Sexual wellness brand Kiiroo has teamed up with One Poll to delve in and uncover just how many Brits are getting down to it on the big day. The results are in and it shows that only 62% us are finding time for intimacy on December 25th!
Christmas Sex Stats at a glance:
- Just 62% of British adults say they have had Christmas Day sex in their lifetime
- That means at least 8 million adult Brits have NEVER had sex on Christmas Day!
- Those aged 45-54 and 65+ were mostly likely to have experienced Christmas sex
- Men 67% were more likely to report that they had enjoyed sex on Christmas Day than Women 58%
- 82% of single parents declared they’d found time for Christmas Day sex
According to Kiiroo’s Festive Sex Census, just 62% of UK adults say they have ever had sex on Christmas Day.
The figure was slightly higher for men than women with 67% of men reporting they had had festive sex compared to just 58% of women.
Boomers (65+) were the most likely generation to have had sex on December 25th at 64%.
Yorkshire and Wales are the most festive regions of the UK for Christmas intimacy with 72% of adults in both areas responding yes.
But by far the most striking result was the revelation that 82% of single parents have had Christmas Day sex.
Plenty of factors can leave you lonely this Christmas:
Too much to Eat and Drink
Too much food and alcohol can get in the way. Eating too much can make you feel bloated and uncomfortable. Not exactly sexy.
Alcohol is notorious for interfering with sexual performance they don’t call it; brewer’s droop for nothing. As William Shakespeare himself noted, booze provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance. Indeed.
A Full House
The house being inevitably packed full of in-laws, grandparents and other distant relations is also going to make for quite an awkward environment.
You’re unlikely to want to spring into action in the bedroom right after a game of monopoly with your Great Aunt Beryl, and who can blame you?
Even if you do manage to find some peace and quiet, the fear of being interrupted or overheard is likely to put a dampener on things.
Parenting Duties
For parents, having their children wake them at the crack of dawn is part and parcel of Christmas, and that’s unlikely to ever change.
This along with the rest of the festive parenting duties, can leave most couples feeling tired and drained before Turkey is even carved. This hectic schedule can leave little chance of still feeling frisky by the time the children are in bed and the mulled wine is poured.
Christmas Apart
It’s quite common, especially for young couples, to spend Christmas apart, each going back to their respective hometowns and families.
With your significant other on the other side of the country, there isn’t too much that can be done, but that doesn’t mean you can both send the odd saucy text, potentially making for an explosive New Year’s Reunion.
It doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom come Christmas time, however- as Kiiroo’s intimacy expert Natasha Ivanovic explains:
“Christmas is a time where couples can often find themselves apart, and intimacy is hard to come by.
A combination of factors including too much wine, over-indulgence on Christmas Turkey, spending the day with your in-laws and grandparents, children getting up early or being in a long distance relationship can disrupt festive sex.
Younger adults can find this puts a strain on their relationship when they want to be closest to their partner.
Devices like Kiiroo’s Keon can help bridge this gap and help couples have interactive sex from anywhere in the world.
Even for people in long term relationships or married couples, Keon can help bring a new sense of excitement their sex lives that they perhaps didn’t know they needed”.
- Natasha Ivanovic, Intimacy Expert at Kiiroo
