The answer is "10 million".
Last Christmas saw the UK expending roughly 10 million turkeys.
The majority of families (76%) around the UK will present a succulent dish turkey as the focal point of their happy supper this Christmas.
Turkey is a relative newcomer to the Yuletide table - it was an extravagance straight up until the 1950's the point at which they turned out to be all the more generally accessible.