BGT’s Amanda Holden says she loves getting on the sherry at 10am on Christmas Day.
The TV judge was seen with a morning glass of bubbly this week.
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And the mum of two, 51, said she still gets “massively excited” about December 25.
Amanda, who appears on BGT special The Ultimate Magician tonight, said: “I get up before my children.
“I absolutely love getting other people presents and so that makes Christmas for me.
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“But my favourite thing is cooking the lunch with my mum and drinking sherry at 10 in the morning.”
She is far from alone as a poll found four out of ten kick-off Christmas Day with an alcoholic tipple.
Prosecco is the No1 choice, downed by 18 per cent, closely followed by champagne on 17 per cent. Some ten per cent have bubbly with orange juice.
Overall, 60 per cent said they start drinking much earlier on Christmas Day than on any other day of the year.
Stephanie Jones, 47, from Lewisham, South East London, said: “It’s traditional to open a bottle of something either with breakfast or straight after.
“Everyone I know does it. We’ve always done it in our family and it pretty much carries on like that for the rest of the day.”
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