With over a third (37%) admitting they would forego Christmas gifts in exchange for a little more help at home. Shopping for presents and festive food (six hours 27 minutes), preparing and cooking Christmas lunch (six hours 14 minutes), decorating the house (two hours 7 minutes) and entertaining guests (three hours 10 minutes) take up the biggest share of mums’ time at Christmas.
Mums traditionally complete the lion’s share of the work round the house, but 32 p% state they would give up their lead role at Christmas if they had the chance. Dads pitch in and help too, with an average of 13 hours, less than half the time mums spend.
Although the research revealed that 28% of mums find Christmas more stressful than enjoyable, they admit they wouldn’t have it any other way as 55% state that Christmas is their favourite annual event.
The Morrisons study also found that it takes the average mum three attempts at cooking a Christmas dinner before they feel confident cooking it. Over a quarter (26%) of mums questioned said that turkey is the hardest dish to cook, closely followed by gravy (21%), sprouts (15%) and roast potatoes (13%).
Christmas doesn’t always run smoothly as the research found:
Source: Morrisons
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