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We have sit down meals on both Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Right now my parents are off to the "midnight mass", which takes place at 9:30 pm. We used to go to the 6:30 pm mass when I was a kid.
We have sit down meals on both Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Right now my parents are off to the "midnight mass", which takes place at 9:30 pm. We used to go to the 6:30 pm mass when I was a kid.
My grandmother is going to midnight mass. The service begins at 11:30pm and ends at 12:30am. I said I might go with her.
Then tomorrow morning I'll make my way to my mum's house, and we'll open our gifts and then sit down for dinner around midday. My sister is coming down from Middlesbrough so she will be staying until New Year I think.
christmas eve is the big thing here. the really weird christmas tradition here is that everyone watches "donald duck" at 3pm.
this was the most watched programs in the entire year 2014
That's like the Queen's Speech over here, which is on two of the main channels at 3 pm every Christmas Day. That got 7.4 million live viewers last year (our population is nearly 65 million), so I wouldn't go as far as to say "everyone" watches it though.
It's interesting how your most-watched programmes still get nearly 40% of the population or so watching them. It used to be like that here before everybody had the Internet and hundreds of channels to watch, not any more though. These are our most-watched programmes from last year, all crappy talent shows of some kind (I've never seen any of them lol):
1. The Great British Bake Off (October 7, BBC1): 15.05 million
2. Britain's Got Talent (May 31, ITV): 12.75 million
3. The Great British Bake Off (September 30, BBC1): 12.65 million
4. The Great British Bake Off (September 2, BBC1): 12.39 million
5. The Great British Bake Off (August 26, BBC1): 12.36 million
6. The Great British Bake Off (September 16, BBC1): 12.35 million
7. The Great British Bake Off (August 19, BBC1): 12.01 million
8. The Great British Bake Off (September 9, BBC1): 12.00 million
9. Strictly Come Dancing (December 5, BBC1): 11.93 million
10. Britain's Got Talent (April 25, ITV): 11.86 million
That's like the Queen's Speech over here, which is on two of the main channels at 3 pm every Christmas Day. That got 7.4 million live viewers last year (our population is nearly 65 million), so I wouldn't go as far as to say "everyone" watches it though.
It's interesting how your most-watched programmes still get nearly 40% of the population or so watching them. It used to be like that here before everybody had the Internet and hundreds of channels to watch, not any more though. These are our most-watched programmes from last year, all crappy talent shows of some kind (I've never seen any of them lol):
1. The Great British Bake Off (October 7, BBC1): 15.05 million
2. Britain's Got Talent (May 31, ITV): 12.75 million
3. The Great British Bake Off (September 30, BBC1): 12.65 million
4. The Great British Bake Off (September 2, BBC1): 12.39 million
5. The Great British Bake Off (August 26, BBC1): 12.36 million
6. The Great British Bake Off (September 16, BBC1): 12.35 million
7. The Great British Bake Off (August 19, BBC1): 12.01 million
8. The Great British Bake Off (September 9, BBC1): 12.00 million
9. Strictly Come Dancing (December 5, BBC1): 11.93 million
10. Britain's Got Talent (April 25, ITV): 11.86 million
Give me Strength.
Every time I go into the gym, that's on the damn bike tv screen.
We have sit down meals on both Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Right now my parents are off to the "midnight mass", which takes place at 9:30 pm. We used to go to the 6:30 pm mass when I was a kid.
You're not going to mass?
I went to a church service last Sunday that was Christmas-themed (Advent?) — friend was in the choir and didn't have much else to do.
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It's interesting how your most-watched programmes still get nearly 40% of the population or so watching them. It used to be like that here before everybody had the Internet and hundreds of channels to watch, not any more though. These are our most-watched programmes from last year, all crappy talent shows of some kind (I've never seen any of them lol):
that was the US before cable TV back when there were only like 4 or 5 channels. Good for common culture and having something to talk about with random people but kinda boring. Here's the American list — all politics or football
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