People of London: What’s your dream Christmas dinner?

We ask Londoners their dream Christmas dinner as the countdown edges ever closer…

Transcript

00:00If you talk to me about your ideal Christmas dinner, what are you having?

00:04Talk me through everything that's going on.

00:07My wife likes to be fancy.

00:10I'm quite happy with a goose, and I don't like turkey because it's dry.

00:14I like a capon.

00:16I like Brussels sprouts, she hates them.

00:19Yorkshire puddings.

00:22Roast parsnips.

00:24Roast potatoes.

00:26Mashed carrots and swede.

00:29A good gravy, that's important.

00:32I've already ordered the turkey, so we're having that with all the trimmings,

00:38like roast potatoes, roast parsnips and carrots.

00:43Stuffing, gravy.

00:45Just a classic, you know, turkey with all the trimmings.

00:49Nice wine, nice dessert, and then a little sleep afterwards,

00:52after watching the King.

00:55Do Yorkshire puddings belong on your menu?

00:58It would be a crime not to have Yorkshire pudding.

01:01And don't forget sprouts.

01:03Or parsnips, and all the other little things.

01:06Bring them all.

01:07Somebody says, do you want Christmas pudding?

01:09It's usually too much.

01:11But later on in the afternoon, I do.

01:13I'm one of them people, I eat my dinner and then I have a snooze.

01:17But yeah, it's like, I'm traditional when it comes to Christmas dinner.

01:21I'm not a big dessert person, but I'll eat it because

01:24My parents used to, my grandparents used to hide the sixpences in the Christmas pudding.

01:29Because they knew the kids would be excited if they got sixpence.

01:32Would you like to see those kind of traditions?

01:34Yes, of course, of course.

01:36It's no longer about religion.

01:39It's to do with marketing and spending loads of money.

01:42And I hate that.

01:44And it's so sad.

01:45I mean, I'm not a religious person, but my brothers used to be in the choir.

01:52And they learned how to play instruments, playing in the choir band and stuff like that.

01:58And we've lost all that, that's all gone.