Christmas 'lunch'

I am entirely with the “main meal” school of thought. Lunch is, or always was, a “light meal” (“luncheon” or even further back “nuncheon”)
The reference to Christmas Lunch is like a sort of inverse snobbery or reaction to the (shock , horror,) old”working class” reference to dinner as a daytime meal.
I know we are all different and it doesn’t matter what you call it, but a Christmas Lunch sounds a lot lighter than a Christmas Dinner and a bit precious when it’s a restaurant.

Evening meal is dinner in our house which is when we have our cooked meal. Lunch is a sandwich or soup. That's how it was growing up too.
We eat Christmas "dinner" despite the fact it's usually on the table about 2 pm.
There is no right or wrong, it's up to you.

Because they have moved to a modern trend Jane doesn’t make it right or wrong just movement Maybe in the cities and richer circles than mine it’s always been dinner at night but personally I think it’s a generational thing We had school dinners my kids had school dinners my grandkids have lunch in the canteen

lemongrove no, not been at the punch just irritated at personal opinion being expressed as the 'correct' one!
Interesting that all restaurants and other eating establishments have a lunch menu for midday meal and a dinner menu for evening meal. Just saying...

Well for me growing up (not very posh) we had dinner at dinner time, which was anything from midday to one o clock We never had dinner at night that was supper we had breakfast dinner tea and if wanted a very light supper ( for me it used to be a packet of smiths crisps and a cup of milk )
We had dinner time at school and a Sunday roast dinner at onish
In later years people have called dinner, lunch and cut tea out altogether so it’s become breakfast, light lunch and evening meal ( which isn’t called dinner by us even now) I can only ever see dinner as a midday thingy hence school dinners, dinner ladies etc However I do go out ‘to lunch’ (which is lighter than dinner) with my friends

I agree with Witzend. Breakfast is the first meal of the day; dinner is the main meal of the day at whatever time you take it, and the other meals are either lunch, tea or supper.

Ah but Sunday lunch is just a roast dinner not unlike the main Christmas Roast Turkey meal. I have to say we call it Christmas Dinner but it lasts all day with us from about 2pm for nibbles break for the main event, break for pudding taken at about 6ish, horses doovers about 8.

Jane10....unusually punchy post from you have you been at the punch?

I don't care as long as someone else cooks it

Nah! Lunch is lunch. Christmas lunch is at lunch time.
In some parts of the country 'dinner' is what some people call the midday meal. In other areas dinner is the evening meal.
Trying to impose your personal opinion on others as being the absolutely correct one is more self opionated than pedantic. Fair enough it's your opinion. Just not mine.

We're going to one a bit later today and it will probably be served at about 4pm
So Christmas tea? With, I hope roast potatoes, sprouts and goodness knows what else!

Yes, Christmas dinner, even if eaten at lunchtime.