Youngsters shun gravy at Christmas

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Millennials and Gen Z are swapping gravy for ketchup, mayonnaise and chilli sauce at Christmas dinner, a study has found. Less than half of the two age groups will choose gravy to accompany their Christmas lunch this year, according to a report from Tesco. But older people are staying true to tradition, with two-thirds of those aged 65 and planning to stick with gravy, the study of some 2,000 shoppers found. Chilli sauce "may seem like an unusual addition to a Christmas dinner", said The Telegraph.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.