Editing Stir-up Sunday (section)

==Family activity==
Traditionally, families gather together in the kitchen of their homes to mix and steam Christmas pudding on Stir-up Sunday.<ref>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/family/this-weekend-is-stir-up-sunday---263526 This weekend is Stir Up Sunday – traditionally the time to make your Christmas pudding] Retrieved 24 July 2013</ref> Parents teach their children how to mix ingredients for the pudding. Everyone takes a turn to stir the pudding mix, for each person involved is able to make a special wish for the year ahead. Practically, stirring the mixture is hard work, therefore as many people as possible are involved. By tradition the pudding mixture is stirred from East to West in honor of the three [[Biblical Magi|wise men]] who visited the baby Jesus.<ref>[http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/stirup.htm Stir-up Sunday Christmas Pudding Day] Retrieved 4 November 2015</ref>

In some households, silver coins or other charms are added to the pudding mix.<ref>[http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2012/11/christmas-pudding-stir-up-sunday.html Christmas Pudding "Stir Up Sunday"] Retrieved 24 July 2013</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A History of the Christmas Pudding |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/history-of-the-christmas-pudding/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=English Heritage}}</ref> It is believed that finding a coin brings good luck.<ref name=":0" />

In a 2013 survey, two-thirds of British children reported that they had never experienced stirring Christmas pudding mix,<ref>[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/stir-up-sunday-time-to-make-a-start-on-christmas-pud-1.1016161?referrerPath=home/2.1962 Stir-Up Sunday – Time to make a start on Christmas Pud!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219022240/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/stir-up-sunday-time-to-make-a-start-on-christmas-pud-1.1016161?referrerPath=home%2F2.1962 |date=19 December 2013 }} Retrieved 24 July 2013</ref> reflecting consumers' preference for ready-made puddings widely available in shops.