Christmas Day on Radio 3

[mangerton]

On Christmas morning I like to play The Praetorius Mass (Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning) Gabrieli Consort & Players · McCreesh.

Oh yes. If I could take one record to that desert island....

[Anna]

Going back to Msg. 1 and the Christmas Day schedule and having read the RT:

The Nine Lessons would have already been on R4 and BBC2 on Christmas Eve.
The Evening schedule 7.45 is the Sunday Feature about St. Vitus Dance and people dancing themselves to death followed at 8.30 by Drama on 3 which is a repeat about a German banker interrogated by the Gestapo.

Neither of which is particularly festive fare. They would have done better to repeat one of the Bach or Mozart total immersions I think from 6pm onwards.

[Osborn]

Going back to Msg. 1 and the Christmas Day schedule and having read the RT:

The Evening schedule 7.45...followed at 8.30 by...Neither of which is particularly festive fare.

If you have children, Christmas is over once the prezzys are open - about 6am. The rest of the day is spent clearing up & mending things.

[Mr Pee]

If you have children, Christmas is over once the prezzys are open - about 6am. The rest of the day is spent clearing up & mending things.

[Caliban]

Christmas Eve afternoon I always do some kitchen prep (making stock, cooking a ham, roasting chestnuts, etc.) whilst listening to the Nine Lessons, that's a bit of a tradition for me.

Another SNAP Anna!

Phones are off the hook from 3pm to 4.40pm on Christmas Eve. We try and get the prep done, with visiting family all arrived, in time to collapse around the illuminated tree with tea/sherry/mincepie by 2.59pm and then listen as the light outside turns to dark. The set pieces at the end (Hark the Herald... etc) may be the cue for more fettling in the kitchen, but otherwise it's a 90 minute haven from the bustle. My dad has done likewise since the days of Boris Ord. The only exceptions were the two occasions in the 80s when we actually went and queued from before dawn. We were at the première of Taverner's 'The Lamb' for instance.

It's a precious tradition, the heart of Christmas, everyone gathered together again, in our 'ouse.

[EdgeleyRob]

If you have children, Christmas is over once the prezzys are open - about 6am. The rest of the day is spent clearing up & mending things.

Ah yes I remember those days.

[Serial_Apologist]

I will open my two presents. Both will be calendars.

[ardcarp]

If that's an attempt at pathos, SA, then it's failed. You're a lucky, lucky guy.

[Frances_iom]

If that's an attempt at pathos, SA, then it's failed. You're a lucky, lucky guy.

yep all the dates he want for the coming year!