People of Glasgow have their say on what should and shouldn’t be in a Christmas dinner

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We took to Argyle Street to ask Glaswegians what they think should and should be in a Christmas dinner.

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00:00 I got one, two, three, four, five once I caught a fish alive.

00:02 And then I went to what's called the Merchant Cameras

00:05 in Parney Street and it's shut for good now.

00:07 Then I let it go again because I don't like fish.

00:10 And it makes me realise that things change,

00:13 even if they've been there for a long time,

00:14 eventually they'll change and they'll go away,

00:16 you know what I mean?

00:17 What's your favourite thing to have for Christmas dinner?

00:19 What should be on the plate and what shouldn't be on the plate?

00:21 I don't like turkey, but I would love,

00:23 like, I really want a roast dinner,

00:25 and like a roast nut dinner,

00:27 and I feel like that would be really good.

00:29 Well, I prefer chicken.

00:31 Turkey I find is a kind of,

00:34 not a bland taste, but a kind of heavy taste.

00:36 I find chicken's more palatable to me,

00:40 with stuffing in it.

00:41 And, you know, I just use the oven.

00:43 It's the only time you ever use the oven

00:44 because usually I just use the microwave.

00:46 Turkey and cranberry sauce and stuffing

00:50 and roast potatoes and veggies.

00:52 But we used to have, like, salmon.

00:54 Salmon with parsley sauce

00:56 and, like, veggies and stuff.

00:59 But, like, a whole mixture of, like, picky bits.

01:02 The best. Yes.

01:04 Have you seen Siobhan at Christmas dinner?

01:07 I make a wee indulgence at Christmas

01:09 to have a little sniff of brandy, you know?

01:12 And because I keep missing the movie at the moment,

01:15 the new Napoleon movie, I thought,

01:17 "Well, I'll get Napoleon brandy."

01:19 That's all the wee Napoleon brandy I've got, you know?

01:21 I think the only part of Christmas dinner

01:23 I care about is roast potatoes.

01:25 We went out for a Chinese meal last year for Christmas.

01:28 It was very different.

01:30 Yeah, it's not the same as sitting in the house

01:32 with your little party hats on and building crackers.

01:35 That's Christmas.

01:36 I'm vegetarian, so there doesn't tend to be much option

01:41 unless I bring something vegetarian

01:43 because everyone else is eating what they eat.

01:46 I'll have some DVDs

01:49 because a lot of the television stuff,

01:51 I don't have broadband.

01:52 I'm just trying to save money.

01:54 And because a lot of things on television are repeats.

01:56 So, tend to just have a plate of roast potatoes.

02:01 Do you just be yourself for Christmas dinner?

02:03 Yeah, just be myself, yes.

02:05 Is there anything that shouldn't be on a Christmas dinner?

02:07 Cranberry sauce.

02:09 Cranberry sauce?

02:10 What? No!

02:12 Nut roast and cranberry sauce.

02:13 Oh, that's dissing my Christmas dinner.

02:15 No, and...

02:16 And whiskey.

02:17 I may get an invite from some of my relatives

02:19 out to their place.

02:20 I don't know. I don't mind, you know?

02:22 Brussels sprouts.

02:23 And Brussels sprouts.

02:24 They're strange.

02:25 I've had them a couple of times,

02:27 but I've never really been able to get past the smell, I think.

02:31 Oh, and Christmas pudding.

02:33 Definitely traditional for me.

02:35 Is it you that cooks it?

02:36 No, no.

02:37 No, I'm the man that goes to the pub

02:39 and then comes back home and the dinner's ready.

02:41 Not because I'm anti-social, because I'm not.

02:43 You know, it's just...

02:44 It's just the way things have panned out.

02:46 You know, I'm not married.

02:48 I don't have any brothers and sisters.

02:50 Parents are gone.

02:52 And you just adjust, you know?

02:55 I've got plenty of friends and texting all over the place,

02:59 especially with my artwork, you know?

03:01 No, mince pies is good.

03:02 Christmas pudding.

03:03 Can't do it.

03:04 It's like the tanginess of the fruit

03:08 and the alcohol with the...

03:11 And it's really cool to look at with the fire and everything.

03:14 Every year, I get to the pub and I'm back for two o'clock.

03:17 With the fire?

03:18 Yeah, when you light the Christmas pudding on fire.

03:21 I've never seen that before.

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