We were once invited to a friend’s house for supper, at around 8.30pm. As we had just moved to Yorkshire we didn’t know what to expect, nor whether to eat beforehand,
It turned out to be a substantial offering including fruit cake and cheese, a delicious Yorkshire combination. But it was definitely not a main evening meal.
In Yorkshire you eat breakfast, dinner and tea, tea being a cooked meal around 5 or 6 or when people get home.
I grew up with breakfast, dinner and tea because we always ate our main meal around 12- 1 pm.
Now we have a light lunch and an evening meal, except on Sundays when we eat a Sunday roast at 1pm.. I rarely use the word dinner, except for Christmas dinner.
It has to be Christmas dinner, whatever time you eat the feast.