14 Post-war Christmas food

Immigrants do not just passively accept Christmas. They change the local Christmas culture.

Following the post-war wave of immigration, the British Christmas feast in the late 20th century was no longer dominated by Christmas pudding and brussels sprouts. Supermarkets started to sell Chinese spring rolls, Japanese tempura, and Indian samosa as ‘Christmas food’!

M&S 1992:

Morrison 2009

Sainsbury's 2023

Do you like the new Christmas culture?

Reference:

‘Win a year's free shopping’, Daily Mail, p.22 (5 December 1992)

‘Morrisons’, Daily Mail, p.37 (18 December 2009)