I am sitting here in a quiet house, waiting for everyone else to wake up after the excesses of Christmas Day (and it was very nice, thank you!) so what else to do but peruse my Corrie news feeds? The BBC news has an interesting read about why the soaps always feature blockbuster storylines on Christmas Day. It's true, isn't it? That's when you'll see things like fairytale weddings, dramatic births, or when a major bump or break in a storyline will happen. On Corrie, quite often, it'll be a Platt disaster. There have also been births and weddings on Corrie. This year, Sally reveals to Kevin that she's got breast cancer just as he and Molly are about to reveal their affair. Television networks bring out the best because they know that most people are home and they have a chance at enticing a lot more viewers than normal, in the millions sometimes. One Christmas episode on Eastenders where Den Watts served his wife divorce papers on the day hit over 30 million and has hit one of the all time high numbers for soap viewers. These days a soap will be very lucky to pass 10 million on a good day and Christmas episodes can expect to pull in a couple more million.
It got me thinking about classic Corrie Christmases past. There was the birth of the Mallet twins, the magical wedding of Curly and Emma, the year Karen and Tracy fought on the roof of the factory and Steve finally threw her out. One of the funnier ones was when a big black dog ate Jack and Vera's turkey and then chased them up the stairs, trapping them in their bedroom!
What were some of your favourite Christmas Corrie moments? Do you sit down with your family after a big meal and watch Corrie on Christmas Day?