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Alternative Christmas Day Guide<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Has Christmas become too predictable for you? The same food, the same family squabbles, the same films on TV, even the same hangover on Boxing Day! Well if you\u2019re looking to make a change this year, here\u2019s our guide to having an Alternative Christmas.<\/p>\n

Christmas Menu<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Traditionally, Christmas Dinner consists of a big roast \u2013 usually with turkey being the main dish. \u00a0It\u2019s great for everyone who\u2019s eating it, but potentially very stressful for the people making it. Who wants to spend their Christmas cooped up in the kitchen watching a turkey roast?<\/p>\n

Why not leave the cooking to someone else and order a takeaway? It\u2019s becoming more and more common for takeaways and even some restaurants to open on Christmas day, so skip the turkey roast and have a curry instead, or some Chinese food, or even a pizza!<\/p>\n

Christmas Decorations<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Christmas wouldn\u2019t be Christmas without the tree\u2026or would it? Christmas trees can take up a lot of space and then there\u2019s the dilemma of whether to have a real tree or an artificial one. If you\u2019ve got an artificial tree, you\u2019ll need somewhere to store it for the rest of the year and if yours is real then you\u2019ve got pine needles to clean up after.<\/p>\n

A great space-saving alternative is to go for a 2-D \u201cflat tree\u201d. All you need is some space on your wall to stick your tree.<\/p>\n

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Christmas Entertainment<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Does your Christmas usually end with you slumped on the sofa watching a film you\u2019ve seen 100 times already?<\/p>\n

Why not do something active instead? Depending on the weather, a bike ride could be the perfect alternative, particularly as there shouldn\u2019t be a lot of cars on the road.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ll be spending Christmas in Cornwall, then you could also go for a Christmas Day swim or surf. It\u2019s become a tradition in the area to go for a dip on the 25th<\/sup> December.<\/p>\n

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If you really would rather spend your Christmas tucked up indoors on your sofa, then this year, at least make sure you\u2019re not watching the same old Christmas TV. Here are some of our top alternative Christmas movies:<\/p>\n