Woke members of Gen Z are ruining “traditional” Christmas dinners as they snub the roast meal in favour of alternatives like spaghetti bolognese this festive period, a study has found.
Christmas classics such as roast dinners and mince pies do not seem to be popular with youngsters, a survey has found.
Popular café chain Costa Coffee conducted a survey of 2,000 about their favourite foods at Christmas and found that the younger generation wanted to revamp their festive traditional meals, with one branding the traditional feast a “snooze-fest”.
Options varying from Spaghetti Bolognese to a takeaway have proved more desirable with certain Gen-Zs.
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Daniella Abbott, 21, told the researchers: “I’m so done with traditional Christmas dinners — turkey is the worst meat, Brussels sprouts can never be nice, and why would I eat a pudding that pretty much lasts for a year AND has raisins in?!
“It’s now at the point that I have suggested to my family that this year our Christmas dinner should be spaghetti bolognese.”
“Ideally, we switch up Christmas dinner but have the best of desserts, I actually love warm sticky toffee pudding. I was very surprised at the response I got from my family, they were really positive about it and think it might be because we’ll have less washing up to do.”
Another respondent, Anna Ketre, said she doesn’t believe that a roast dinner is special enough for the big day.
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Costa Coffee ran a survey of 2,000 Brits
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The 24-year-old said: “I think Christmas dinner should feel much more special than any other meal of the year. Turkey with roast potatoes is just too similar to your usual Sunday roast, there’s no excitement in it for me.
“I’d much rather have some fun food combos, dishes like glazed salmon or sticky toffee pudding flavoured tiramisu.”
Additionally, 26-year-old Ijeoma Badejoh slammed the festive classics to Costa: “A traditional Christmas dinner is a snooze fest. Having the bog-standard meat, roast, gravy and Christmas pudding year after year is boring and takes away the fun from Christmas.”
“You can have that on a regular Sunday. I’d much rather have a range of West African foods alongside a traditional roast. As the household that typically hosts for extended family, we love a fusion of cuisines to make sure everyone is impressed and fed. It keeps things exciting! Why have one when you can have both!”
Some have said the meals aren’t special enough
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The results of the Costa Coffee survey are not the first instance of the younger generation turning their backs on beloved Christmas traditions.
According to a report from Tesco which surveyed 2,000 shoppers, Gen Zs and Millennials are choosing to replace gravy with condiments such as ketchup or mayo.
Twelve per cent of Generation Z – born between the late 1990s and early 2010s – and 11 per cent of millennials – the 1980s generation – are planning to skip the gravy boat and pick up a bottle of ketchup instead.
In contrast, the older generation are sticking to traditions, with over 66 per cent of those aged 65 and over voting in favour of gravy.
