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Why do we eat Turkey on Christmas Day?
Christmas is full of old traditions, like eating turkeys on Christmas day, sending Christmas cards, hanging Tinsel around the house.
But why do we eat Turkey on Christmas day and where does it originate?
Here is the truth and exact history Why do we eat this delicious bird on Christmas!
This traditional place starts
Turkey was first bought in England in 1526, before this time, for Christmas meals, people used to eat geese, boar heads and even peacocks.
The turkey has eaten instead of crawling and chicken because farmers need their cows more to their milk, and need their chickens for eggs, then more expensive than today.
So instead of killing one of their pets for Christmas, they will have a turkey because it is something different and they can save their cattle to produce a lot of milk and eggs
King Henry VIII was the first to eat a turkey on Christmas day, however, until the 1950s that Turkey was a popular Christmas meal option than geese.
The good thing about Christmas and Turkey is Christmas is a family time and turkey is the family size!
87% of British people believe that Christmas will not be the same without a traditional grilled Turkey.
Christmas Turkey truth
Today in England, we eat about 10 million turkeys every year for Christmas time.
25% of British people bought in advance of their turkeys.
A survey shows that the three most common ways to serve the remaining Christmas turkey are: sandwiches, soups / tunnels or salads.
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