Christmas Day is when millions of families will be gathered around a television as opposed to binge-watching NetflixAnyone opening up the bumper December issue of the Radio Times will see another Christmas Day TV schedule packed with special editions of the UK’s biggest shows. Whether it’s the final episode of Downton Abbey,the return of Strictly reach Dancing’s favourite contestants, or yet another death/breakup/pub-based catastrophe on EastEnders, or the main channels throw their biggest ratings-chasers at a few hours on the afternoon of 25 December.
And it’s not hard to see why. Christmas Day remains the one time when it’s virtually guaranteed that millions of families will be gathered around a box in the corner of the living room,the one time when it is unacceptable to slink off to binge-watch episodes of House of Cards on Netflix.
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Source: theguardian.com