Christmas Day 'relative rage' kicks in at 3.45pm
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Christmas Day 'relative rage' kicks in at exactly 3.45pm, causing a surge in online bookings for holidays in 2015.
A sale launched on December 25 last year saw calls to one holiday company surge 186 per cent as desperate Britons rushed to book discount breaks to sunny destinations.
The poll by Teletext Holidays found that post-turkey tantrums kick in at 3.45pm, forcing thousands of Scrooges to book their next summer getaway in search of sandy, white beaches instead of a snowy, white Christmas.
Christmas Day 'relative rage' kicks in at 3.45pm, according to a new poll, with families finally getting frustrated with their visitors
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Rather then snoozing on the sofa, fed up families hit the phone lines with breaks to Sharm el Sheikh, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Majorca and Dubai top of many Christmas lists.
Feuding families and cabin fever in the long, winter months is to blame, according to experts.
Professor Cary Cooper, distinguished professor of organisational psychology and health, from the University of Lancaster said: 'It's the busiest time of year at work in the months leading up to the festive season and the cold, dreary weather and dark evenings make that summer break taken in July or August feel like it was a very long time ago.
'Throw in the stress of Christmas shopping and entertaining, as well as negotiating sometimes tricky family relationships, and it is perhaps unsurprising that we need something to look forward to and want to book a holiday.'
Families are so keen to escape the stresses of Christmas, that a sale launched on Christmas Day last year saw a nearly 200% surge in bookings
After the stresses of Christmas and winter, Britons dream of escaping to sunny beaches
Teletext Holidays Marketing Director Tom Sainsbury said: 'Last year we witnessed unprecedented demand for beach holidays on Christmas Day.
'Despite our best efforts to predict how many staff we'd need, we just couldn't cope. So this year we're incentivising staff to come in and man the phones.
'Crafty holiday shoppers will sneak away from the in-laws to get in there first and bag their place in the sun. This year we're ready.'
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