For many households across the UK, the thought of eating anything other than a roast dinner on Christmas Day is ludicrous. Crispy potatoes, pigs in blankets and brussels sprouts are the most ubiquitous items on the nation's dining tables. Some families will swap out turkey for another cut of meat, but most Brits roast parsnips and pour jugs of gravy on the big day.
Though the same can't be said for the Holyoak family, who prefer to tuck into onion bhajis, naan bread and pilau rice on December 25 instead. Jake Holyoak, 29, from Sunderland, said they were "sick of the same old" and decided to switch it up 10 years ago. Now a whole decade later, it's become tradition to dine out at their local Indian restaurant for Christmas dinner.
