12 British Christmas Morning Traditions That Vanished 😢

Christmas morning in 1970s Britain was completely different. You woke up freezing with ice on the inside of your bedroom windows. Downstairs someone had lit the paraffin heater and you could smell it from your bed. The pop man had delivered glass bottles days before. You sat staring at Test Card F waiting for actual television to start because nothing broadcast before nine o'clock. These weren't special traditions you planned for, they were just what Christmas morning was. Every family did the same things without thinking about it. And now they're completely gone. If you lived through it, you know exactly what we've lost.