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Christmas dinner is eaten usually at midday and only after that gifts can be opened. Traditionally, before the feast, one could eat only Frumenty, a kind of porridge made from corn. Other ingredients were added to it later including eggs, fruit, spice, lumps of meat and dried plums and thus, the traditional Christmas plum pudding originated. During the Christmas dinner, roast turkey is served with vegetables and sauces while rich fruity Christmas pudding is served as desserts with brandy sauce. On 6th of December, mock bishops are selected from young boys in commemoration of St. Nicholas's compassion for children. They perform all the ecclesiastical duties except delivering the Mass. In England, 26th of December is known as the Boxing Day. On this day, boys go around collecting money in clay boxes. When the boxes are full, they break them open.
