Breakfast on Christmas day?

We have sausage rolls. Made in advance and chilled or frozen, then cooked Christmas morning and served with brown sauce. The smalls think it's an amazing treat.

Usually croissants or pain au chocolate. Then a full cooked breakfast on Boxing Day.

When our DC were young we always had bacon sandwiches which could be eaten while presents were being unwrapped. We didn't have time to loiter over breakfast as church was 8:15am at that time.

We will have Gdcs of 3 and 4 but won't be having breakfast with them.
They will be up early and will want theirs rather earlier than parents and GPs - very likely Nutella pancakes (treat!), fruit and yogurt.

We grow ups will have ours at a more civilised hour - more of a brunch - usually smoked salmon, cream cheese and bagels, fruit, probably Bucks Fizz thrown in.

Gdcs will have their lunch at usual time, i.e. 12.30 ish, Something easy, maybe baked potatoes with beans and cheese.

We will then all have turkey dinner together at around 5, no later.

We always have smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. Buck’s Fizz to wash it down. DGS doesn’t get the fizz he’s only 8.

DS has requested Christmas lunch rather than a later meal, so Idon't want to fill everyone up too much at breakfast time.

I've bought Christmas tree shaped crumpets and we can have those with chocolate spread....

My three used to open their stockings (which only had little presents in them) as soon as they got up and were still in pyjamas. Included in the stocking was always a packet of Bovril sandwiches (their favourite).

Now they are in their 40's they still remember eating their Bovril sandwiches and frequently still have them at Christmas.

There are Christmas tree shaped crumpets around at the moment.
Easy!

Usually croissants here too, and maybe some fruit.
Lots to do so easier to have a quick brekkie.
DH is spending his Christmas in hospital this year so I will join him later.

Us oldies will be at home on our own for breakfast so it will be Burford Brown eggs and crumpets with coffee. No Buck’s Fizz - lunch is at 2pm in a local restaurant and we will wander over at noon first to see the grandchildren and their presents - maybe a flute of champagne there at 1pm - before we all set off.

No queuing for sprouts & turkey this year. Yippee!

Oh lemon ? for you. x

Lemongrove sorry to hear that, wishing Mr.Lemon a speedy recovery

A typical breakfast for me of toast with either honey/luxury lemon curd/poached eggs.
Then dinner around 2/3pm.

Thanks peeps?
His alter ego, Lord Lemongrove is having a great time on the Christmas Ball thread though.

Wildswan what a brilliant idea!
My children, when small, breakfasted on the chocolate coins and tangerines they found in their stockings, then scotch pancakes and milk. We had Christmas dinner at lunchtime too, so didn’t want too much at breakfast. Any grownups present had croissants and scotch pancakes, with Buck’s Fizz if they liked it (I did.)

Banana sandwiches?
Banana Croissants and a DustBuster, for how can you eat them round the tree without flakes going all over the place?
A bowl of mixed, fresh fruit to dip into.
3 ingredient Flapjacks? (Google it; very easy) made the day before.
Pigs in blankets (cooked sausages rolled in buttered bread) I had no idea anyone actually bought these until I read the shops had run out!

It's not what we shall be eating but that's not what you asked for

Happy Christmas !

I worked out a quick way of making croissants, by freezing butter and grating it onto the dough. For some reason I started a tradition of me getting up at six on Christmas morning and making croissants from scratch for breakfas.t
Then moved on to cooking Christmas dinner.
I must have been mad!

Duck and orange pate on toast for me Christmas morning----and step-daughter too.

Selection box?

Glutton for punishment allule good luck

Ooh, bit like Bradfordlass72, pigs in blankets, mini sausages rolls. Checker board sandwiches - brown and white bread - cut into small squares. And little bowls of berries and nuts. My little family members love it ?

Asda usually do Santa crumpets. The jam would go lovely with then.

Thank you everyone for such great ideas. We have our main meal as lunch so may need to have some of these ideas spread out over the Christmas period.

I think we will go for:
- fruit and yoghurt
- either crumpets or croissants with our jam

And then on boxing day (when girls are likely to just want to play with their toys all day)
- sausage roll breakfast or pigs in blankets

Would personally love smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, might do for us on Christmas Eve as an early treat for myself!

A family tradition is/was cold game pie, mustard and cranberry sauce, a small glass of red wine or cup of coffee, then toast and marmalade.

Trouble is I can’t find game pie anywhere now. The type that is like a pork pie, not a hot meat pie.