62% of Irish public will spend St. Stephens Day to New Year’s Day to watching TV

Very interesting.

A new study has revealed that between St. Stephens Day and New Year’s Day, most people enter a yuletide trance of box sets, Christmas specials and festive films. According to the a recent survey of 1,000 Irish adults, almost two thirds (62 per cent) spend the days after Christmas and before New Year’s glued to the television, whereas 41% go on winter walks and another 41 per cent visit extended family. The research, conducted by Circle K, also revealed that the top reason (55 per cent) people leave the house between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is to buy essential grocery items, such as milk and bread. That wasn't all though. It also found that while many of the public will curl up on the sofa and spend the Christmas holidays relaxing at home, a third (33 per cent) make a conscious effort to be as productive as they can between St. Stephen’s Day and New Year’s Day. For the productive folk, getting out of the house as much as possible (37 per cent), doing a clear out at home (20 per cent), and making plans for the next year (16 per cent) are the most common activities they aim to achieve. Christmas only comes once a year, but for many people, what’s left of the traditional dinner can stick around for days to come. When asked to choose their favourite Christmas leftover meal, 32 per cent voted a Christmas leftover sandwich, followed closely by St. Stephens Day dinner (30 per cent). However, while the thoughts of turkey, ham, stuffing, and sprouts have lots of mouths watering in the run up to Christmas, for the 52 per cent who admit to being bored of Christmas food by New Year’s Eve, those thoughts are a distant memory towards the end of the festive break. By the looks of it, it seems that the majority of Irish people will be curled up in front of the TV having leftover sandwiches and sure would you want it any other way?