My simple hack makes Christmas completely stress-free – I don’t spend hours in the kitchen but not everyone’s convinced
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AFTER such a long lead-up, it can often feel like Christmas day passes you by in the blink of an eye. This rings especially true if you are in charge of the festive feast, which can soak up hours of valuable relaxing time. Ash told the girls: "She has her Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve.
![[Girls Overheard podcast presenter Ash Reid was gobsmacked by a friend's handy festive hack.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/vlcsnap-2024-12-23-11h28m35s587png-JS959445127.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
"And then see on Christmas Day?. "They get up in the morning, do all their presents, have nice bacon rolls, and then it gets to about three or four and they go 'we've got all of our Christmas dinner still.'. "So she has no stress on Christmas day because she's made her turkey, she's made her ham, they have loads of roast potatoes, and it's no stress.".
![[It can be easy to spend most of Christmas day preparing food.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_7174-JS959445800.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Gobsmacked by the thought, Ash asked her co-presenters: "Is that not the best thing ever?!". Eilidh replied: "I love this!". The idea of preparing and serving your main festive meal on Christmas Eve is well-rooted in other Western countries, but almost unheard of in the United Kingdom.
![[Other countries are used to having their Christmas dinner early - but the United Kingdom traditionally eats their main meal on the 25th December.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc02569-JS959446025.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Poland, for example, eat their 'Wigilia' supper on Christmas Eve, a meal which typically consists of 12 servings and includes fish, mushrooms and gingerbread. The Czech Republic also eats their festive meal on the 24th December - usually consisting of fish soup, fried carp and potato salad.
Scandinavia also focuses their festive celebrations on the 24th December, sitting down to enjoy roast meat, potatoes, red cabbage, and gravy, alongside pickled and fermented vegetables. But the United Kingdom doesn't share the tradition, instead keeping our Christmas dinner to the 25th December.
