig's in blankets😆

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[@aequanimitas]

"Boxing day sales" and "January sales" I feel as though they used to be much better. As a kid I would always look forward to spending any money I had gotten, now, it doesn't seem that "sales" are actually saving you any money.

[@shaunrye7740]

Agreed. They buy a load of cheap tat, charge full price before Xmas and then put in the sale. Gone are the days of buying a thousand pound tv for £300

[@chloew1409]

Never had a stocking as a child it was pillow case that got put at the end of the bed 😂

[@toddlerj102]

Yes! I've had to read lots of replies to find one the same! When I was a kid it was more a pillow case than a stocking! But rarely left in our rooms.

[@danielabolanz6087]

I am watching from the UK but am from Germany. We do the crackers and proper table fireworks on New Year's Eve and it is a huge tradition to watch the same English play each year for decades. JT maybe you can watch it and do a reaction to it. It is so hilerious and we usually watch it in a quite drunken state but it's also fun when you are sober. It is called "Dinner for One" with Freddie Frinton.

[@JennaFowler1]

My friend 's mum remembers Freddie Frinton. She grew up in Grimsby where he is from. She said children used to run up to him and ask for pennies.

[@DN-sy6xx]

For Santa it was always a Mince pie and a bottle of beer, and then a carrot for rudolf, Christmas Dinner is usually Turkey/chicken and Ham, or Goose depending on circumstances We usually have Turkey and Honey roasted ham, Pigs in blankets, pork and apple or sage and onion stuffing, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, roasted carrots and parsnips, Yorkshire puddings, potato croquettes, gravy Brussels sprouts, peas and sweetcorn, and then for pudding we'd have options for Blackforest or strawberry gateau, vienetta icecream, Trifle or Christmas pudding Evening meal is cold cuts, leftovers, pickles, bread and some cheese and tomatos, we'd either have sandwiches or a salad

[@scousemouse9715]

When I was about 8 or 9 me and my sister would fall into a tipsy stupor from my mothers sherry trifle. We'd have two or three helpings though.

[@TinyTiger2023]

Here in UK, Bacon wrapped around a little sausage, we call it pigs in blankets

[@mervinmannas7671]

As kids, and we now carry it on. The grown ups would have their booze but my Dad would always make Snowballs for us kids which is a mix of Advocat and fizzy lemonade with a cherry on top its very mildly alchoholic, but hey its Christmas. The cracker are normally put on the tables one for each place setting so everyone gets a hat and joke to tell. Traditionally we served goose at Christmas but when turkeys came over they were cheaper and had more meat per pound, Id love to try goose one year

[@joelpayne1193]

I love Christmas Dinner and beautiful decorations in the street. It's really great tradition every years. I love watching Christmas movies. So much more fun with family and friends, merry Xmas everyone.

[@markpotter8280]

We always play pass the parcel after Christmas dinner but now the kids are older it is full of things like mini bottles of vodka and cheap gadgets etc

[@Spagle87]

A tradition that was missed was. Mad Friday. The last Friday before Christmas, you go out straight after work and go on a massive drinking session. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but is one of the busiest days for pubs and bars.

[@eviltwin2322]

Nope, Santa doesn't pull the cracker! We do during christmas dinner. You normally get one each, pull it with the person opposite you, and the person left with the bigger piece gets the toy, hat & joke.

[@rlosangeleskings]

The only thing worse than Santa sneaking into your bedroom to drop something in your stocking would have been Jimmy Saville doing the same thing...

[@nanapaula1031]

😂😂😂 I like that one

[@leesamurphy1110]

😆 true

[@ManMang0]

The worst part is he arrives with a full sack and leaves with an empty one...

[@jennyb8106]

@@ManMang0 OMG 😲 did you really say that??!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@robincarey6341]

We hung our stockings on the door handle, we left out a mince pie and a tot of brandy (coincidentally mum's favourite tipple) and as we woke up an hour or two earlier than our parents, we had our stockings to keep us amused until we could open our presents under the tree. We would have to wait until well after breakfast and my grandparents, uncle and great grandmother arrived and then there was a huge ceremony, usually my mother, when the presents were given out. After Christmas dinner, usually turkey but a few times we had goose, after which the adults would slip into a blissful food coma, and my sisters and I would go nuts with our new toys and all the sweet treats on the table.

[@Kissameassa538]

I have never heard the one about burning the letters, and I am from the UK ❤️🇬🇧😂

[@cavemanmufc7311]

As 38 year old brit I can honestly say burning Santa letters is new to me haven't heard of that one before maybe before my time but the rest is mostly accurate

[@MonkeyButtMovies1]

I'd hear of it, but we never did it, we left it by the fire so it would float up the chimney (aka, our mam pinched it when we went to bed, how would she know everything we asked for if we burned it?)

[@stekilgariff420]

Our pork in pork is called a pig in a blanket hahaha

[@deannafisher2658]

Loving the daily uploads!!!

[@v.k.1100]

When I was a kid, stockings were hung near the fire place and Xmas morning we found them at the foot of the bed full of little gifts. The rule was, we could open the stocking gifts as long as we didn't wake our parents and we had to wait until they got up before going downstairs. Then as a family we would quietly creep down the stairs just in case Father Christmas was still there. Dad poked his head round the door first to check, then we ran in and checked to see if the mince pie had been eaten and the guinness drank because that would mean the gifts must be under the tree.

[@MichaelHill-we7vt]

when I was a kid, I loved the Christmas Pudding served after Christmas dinner.......not specifically because I like Christmas Pudding itself, (and I dont really) but because an old Victorian tradition we used to follow was that we would always find in our portion , a silver coin or two(usually a sixpence).........

[@Theblueboy81]

Best bit about Christmas is getting pissed 😂😂😂😂 oh and the kids faces 😂😂😂

[@Susannewk]

EDIT : yay I managed to find you in Instagram and sent you the video of my Christmas pudding on fire! OK. I’m old. Well 68! I’m English : so when I was a child Father Christmas aka Santa Claus was (and still is! ) Exceptionally smart! A lot of families hung their stocking at the foot of the bed …and we all know what happened! 😢 In my house we left the stockings on our personal dining chair and next day…wow! He left the stocking full..and sometimes the chair and floor! He ALWAYS leaves a small piece of coal..to remind you to ‘do better next year’ , a mandarin/tangerine and silver coins. It was usually just a few little ones , but eventually they turned into the chocolate gold and silver ones! In those days we left out Sherry and a mince (dried fruits eg raisins etc..and alcohol..) pie. He was very polite and only took a bite and a small swig as he had so many houses to visit! (Watching tv we children and adults wondered why on earth you Americans were so mean, giving him just milk and cookies! 😂) oh and no, we didn’t burn our letters….! We wrote them out painfully in our best handwriting and Dad would send them up the chimney to the North Pole! He’d hold them until that moment when the fire would suck them up the chimney! I now know that this was a very dangerous practice but you know daddies! 😂 By the time my children appeared I’d married a Scot and moved to Scotland - where Santa ( yes, in Scotland he’s called Santa!) was always given a glass of whiskey and either a mince pie or Scottish shortbread - and the children always remembered Rudolph and left him a big carrot next to Santa’s goodies! Again he politely only drank a little and had a bite or two.. and the reindeer nibbled the carrot leaving teeth marks! Santa was often a little messier - and there would be soot on the plate and glass..if not on the carpet! (We had central heating not an open fire by then, but Santa is magic and can enter the house no problem! ) oh and he always left a very special toothbrush and toothpaste in the sack/stocking because he knew just how many sugary things the children would be eating! 😂😂😂We always had crackers! So silly but such fun. They are getting expensive now 😢 and btw @JT .. we can’t post them to you or take them on a plane due to the explosive paper inside! I don’t know if Amazon sell them in the USA? Mum wasn’t keen on turkey ‘expensive chicken’ - and served both beef and pork with crackling, instead! I’ve never bought a Christmas pudding in my life : I’ve always made them! And yes they are full of alcohol just like our Christmas cakes! It used to be brandy but I discovered that Bourbon is so much better! ;) And bread sauce 🤮🤮🤮 Never. It’s vile! It’s brandy aka Bourbon butter! (Fine sugar beaten with butter and a gallon ;) of bourbon! ) It melts into the pudding so delightfully…makes one able to cope with disagreeable family members (who are probably fast asleep by now) and puts on 20lbs! 😂 oh yes I set light to ours too…and sing “We wish you a merry Christmas…” I can’t wait! If I can find you on Instagram I’ll send you a video! Happy Christmas to you and yours! From us ..the Brits in northern Portugal 🇵🇹! (We retired here..!)

[@amyw6808]

Santa enjoys either a beer, port or single malt whisky in our house. We used to send our letters up the chimney with the heat of the flame rising it up. It always felt quite like magic. It didn’t burn though. Our kids always posted letters though. Boxing day is for eating cheese and going for a walk

[@BackToNature123]

Boxing day is commonly spent either with sport, hunting or at a pantomine. 10-20 years ago there were a number of people going shopping in the sales but now people sign petitions to let staff have the day off

[@lesleyhawes6895]

When I was young enough for a stocking my Mum tied or pinned it to the FOOT of my bed. Then I learned to read, and all I really wanted were books and a torch to read them with, (I wasn't really that much of a goody-goody sweets were on ration, and often unobtainable,) but books were too big for a stocking so. I moved to a Christmas pillow case! Before the elves had invented printed sacks I had to confess that I didn't actually believe in Father C any more, and so the tradition for me was stopped! (I was 8 years old at the time!) the tradition I most miss is carol singers. They always used to come, the church choir down to a couple of small boys who could only remember the first two lines of "we wish you a merry Christmas."

[@EmilyCheetham]

Some brits hang stockings by the fire place, some by the bed (end of the bed). My family have always put their stockings by the fire place.

[@karenellerton543]

My kids always put out carrots/ mince pies and milk out for Santa. Xmas day in uk consists of loads of eating, games and drinking, from dawn to dusk. 🤣🎄🎉🎁🍾🥳

[@susyward581]

You were not paying attention 😂 Santa gets a mince pie and brandy plus a carrot for the reindeer. The crackers are placed on the table at meal time

[@mariafletcher6603]

Hay JT. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all your family. 🇬🇧👍👍

[@alantansley8282]

The journey you went on finding out what a Christmas Pudding is was hilarious.

[@benm2420]

we've always left milk and cookies out and carrots for the reindeers!!! also put our stocking on the fireplace (When we had one)

[@sarahglover3286]

British and never called it Crimbo or burnt a letter to Father Christmas. Always hang my stocking on my bedroom door not on my bed. Never left whiskey out, I left milk. No Crackers are at the table not for Father Christmas! You often all hold your one in one hand, cross your arms and grab hold of the person next to you's and all pull them simultaneously! Queen Elizabeth was the first one to do a TV message but her Grandfather started the tradition! Wait you don't have Panto's in the US? 5th of January is the 12th Day of Christmas, that's when you take them down!

[@joshualiley]

The Christmas cracker is to be pulled at the dinner table with the person next to you

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[@damianpritchard1456]

we always left father christmas a glass of Baileys Irish Cream. For dinner we have pancakes on paper plates,no washing up!

[@jeanettewoodrow1731]

brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, port and mince pies a must we leave milk and carrots for the reindeers

[@captaintinderpants]

Not only is everything set on fire and drenched in alcahol My family goes to the pub every year around 12 - 4 for a few Christmas pints to mingle with family friends and stuff. We then come back drink maybe a bottle of beer till 5. Then devour dinner and 3 bottles of wine and then on the night probably a bottle of spirits (changes every year this year its vodka) then 2 cases of beer on the night :) Then stagger up to bed knowing you all couldn't give a flying fuck about Christmas and just wanted to get absolutely slashed Oh and there's only 6 of us

[@trinafh8283]

Sir, you are a legend.

[@captaintinderpants]

@@trinafh8283 no sir I'm an alcaholic

[@MonkeyButtMovies1]

I've never hear of anyone having the stockings up the top of the bed like that, many people put them at the foot of the bed, we always hung our on the doorknob (outside) so "Santa" wouldn't wake us.

[@stu9936]

Here's a different tradition in some parts of Wales called The Mari Lwyd. Creepy one. Many have stopped now.

[@sidneygriffiths5737]

Maybe 1% of uk homes has an old skool fireplace, burning letters that's a first for me!

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[@lottie2525]

Never heard of burning letters to Santa, does anyone do that? We put the stockings outside the bedroom to make it easier for 'Santa' to not wake up the sleeping kiddos, plus, yeah, it is a bit creepy if you think about it. Definitely giving 'Santa' alcohol cos that's what 'he' likes 🤣🤣🤣

[@orwellboy1958]

We did as kids back in the 1960s my mum used to say that the sparks going up the chimney were fairies taking the letter to Santa. But now no coal fires and newer properties don't have chimneys anyway.

[@TheTwoFingeredBulldog]

I was born in 1990 and we used to do it growing up.

[@angeladavies898]

We also used to put letters up the chimney as kids in the 60s, but back then most people had an open fire. Stocking would be outside the bedroom door as I was a very light sleeper even as a child! 😂

[@mattwuk]

I'm a Northener and never heard of it.

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

West Midlands in the 50/60s we always put our letter up the chimney, can't do it with central heating so tradition died out

[@CaroleWithAnE]

Love your Christmas truck JT 😂

[@Greyman010]

We have black Friday at the end of November as well but our January sales start on boxing day.

[@toniprice1510]

Stockings in our house are up on the fire place till father Christmas comes then he fills them and puts them at the foot of our beds (it was pillow cases when I was little) never heard of burning letters we put ours next to the fire and they magically go up the chimney to father Christmas. He has milk and cookies here which we bake Christmas eve. Boxing day is like Christmas day number 2 for us we have family round and we exchange more pressies and have leftover turkey soup and a buffet type dinner

[@ddinneen3770]

The letter to Santa isn't typically set on fire directly, it's placed in the chimney whilst the fires lit with the idea being that it will travel up the chimney in the rising hot air so it will reach santa in the north pole...I'm sure most simply end up falling back down and getting burned in the fire anyway though...

[@neilmason1394]

These are all about the Christmas traditions that the majority follow and enjoy.

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[@wtasonwatson4971]

Haha great video ! 😃 It is funny how after bonfire night, when it comes to christmas, we have the letters and the pudding we set on fire.. As with the crackers, well it is flammable and we don't want that, ok how about a tiny explosion? .. That's fine😂

[@ruby_kai5838]

Imma do a review on the list from my experience of Christmas cause why not (I'm updating this while watching then pausing) 1. I feel like I've only ever heard of this once or twice. 2. Yeah, at the end of your bed. Although, in my family we would leave them downstairs then in the morning we would find them outside our bedroom doors (so that "Father Christmas" wouldn't wake us up). And yeah, brandy or another alcoholic beverage like Bailey's as well as a carrot for the reindeer. 3. I never knew that you didn't have these in America. Usually they are reserved for right before the start of Christmas dinner when everyone crosses arms, holding a cracker with the person either side of them. They have a long, thin piece of card going through the middle which has a small amount of gunpowder on. 4. Again, always thought you did this in America, but yeah, everyone wears them during dinner. 5/6. Usually (in my family) we have turkey and gammon, a massive range of vegetables (including delicious sprouts), a few veggie options and some sauces. Desert we have Christmas pudding which has brandy poured over it which is then set alight while we sing "we wish you a merry Christmas", and many other deserts. 7. I suppose King Charles will be doing it this year which is gonna be odd. Like the person on the video said, we sometimes pay attention (although the more older generations do) but it'll be strange not having Queen Liz's voice on Christmas day. 8. Not sure about shopping, we usually just laze around doing nothing the whole day except say then complain we ate too much. 9. Every year my primary school used to have a pantomime company in and everyone would watch together. My last year, we got to stay behind to see a behind the scenes and saw how the lighting and sound system worked. 10. Around the 6th of Jan we take them down as that is the end of the 12 days of Christmas. Have a good Christmas JT and everyone else!

[@markprior2278]

Apart from the Crackers and Christmas dinner, we don't do any of the other things. Personally i can't stand Christmas pudding (i usually have apple pie) i would like to try the Americans pecan pie.

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[@helenzebcharles]

As a Brit, I have to say I have never watched the Queen's speech (might watch the King's as it's the first one) and I am 36. Oops. A few notes: yes, a cracker has a real explosive... But it's only an ickle one; we put out beer and a mince pie for Santa (rather than brandy); she missed out the alcohol - we drink a LOT at Xmas; I have never bought a single thing on Boxing Day! It's a day for eating bubble and squeak (fried left overs), watching football and having a second Xmas with the relatives you didn't want to spend Xmas day with. My family traditions are: croissants for breakfast, walk along the beach, singing We Wish You a Merry Christmas to relatives on the phone; dressing up smart for Xmas day lunch.

[@imogenfalshaw9346]

One thing being missed about the christmas crackers is that you pull them with someone else. whoever gets the long bit with the “prize”inside is essentially the winner.