Christmas is just 5 weeks away, that’s just 5 weeks to find the perfect gift for family, loved ones and friends. Usually, I’m a last-minute shopper but this year, I’m hoping to have finished shopping with time to spare (fingers crossed). So, I can sit back and just enjoy the festivities, but time seems to be flying by so quickly this year. We have so much planned over the festive season, from trips to the Christmas markets, Christmas Musicals and festive days out (and birthdays too!), I’m quickly running out of time to cram everything in.
Gift buying always takes more time than I expect. I spend a lot of time looking for the perfect gift and it turns out, I’m not alone. Thanks to a recent Christmas survey, conducted by Boots, 41% of Brits say that choosing the gift is the most difficult part of Christmas shopping. I wish that I was one of the quarter Brits, that started their Christmas shopping in August.
My daughter, Little Legs, was once the easiest to buy for, but now that she is getting older and nearing tween territory, she has become a lot harder to buy for and any requests for her list is met with “I don’t really know what I want”. Honestly, my dogs are probably the easiest to buy for. Yes, I’m with the 65% of pet owners, that buys gifts for their pets. It’s the act of gift giving that brings me the most joy, just like 57% of people in the Boots Christmas survey, seeing the persons face when they open their present is my favourite part of gift giving.
One of the main things that I look forward to about Christmas is getting together with family for Christmas dinner. This year we are hosting Christmas dinner and I’m really looking forward to it. Admittedly, the Mr will be on cooking duty whist I tend to the drinks & nibbles. The nibbles are my favourite part. Boots also discovered from their survey, that when it comes to Christmas dinner, there’s a firm favourite, with a shocking 69% of people surveyed choosing roast potatoes as the most essential part! I’m not sure if I agree with them because the most essential part is quite obviously the pigs in a blanket, closely followed by the turkey.
Since we are collaborating with Boots this year, they have asked me:
Which person’s gift receives the most thought?
My daughter’s gifts are always well thought out, we try to pick things that she is interested in or has shown interest in. However, I’d say that my partner, The Mr’s gifts are always the most well thought out. We try not to spend a lot on each other but every year, one of the little gifts we try to get each other is something nostalgic that brings back memories.
When do you start your Christmas shopping?
Too late? I wish I was more prepared but every year I’m a last-minute shopper. I have the best intentions to start early but I always find myself buying more and picking up little bits here and there until the big day.
What is the most quintessential Christmas food?
As above, I’m all about the pigs in blanket. I’m also a big turkey fan, I think it’s a completely underrated meat. I much prefer it to others, so I’m always happy when Christmas comes around and I’m living off turkey left overs for a week.
Gift Giving
With my coveted effort to attempt to purchase my gifts this year, in advance of Christmas Eve, I’m definitely taking full advantage of the Boots seasonal offers. I’ve selected something from the Christmas Gifts for Her range, Christmas Gifts for Him and also, a little treat for myself.
For Her
I always like to buy my aunt a different perfume each year. She likes to try out new scents and the boots gifts sets are perfect for that. The Gifts for Her range even has sets with multiple scents in for a variety. With the help of Little Leg’s, she was my super spy and she was able to discreetly discover that my aunt likes Armani Diamonds. We found the perfect giftset for £44 that included a 50ml bottle of Armani Diamonds Violet and a 15ml travel spray that she can keep in her handbag.
For Him
For the Mr, I remember him talking about a Johnnys ChopShop product that his barber uses so when I saw the Johnny’s Chop Shop Barber Edit Mega Box for £20, I knew he would be a fan, especially since he takes his beard care very seriously. It’s also part of the Save upto 1/2 price seasonal gifts offer, which is a great bargain.
For Me
I very rarely treat myself but when I do, it’s often makeup related. Everyone deserves a little treat every now and again but it’s hard to treat yourself and not feel guilty about it. I picked out the Too Faced Paint the World Pink Set for £35 as it includes some of my favourite Too Faced products, including the Better Than Sex Mascara which is my go-to and a Melted Matte liquid lipstick. It’s a great value set with a total value of £79 so I feel less guilty about picking a little something for myself.
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Charlotte Pogson
at 11:15 pmRoast potatoes! Crispy roasties ?
Patricia Taylor
at 12:27 amThe turkey, duck fat roasters & SPROUTS
Sarah Jane
at 12:23 amIt used to be pigs in blankets but now I’d say it’s all about the potatoes!
Cat
at 7:07 amSprouts, only time of year I am allowed them
Sadie
at 7:25 amSprouts love them ?
Margaret Clarkson
at 7:26 amSausage meat stuffing balls
Lisa Day
at 7:39 amI love the stuffling balls with sage and onion or turkey with stuffling in the middle as that’s the best bit for me.
Colin Anderson
at 7:49 amMint sauce
Susan Lloyd
at 7:49 amDefinitely the pigs in blankets! Yum!
Marylyn Hammersley
at 7:53 amThat’s a difficult one I am torn between crispy roast potatoes and cauliflower cheese!! Think the cauliflower cheese just edges it by a floret!
Alison
at 7:57 amCant have christmas dinner without sprouts – love them
Maria P
at 8:06 amThe yule log – I love it 🙂
Peter Watson
at 8:13 amBread Sauce
richard field
at 8:13 amRoast potatos
Juliette (@clarateddy)
at 8:19 amIt has to be roast potatoes and parsnips
lapsapchung
at 8:26 amThe turkey, of course, but it wouldn’t be Christmas without my home made spicy bread sauce, made to my own secret recipe
Jane Willis
claire woods
at 8:38 amI love sprouts and my Mum’s roast potatoes.
Sandy?????????????? (@impulse26)
at 8:39 amPudding ????
Catherine McAlinden
at 9:14 amI don’t like Christmas dinner, I’m all about the chocolate Yule log!
Karen Hughes
at 9:17 amSprouts! Love them.
Sonia
at 9:17 amChristmas pud and brandy sauce
Jill Osborne
at 9:20 amIt has to be sprouts. I grow my own.
Helen Coulson
at 9:46 amThat’s amazing! Are they easy to grow? I adore sprouts <3
Maggie Norvell
at 9:32 amIt’s not a proper Christmas dinner without crispy roasties !
Christine Sunter
at 9:35 amThe extras which accompany the turkey – pigs in blankets, bread sauce, cranberry sauce.
Helen Coulson
at 9:45 amDefinitely the roast potatoes!!!
Juli Savage
at 10:06 amCrispy roast potatoes
Vicki
at 10:14 amCrispy roast potatoes, rolled in polenta and then basted with goose fat and roasted. Crispy perfection on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside.
Angie McDonald
at 10:23 amRoast potatoes! Fluffy on the inside, crispy on the outside
Red Rose Mummy
at 10:33 amPigs in blankets. I can’t understand why we only eat them at Christmas!
Sheena Batey
at 10:35 amSprouts I love them and the other extras like Pigs in Blankets and sausagemeat and chestnut stuffing
Helen Hodgson
at 10:47 amPigs in Blankets – delicious x
Nageena Ahmed
at 10:58 amThe essential part of my Christmas dinner is Yorkshire puddings.
Danielle Pooley
at 11:10 amPigs in blanket, only have them once a year
ros linton
at 11:24 amdelicious gravy.
Jo dawkins
at 11:28 amBread sauce! I love it!
Iain Maciver
at 11:50 ampigs in blankets and sprouts
Hazel Rea
at 11:54 amI love sprouts – and stuffing!
Mrs Kay Young
at 12:27 pmpigs in blankets are the best bit!
Tracy Newton
at 12:32 pmPigs in blankets
Rebecca Cusick
at 12:35 pmPigs in blankets for sure!
Chris Andrews
at 12:47 pmWhat’s your essential part of Christmas Dinner? . . . . turkey with stufifng
Mark Rayner
at 12:52 pmThat’s a hard one, but I would be leaning towards the perfect crispy on the outside and soft on the inside roast potatoes.
Dale Dow
at 12:57 pmI’m the only one in the house that eats them but Brussel Sprouts!! Love them
Jackie Foster
at 1:00 pmRoast Potatoes
Vicky Cole
at 1:09 pmSage and onion stuffing
Siobhan Coyne
at 1:19 pmPigs in blankets
Amanda Baggott
at 1:22 pmCranberry sauce
plumbobmummy
at 1:22 pmThe pigs in blankets
Alice Colling
at 1:24 pmSprouts
mummyfever
at 1:26 pmPigs in blankets
Hayley Colburn
at 1:49 pmDefinitely the turkey with cranberry sauce, we have roasties etc on our roast dinner every Sunday but always save turkey and cranberry (and the pigs in blankets actually) for Christmas
Margaret Gallagher
at 1:54 pmFamily !!! Turkey too
Alica
at 1:59 pmIt has to be my sausage stuffing and epic gravy! 🙂
Ursula Hunt
at 2:08 pmIt must be roast potatoes and pigs in blankets
George Spedding
at 2:09 pmGood roast potatoes
sue leake
at 2:09 pmroast potatoes done with goose fat
Linda Ford
at 2:10 pmYou have to have sprouts on your Christmas dinner!!
Sadiyya Maryam
at 2:18 pmDefinitely roast potatoes and buttery Brussels sprouts!
Kim Neville
at 2:27 pmturkey and pigs in blankets
Annabel Greaves
at 3:01 pmI really love the pigs in blankets, they are a special treat for Christmas day
Michelle Smith
at 3:07 pmI love the roast turkey
Joo Dee
at 3:10 pmhomemade Sausagemeat stuffing
debbieskerten
at 3:17 pmPigs in Blankets
Jenny Moreton
at 3:20 pmLovely prize! I love a gift advent calendar!!
Solange
at 3:22 pmCrispy roast potatoes.
Keith Hunt
at 3:32 pmStuffing and applesauce
Lia Sturman
at 3:57 pmsprouts
theseguins
at 4:02 pmThe only time we eat pigs in blankets is Christmas day but for me, its the roasties. As much as possible – preferably covered in gravy!
Brigitte Gorez
at 4:10 pmHome made Yule log
Natalie Charman
at 4:10 pmYou can’t have Christmas dinner without a turkey!
lucy irving
at 4:11 pmroast potatoes and gravy
Michelle O'Neill
at 4:11 pmroast parsnips!
Christina Palmer
at 4:23 pmSprouts for me as its traditional
Katie
at 4:29 pmpigs in blankets
tsuyoiko
at 4:32 pmRoast potatoes in olive oil, garlic and rosemary mmmmmm
Susan B
at 4:47 pmA Christmas meal without lots of crispy, baked potatoes would be unthinkable.
Corinne Wright
at 4:51 pmIt has to be sprouts and pigs in blankets!
ADEINNE TONNER
at 4:54 pmHas to be Christmas Pudding our meal wouldn’t be complete without it
Clare
at 5:00 pmYorkshire puddings with a little bit of everything inside ? x
Clare
at 5:00 pmYorkshire puddings with a little bit of everything inside ? x
Helen Arlow
at 12:36 pmPigs in blankets x
Marie Pomeroy
at 5:03 pmPigs in blankets
Sue McCarthy
at 5:22 pmI’m on my own and veggie so I have pizza!
Laura banks
at 5:28 pmpigs in blankets
Claire Hennighan
at 5:30 pmPigs in blankets
Sarah Heath
at 5:44 pmChristmas Pudding, it’s my absolute favourite and you can’t have Christmas without it.
JOAN
at 5:47 pmPigs in blankets
betsy ferguson
at 5:59 pmthe turkey
Kristyn Harris
at 6:03 pmThe cauliflower cheese – because Christmas is the only time of year that my family make it!
Lauren
at 6:04 pmRoast potatoes!
Andrea
at 6:07 pmSprouts with chestnuts
Denise Cross
at 6:07 pmyorkshire puds for me
Kiya johnson
at 6:09 pmThe mash! Its the best bit!
Tracy Hanley
at 6:13 pmIts got to be pigs in blankets
Jazz Recluse.
at 6:30 pmSausage meaaaaat!!! nomnomnomnom
Elaine Burbidge
at 6:33 pmMy essential Xmas dinner ingredient is pigs in blankets
susan smith
at 6:36 pmRoast Parsnips
Megan
at 6:37 pmBrussel sprouts!
Sally
at 6:48 pmPigs in blankets….have to be well done though!
Gillian McClelland
at 6:58 pmIt has to be Brussel Sprouts, I used to hate them and I absolutely love them now. It wouldn’t be Christmas dinner without them
Waterworth Fiona
at 7:23 pmRoast potatoes and christmas crackers, you cannot eat your dinner without a silly hat
Lee Clarke
at 7:31 pmWine
Claire Ginn
at 7:33 pmPigs in blankets
BERNIE
at 7:38 pmSprouts
lesley renshaw
at 7:44 pmRoast potatoes and gravy… lots and lots of gravy x
Mel Pennie
at 7:45 pmSage and Onion stuffing balls
Michelle Ferguson
at 7:48 pmRoast potatoes are my favourite part
meryl thomas
at 7:50 pmHomemade sage and onion stuffing
AnnaSSS
at 7:50 pmPigs in Blankets.xxx
Emma Christmas
at 7:54 pmI absolutely love pigs in blankets on Christmas!
Lynne Jarman
at 8:05 pmCrispy Roast Potatoes
Pam Francis Gregory
at 8:08 pmPigs in Blankets are a must
Sara Owen
at 8:09 pmI would say the silver side meat its delicious
Ellen Stafford
at 8:17 pmPigs in blankets!
Charles Fletcher
at 8:19 pmThe turkey and cranberry sauce.
Elizm
at 8:20 pmroasties and chestnut stuffing
Amanda W
at 8:21 pmI love sprouts and I only ever have them on xmas day!!
Ruth Robinson
at 8:30 pmall of it but if i had to pick it wouldnt be christmas without sprouts love them
Heather Haigh
at 8:46 pmStuffing balls
Lyndsey
at 8:47 pmSprouts
Jade P
at 8:49 pmPigs in blankets!
David
at 8:51 pmHello, for me an essential part of Christmas Dinner is Brussel Sprouts. I think they are lovely!
Fay
at 8:54 pmCabbage! You can’t have Christmas dinner without cabbage! (I love cabbage, lol)
Lucy
at 8:56 pmPigs in blankets! Plus roast potatoes and gravy
Mo Haigh
at 9:02 pmroast parsnips
Kevin000
at 9:05 pmTurkey
Tracy Astwood
at 9:12 pmIs it even Christmas without roast parsnips ?
Jo F
at 9:16 pmHas to be properly crispy roast potatoes
MARK HOPKINS
at 9:20 pmLove them or hate them, it has to be Brussels Sprouts.
Angela Macdonald
at 9:41 pmpigs in blankets and sprouts
Fiona Martin
at 9:52 pmIt has to be a dessert of mince pies & clotted cream!
Zoe Glazebrook
at 9:59 pmYorkshire puds
Lydia Barton
at 10:09 pmBread sauce is my favourite part of Xmas lunch ?
Rachael Smith
at 10:14 pmNut roast or veg/goats cheese combo in puff pastry as I’m vegetarian and Millionaire’s dessert for after. Oh not forgetting the crackers.
Valerie Seal
at 10:16 pmBread sauce
Maria F
at 10:28 pmHate to be cliche but pigs in blankets haha
john prendergast
at 10:49 pmcarrot and turnip mash
Carole Nott
at 10:56 pmLove the whole dinner but the star has to be the turkey
Anthony W
at 10:56 pmBread sauce. Makes the turkey!
Jo
at 10:57 pmRoast potatoes and lots of gravy
Kelly Roberts
at 11:01 pmIts got to be the stuffing
Holly harmsworth
at 11:08 pmFor me its pigs in blankets because we only have them with christmas dinner otherwise its just a normal roast
Jackie Dawson
at 11:13 pmFor me it has to be the pigs in blankets
Sean Eccles
at 11:43 pmAll the vegetables and trimmings ????????
Sarah Bailey
at 12:16 amI have to admit I love pigs in blankets!
Pamela Henson
at 1:00 amHas to be the gravy as long as its made with the stock ??
Pamela Henson
at 1:03 amHas to be the gravy as long as its made with the stock ??
Catherine S
at 4:51 amIt’s got to be the pigs in blankets
Michaela Turner
at 5:24 amThe sprouts, absolutely love them
Avs
at 6:17 amIt was Turkey, now heaps of sprouts.
ray becker
at 7:43 amCrispy roasties
Helen R
at 9:33 amPigs in blankets!
Angela treadway
at 9:47 ampigs in blankets lol x
Emily Hutchinson (@emilyh13)
at 10:01 ammashed swede!
sallie burrows
at 10:16 amit’s essential to have my daughter with us because it’s also her birthday
Lisa Foley
at 11:33 amIt has to be pigs in Blankets
Geri Gregg
at 12:18 pmAll about the roast potatoes definitely!
Ashley Murray
at 12:44 pmMy essential Christmas dinner food is definitely the bread sauce!
Kristin Burdsall
at 12:50 pmMushy peas! When i say this to others im met with either “You monster” or “Yes! I thought i was the only one” Delicious 🙂
Lucy Dorrington
at 12:51 pmPosh stuffing is my favourite part of Christmas dinner, it’s the only time we have it… which is daft, really!
Nikki Hunter-Pike
at 1:08 pmIt isn’t a Christmas dinner without sprouts!
Corinne Peat
at 1:26 pmPigs in blankets for me, I can’t get enough of them!
Mandy Hallam
at 1:50 pmIt’s not Christmas till the sprouts come out! ?
Mandy Hallam
at 1:51 pmIt’s not Christmas till the sprouts come out! ?
Kirsty Ward
at 2:12 pmPigs in blankets!
libradragon2
at 3:06 pmPigs in blankets
Melissa Lee
at 5:40 pmI don’t think I would be able to do without the roast potatoes 🙂
Louise Fairweather
at 6:45 pmpigs in blankets as it is the best part!
Victoria Prince
at 7:12 pmroast parsnips 🙂
Kate L Jones
at 7:16 pmMy partners roast potato
Stephanie Dunmore
at 7:18 pmReally good stuffing
Christine Lockley
at 8:21 pmPigs in Blankets are essential for a Christmas Dinner, otherwise its just another Sunday roast dinner
Jayne Townson
at 8:24 pmMine are the roast potatoes, it’s not a Christmas dinner without those.
Jodie Cook
at 8:40 pmPudding! Haha
Helen Stratton
at 9:56 pmBrussel Sprouts – we adore them!
Kelly Hirst
at 10:46 pmThe pigs in blankets are essential for me – they make a roast dinner a Christmas dinner
fionajk42
at 10:52 pmI love roast potatoes. Every year I complain to my husband (the cook in our household) that there are not enough roasties!
Gemma Empson
at 12:02 amPigs in blankets, sausage meat and stuffing!
clair downham
at 5:42 amsprouts or pigs in blankets
Ruth Harwood
at 7:32 amOur essential has to be the stuffing – it’s yummy!!
Louise Ralph
at 8:09 amRoast potatoes! And they have to be nice and crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside 🙂
Katrina Adams
at 10:02 amHas to be the gravy!
nadiashanahan
at 11:39 amSPUDS! Always the roast potatoes of course they are my favourite!
Sarah-Jane Carter
at 11:40 amRoast potatoes x
Ali (@callyoubetty)
at 11:57 amIt’s not Christmas dinner without sprouts.
Lisa
at 12:20 pmDefinitely the sausage and bacon
Tania Stannard
at 12:21 pmI have to have pigs in blankets
Natalie Burgess
at 12:23 pmStuffing xx
Layla Thomas
at 12:40 pmStuffing is my favourite!
Soll Minoya
at 1:33 pmfish, a lot of fish of course
michelle buckman
at 1:48 pmHas to be pigs in blankets, only time of the year we have them, but yummy 🙂
Victoria Francis
at 1:52 pmRoast parsnips
Rai
at 2:14 pmGot to have roast parsnips and bread sauce.
Arleen montgomery
at 3:06 pmTurkey
Mark Mccaffery
at 3:22 pmIt would have to be the roast potatoes.
Sara Louise Coyne
at 3:23 pmPigs in blankets are a must for me, they finish off Christmas lunch perfectly
Janice Dunn
at 4:01 pmHome made lentil soup, I make it as a starter every year
Maggie Ali
at 5:10 pmCranberry sauce
Catherine Pridmore
at 5:36 pmI love the sprouts!
Shannon Paddison
at 5:52 pmIt has to be Yorkshire puddings, smothered in gravy with a sprout in each one!??
Sarah Mccaffery
at 7:25 pmI think the Gravy can make or break the meal, so it has to be quality.
Thomas Perry (@jj198020000)
at 7:38 pmIt has to be the melt in the mouth buttered roast turkey
Jules Eley
at 7:39 pmswede for me I just love it!
Mandy Betts
at 8:13 pmRoast potatoes followed closely by pigs in blankets
sandy lynn ralph
at 8:17 pmthe pigs in blankets
chelsey Hollings
at 8:21 pmStuffing!
Mark R
at 8:31 pmThe turkey and the roasties are high on the list but can’t beat the pigs in blankets
Margaret Mccaffery
at 9:30 pmCrispy roast potatoes
Tee Simpson
at 10:33 pmThe brussle sprouts.
rose h
at 10:51 pmChristmas Pudding (I’m a sweet tooth) !! I know it’s not for everyone but for me it’s the best esp. with brandy butter.
John
at 11:16 pmAs silly as it sounds – gravy! Everything has to be swimming in gravy lol. The more festive answer is pigs in blankets i guess 😉
Kat B
at 11:21 pmRoast potatoes!
Rachel Walsh
at 11:24 pmEach part has equal standing, wouldn’t be the same without turkey, sprouts, stuffing, yorkies, carrots, pigs in blankets, carrots, roasties and gravy!
Marycarol
at 11:27 pmStuffing ?
Amie
at 11:30 pmMy dad does an amazing honey roast ham, wouldn’t be Christmas without it!
lorna russell
at 11:33 pmGotta be pigs in blankets or stuffing!
Lee Ritson
at 11:42 pmI love it all but has to be the roast potatoes cooked in goose or duck fat.. crispy and delicious!!
Jenna Dick
at 11:49 pmSausagemeat stuffing – it is the best!!
C Whitlow
at 11:55 pmSprouts! ? Controversial I know but I’ve always had them on my Christmas dinner and it wouldn’t be the same without them! ?
Emma G
at 11:56 pmPigs in blankets are always a must
Denise
at 12:09 amParsnips are my essential item
Anthony Harrington
at 12:51 amSprout, sprouts and more sprouts!
Zoe C
at 1:44 amRoast parsnips
Artur
at 5:31 amRoast potatoes
Rena Plumridge
at 6:24 amRoast potatoes
Steven S
at 6:28 amBread sauce, with more than enought to then have cold for tea as well.
Gemma Clark
at 6:50 amRoasted parsnips and sprouts
Lorraine Williams
at 7:32 amHas to be the crispy, fluffy roast potatoes.
Amelia Kennedy
at 7:37 amIt has to be turkey for me x
Polly Syllabub (@Pootler1974)
at 7:52 amI love pigs in blankets. 🙂
Kendra florence
at 7:58 amPigs in blankets
Leanne weir
at 8:27 ampigs in blankets
Laura Jeffs
at 8:44 amVegan roast 🙂
Suzanne
at 8:47 amPlenty of cranberry sauce.
Fiona K
at 9:05 amBrussel Sprouts
Danielle Graves
at 9:06 amI’m all about the extras when it comes to christmas dinner so pigs in blankets, sausage meat stuffing and buttery sprouts are a must!
Nikita Jones
at 9:07 amYorkshire Puddings with lots of gravy!
Jonny M
at 9:15 amRoasties
Sue Cook
at 9:48 amCarrots and parsnips roasted with a honey glaze, delicious.
Damien Hudson
at 9:52 amCranberry Sauce!
Jodie
at 9:57 amOther than the turkey, it would be stuffing. I’d happily eat a plate of that!
Tina H
at 10:06 amIt’s all about the roast potatoes. Just give me a big bowl of them please.
Giuliana Britti
at 10:07 amMy dad’s world class Italian stuffing!
Liz Slade
at 10:18 amSprouts and bread sauce
Alix Johnson
at 10:25 amRoast chestnut stuffing
Helen Ellis
at 10:30 amGot to have roast potatoes…and Yorkshire pudding…and sausages because I’m not really a turkey fan!
maureen findley
at 10:39 amthe turkey
VaB
at 10:47 amMt special homemade turkey stuffing
Emma J Walters (@emmav6)
at 11:03 amthe turkey at christmas!
Lorna Ledger
at 11:03 amThe often overlooked, bread sauce! Yummy!
Lorraine Tinsley
at 11:09 amIt has to be the stuffing, my daughter loves the stuff
Janette
at 11:10 amTurkey
Julie Jones
at 11:22 amRoast Potatoes
Tom Morrison
at 11:25 amA perfectly cooked Turkey
Bob Clark
at 11:41 amthe turkey
Julie F
at 11:42 amThe turkey and roasts
Skye
at 11:45 amDefinitely the Yorkshire puddings! You literally can’t go wrong with them 🙂
Katie Witherington
at 11:47 amVeg from our allotment
lorraine
at 11:48 amOoh it’s got to be the roast potatoes for me 🙂
lorraine kirk
at 11:49 amOoh its got to be the roast potatoes for me 🙂
Pamela Gossage
at 12:09 pmPigs in Blankets
owen
at 12:10 pmcrackers
Kathleen marsden
at 12:17 pmThe honey parsnips. Everybody loves them
Beverley Cousins
at 12:17 pmSuffing gravy
Jan Wroblewski
at 12:54 pmA nice Port, with cheese and crackers – to finish off the occassion.
Adele
at 12:57 pmchristmas pudding
Isabel
at 1:02 pmRoast parsnips. When they’re done right and paired with gravy I could eat tons of them!
Caroline H
at 1:32 pmHomemade cranberry sauce for me.
Peter Chili Hewitt
at 1:54 pmPlenty of gravy and stuffing
Teresa Lee
at 2:29 pmCrispy roast potatoes
Nicola Dean
at 2:53 pmThe gravy! Brings it all together.
Sarah Tulley
at 3:00 pmPigs in blankets!
Charlotte G
at 3:15 pmA Christmas dinner wouldn’t be the same without stuffing!
Abigail Cullen
at 3:37 pmRoast potatoes
Miss Mel Turner
at 4:02 pmThe pigs in blankets
Amanda tanner
at 4:41 pmGot to be the roast potatoes especially covered in loads of gravy
kris mc
at 5:00 pmDefo the roasties!!
Alan M
at 5:25 pmGravy!
Louise A
at 5:26 pmMy favourite part of Christmas dinner is sausagemeat I flavour with herbs, cook in a loaf tin then slice
Louise Smith
at 5:28 pmI’m in the minority, but it has to be Sprouts and pigs in blankets
Maddalena Dalton
at 6:08 pmChristmas pudding
Patricia Taylor
at 12:18 amRoast potatoes in duck fat, sprouts & the best meat going TURKEY
Emily
at 6:24 pmDefinitely the potatoes!!
Susan Howitt
at 6:38 pmIt’s all about the Sprouts
Amy Bondoc
at 7:02 pmother than sprouts ill have to say chrsitmas crackers! the cheesy jokes and rubbish toys always put a smile on m y face!
Katie B
at 7:04 pmBrussel sprouts! I love them my mum doesn’t so she always Cooks them on Christmas day. We always go to theirs on Christmas
LjpLancs
at 7:21 pmRoast potatoes
Natasha Mairs - Serenity You
at 7:34 pmBrussel sprouts!! My all time favourite veg
Anna Fletcher
at 7:36 pmBrussel Sprouts x
Jackie Howell
at 7:50 pmthe turkey
stephen holman
at 7:56 pmhas to be the pigs in blankets!
John Tingay
at 7:57 pmChristmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce tops off a perfect Christmas dinner.
Jo m welsh
at 8:07 pmThe pigs in blankets and turkey
ribs
at 8:22 pmA turkey so large, you’d think its mother had been rogered by an omnibus!
yolanda davis
at 8:45 pmroast potatoes and brussel sprouts
Denise Seddon
at 9:28 pmPigs in Blankets
Gillian Hitchen
at 9:44 pmhonied roast parsnips
Krzysia
at 10:14 pmI always enjoy Brussel sprouts, roast potatoes and smoked salmon.
Lydia Joy
at 10:15 pmMy essential item is pigs in blankets
Nicole Woods
at 10:20 pmYorkshire puddings and gravy
Iris
at 10:23 pmCrispy roast potatoes
alanawalker1515
at 11:19 pmA strange one but it’s bread sauce for me.x
Laura Wheatley
at 11:37 pmstuffing 😀
Julie Ward
at 11:52 pmSprouts, I don’t care if nobody else likes them, more for me
Catherine Deacon
at 11:57 pmpigs in blankets
Robyn Clarke
at 12:28 amPigs in blankets
miriam krutska
at 5:07 amBrussels sprouts with chestnuts and bacon is a must x
Sheila Sloan
at 6:09 amRoast potatoes
LucyBo17
at 7:52 amMy essential parts of Christmas dinner are sprouts, pigs in blankets and my mum’s stuffing.
Helen B
at 8:49 amIt has to be the pigs in blankets, I will avoid potatoes in any form 🙂
Christine Taylor
at 9:22 amPigs in Blankets – we have to cook loads of them as everyone fights lol x
Victoria Easton
at 9:40 amYorkshire pudding and gravy
Megan Kinsey
at 9:42 amTurkey with cranberry sauce!
Donna Clinton
at 9:55 amIt’s all about the roast potatoes and parsnips for me,I’m not a big meat eater so love my veg!
greig23
at 10:54 amsprouts! I love them
Kirsty Szekeres
at 10:58 ampigs in blankets!!!
Alison Johnson
at 11:23 amThe roast potatoes. I’m a vegetarian who hates green food (yes really!) so I love my roast potatoes.
Candyfloss
at 12:22 pmChristmas is the only time of the year I eat stuffing! (Angela Kelly)
Gemma Laird
at 12:38 pmIt has to be perfect, crispy roast potatoes and brussel sprouts. Yum yum
Rich Tyler
at 1:14 pmPigs In Blankets
chloe b
at 1:24 pmsprouts! I love those babies!
Mary Campbell
at 2:13 pmBread sauce – giving taste and variety to everything it’s poured over on the Christmas dinner plate, it adds that je ne sais quoi to the whole occasion!
katherine s
at 2:13 pmThe most essential part of our Christmas dinner apart from the turkey is the roast potatoes!
ARTHUR HUMPHREYS
at 2:31 pmHas to be the gravy. If that’s not right then its a disaster.
Derek Wilson
at 2:46 pmIt’s all about the sage and onion stuffing – the more the better!
Joanne Welsh
at 3:15 pmRoast Potatoes!
Michelle Henderson
at 3:23 pmGoose fat roast potatoes
Vicky H
at 3:33 pmyummy roast potatoes
Marie Rungapadiachy
at 3:47 pmThe essential part for me are the roast potatoes, done in goose fat.
Sarah H
at 3:56 pmpigs in blankets!
Lauren Old
at 3:57 pmPigs in blankets
Susan Trubey
at 4:01 pmTurkey
kathcake2017
at 4:16 pmthe roast potatoes
Lyn Geddes
at 4:49 pmHas to be nut roast and roast and buttery mash
Andrea S
at 4:56 pmHaving my family around to share it.
Nicola Andrijauskas
at 6:29 pmPig in blankets, yum
Paula Phillips
at 6:50 pmThe turkey.
Val swift
at 7:06 pmPigs in blankets
Stacy
at 7:32 pmpigs in blankets and sprouts
Tamara Wheatley
at 7:40 pmLovely roast potatoes and stuffing!!!
Janet L Palmer
at 7:46 pmPigs in blankets for me yum
Lyn Burgess
at 7:52 pmMom’s sprouts, chestnut Nd bacon mix
Jenny McClinton
at 7:53 pmI love roast potatoes and pigs in blankets, and we have a family tradition of always having apple sauce on the table along with other sauces.
Fiona Rennie
at 7:54 pmThe gravy
sheridarby
at 7:57 pmRoast potatoes
Emma Nixon
at 8:11 pmThe pork & chestnut stuffing
Hayley Lynch
at 8:59 pmRoasted Parsnips
Mari Sutherland
at 8:51 pmA really good bottle of red wine
Debi Newman
at 8:58 pmTurkey and sprouts x
tcwales
at 9:05 pmWe have to have pigs in blankets
Claire Fawkner
at 9:06 pmThe Roast Potatoes
Ella Anderson
at 9:17 pmRoast potatoes 😉
Lucy Robinson
at 9:33 pmPigs in blankets.
Jade Brookman
at 10:03 pmPigs in blankets ??
Lynne O'Connor (@spanglisher)
at 10:17 pmpigs in blankets
Lynn Neal
at 10:26 pmIt’s the roast potatoes for me because everyone loves them!
Emma Powdrill
at 10:30 pmSoap and Glory are my fave brand!!
Ellie Howe
at 10:57 pmPigs in blankets!
Liz
at 11:38 pmSprouts
Adrian Bold
at 12:01 amPigs in Blankets – I love bacon!
donna large
at 12:05 ampigs in blankets
sam joslyn
at 12:20 amRoast potatoes, always!
Helen Tovell
at 12:26 amThe turkey for me
Adele Hill
at 12:45 amI must have pigs in blankets
Kate EM Davies
at 12:50 amPigs in blankets.
Sarah Cooper
at 12:52 amPigs in blankets
Michaela B
at 12:55 amStuffing and pigs in blankets
Emma Gosling
at 1:34 amIts gotta be pigs in blankets
Leslie Evans
at 3:17 amTurkey
choccieluvvaHeather Cain
at 4:40 amPigs in blankets
Zoey H
at 5:35 amBrussels as much as hate them Christmas isn’t Christmas without them
Janet Ashenden
at 6:05 amBread sauce is a must for me
Nicki Simpson
at 7:00 amI absolutely love brussel sprouts mmmm
Michelle Moloney
at 7:05 amYorkshire puddings and gravy
Emma England
at 7:15 amI would say roast parsnips! They are so under rated.
Alison Macdonald
at 7:27 amThe hubster’s homemade sausage meat & chestnut stuffing. Absolutely delicious
Kellie
at 8:10 amI’ll get ready for the evil stares, but I can’t stand Christmas dinner or roast dinners in general. As a vegan, I guess I should pick the vegetables, but even those are dull on a Christmas dinner. Can I pick mince pies instead? lol
Julie Camm
at 8:34 amCrispy roast potatoes
janine atkin
at 8:50 amyorkshire pudding
Francesca H
at 8:56 amAlways the roasties and stuffing for me – I’m easily pleased!!
jammyjigsaw
at 9:04 amStuffing!
Allison Sherwood
at 9:14 amYorkshire puds
Jane Green
at 9:22 amBread sauce, I have no idea why I save it for Christmas as I love it.
astrid C
at 10:01 amfor me the bread sauce!! blinkin love it!
Mary Heald
at 10:13 amHas to be roast potatoes
Roxanne Warner
at 10:18 amCauliflower cheese for me
Lisa D
at 10:45 amThe vegetables as I’m vegetarian!
lauren reid
at 11:15 amCant beat dinner without Brussels sprouts with bacon bits
Emma Marie Butler
at 11:16 amMy essential part of Christmas dinner is a nice thick gravy to cover the food!
Denise Walton
at 11:29 amPigs in blankets
sharon martin
at 11:39 amhas to be the stuffing and gravy
Paul Bingham
at 11:41 amTurkey Crown
Miss Tracy Hanson
at 11:43 amRoast potatoes. Yes please, thanks for the chance.
Maureen M
at 11:59 amRoast potatoes.
Trudiebarnaville
at 12:02 pmGreat prize . I love sprouts
Rebecca F
at 12:09 pmYorkshire puddings (as starters – that’s how we roll up here!)
Sheila Reeves
at 12:51 pmHomemade bread sauce, always have to make loads as lots of the family demand it!
Ann Calland
at 12:55 pmStuffing!
Alix boswell
at 1:06 pmPigs in blankets!
belinda porter
at 1:48 pmsausagemeat and stuffing
katrina walsh
at 2:08 pmIts all about the pigs in blankets in our house
Kerry Webber
at 2:13 pmHoney roasted parsnips! My son’s favourite! Christmas dinner wouldn’t be complete without them.
Marrian
at 2:36 pmObviously the turkey, but I feel every roast dinner food is essential to a Christmas dinner.
Jeanette Davison
at 2:52 pmHaving my family around the table
Samantha M
at 3:08 pmI love the potatoes and stuffing!
J Hann
at 3:11 pmIt has to be the turkey and gravy.
Nicola Dow
at 3:15 pmPigs in blankets
Leonard Wells
at 3:32 pmHoney roasted parsnips
Chantelle79
at 3:50 pmIt’s got to be the sprouts, we wait all year for them
Charlotte H
at 4:04 pmHas to be pigs in blankets!
Debbie Preston
at 4:30 pmPigs in blankets
Caroline Blaza
at 4:38 pmSprouts!!
Fiona Johnstone
at 4:48 pmHas to be roast potatoes with gravy. Love it.
Becki Smith
at 4:54 pmOoo it’s between the sprouts and pigs in blankets, absolutely love them!
dana
at 5:35 pmI have to have turkey and cranberry sauce
Sandra Fortune
at 5:36 pmRoast Potatoes and must have the stuffing
Alison Hartshorne
at 5:42 pmChestnut and apricot stuffing, delicious with roast turkey.
Deb Pettit
at 5:58 pmChristmas pudding
Karen R
at 6:01 pmI love the roast potatoes xx
Naila M
at 6:03 pmMy essential part of the Christmas dinner has to be the roast potatoes
Angela | Cosmic Kick
at 6:06 pmNut roast. Even though I’m no longer vegan, I still have a nut roast because it just tastes so good!
Susan Hoggett (@susanhoggett)
at 6:12 pmpigs in blankets, love them!
Tracy Barber
at 6:25 pmPigs in blankets and the roast potatoes
audra bland
at 6:47 pmparsnips
Jo Nichol
at 6:50 pmRoast potatoes all the way!
CAROL PATTRICK
at 7:03 pmIt has to be the traditional Christmas turkey. Although my favourite part of the lunch is Christmas pudding
chloe Brill (@BrillChloe)
at 7:04 pmdefinitely turkey
Oriana Donlevy
at 7:17 pmIts all about the roasties and pigs in blankets!
ellie gilmour
at 7:27 pmhasselback baby potatoes
Tammy Neal
at 7:32 pmThe Yule log x
Debbie Timms
at 7:32 pmPigs in blankets, I can’t get enough of them! x
Jennifer Toal
at 7:32 pmPigs in blankets
Elizabeth Yeates
at 7:48 pmYorkshire pudding
charlotte wilde
at 7:58 pmChestnut Stuffing
Joanie B
at 8:11 pmpigs in blankets sprouts, cranberry sauce
Simone Griffin
at 8:20 pmWe absolutely have to have turkey, stuffing, gravy, bread sauce, sprouts and pigs in blankets x
Jem Cameron
at 8:33 pmMashed Potatoes
Sophie Roberts
at 8:37 pmParsnips are essential for me!
Jane C
at 8:46 pmChristmas Pudding and Cream
Miss Emma Hutchings
at 8:53 pmRoast potatoes
Kelly Goodall
at 8:53 pmTough question. Stuffing ?
Sarah Whittington
at 8:54 pmhomemade stuffing & roasted parsnips & carrots seasned with rosemary & tyme & cooked in goose fat yummy!
Tricia Cowell
at 9:03 pmChristmas Pudding
LORRAINE ANDERSON
at 9:17 pmStuffing.
Kelly
at 9:29 pmpigs in blankets
m hines
at 9:30 pmpigs in blankets
Naomi Williams
at 9:31 pmPigs in blankets for me
Antonia Richardson
at 9:34 pmyule log
debzwoowoo
at 9:35 pmMy apple cider gravy is a firm favourite in our house at Christmas
Helen S
at 9:45 pmBeing from Yorkshire, the essential part of Christmas dinner has to be an amazing homemade Yorkshire pudding, luckily my mum makes them and not me otherwise they’d be far from amazing 😉
Kirsteen Mackay
at 9:49 pmMy essential part of Christmas dinner is honey roast carrots and parsnips.
Sare Davies
at 9:59 pmRoast Chestnuts
Maddy
at 10:06 pmPigs in blankets
Emma Larkin
at 10:10 pmRoast parsnips – I only do them at Chrimbo! Love them and I should do them more often!
Nikki Hayes
at 10:15 pmGravy made with the meat juices – love it!
Abi
at 10:17 pmI like sprouts
natalie Crossan
at 10:25 pmSprouts 🙂
Pete
at 10:28 pmSprouts – I’m a lover
Jeanette Leighton
at 10:29 pmThe turkey and stuffing is my
Ann Skamarauskas
at 10:29 pmcrispy, fluffy roast potatoes and onion gravy
Rachel
at 10:32 pmTurkey.
Michelle lintern
at 10:33 pmTurkey and stuffing
Sam Parkes
at 10:37 pmTurkey, sprouts and pigs in blankets yummy
Ali Duke (@weirdoA)
at 10:49 pmYou have to have turkey and stuffing and lots of gravy, but definitely no sprouts!
Rebecca Beesley
at 10:49 pmfor me personally it is a nut roast as i no longer eat meat but for the whole family i’d say cranberry sauce is a must!
janinex
at 10:52 pmRoast Vegetables, especially the potatoes
A.E. ADKINS
at 10:55 pmBread sauce, it’s the only time we have it
Lorna Holland
at 11:10 pmIt has to be sprouts – Christmas dinner isn’t Christmas dinner without them!
Monika Bascombe
at 11:12 pmStuffing balls
Sarah Roberts
at 11:21 pmDefinitely the Turkey and stuffing
Andrea A
at 11:24 pmBrussels sprouts with chestnuts
NATALIE R
at 11:24 pmThe Turkey
Amanda Kahs
at 11:25 pmRoast potatoes