If you, like me, often bemoan the demise of the once-unmissable ritual of Sunday lunch, don’t despair.
New research reveals that while the number of people who regularly sit down to a Sunday family lunch has halved compared to 45 years ago, the custom has been reinvented.
Friday evenings are now the time when families get-together over a meal.
It seems the shift highlighted by the survey, compiled by the Future Foundation and the Institute for Social and Economic Research, is the result of the changing nature of Sundays.
“Where once they were about taking it easy with friends and family, we now have greater choice about how to spend our time as a host of alternative activities have become available, particularly eating out and shopping,” says Nicola Austin, a director at the Future Foundation.
“The other shift is that, for many, Sundays now involve a day at work, rather than an afternoon around the dinner table.
“Fridays are perhaps the most popular night of the week because they mark the end of the working week,' said Austin. “That night marks the start of the freedom that the weekend brings, when people really can begin to wind down and enjoy more time with family or friends.”
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