Other statistics included how many Kiwis will be having two meals on Christmas day (56 per cent) - with the majority sharing the day's festivities with over 10 people (30.7 per cent).
Cooking methods for the meat on the day will be dominated by ovens and BBQs, capturing 62.8 per cent and 32.5 per cent respectively – which represents a further swing to ovens from 2020 when it was 61 per cent and 35 per cent.
Most people (37.3 per cent) will take 2-3 days to prepare their Christmas meal, which will be enjoyed in the early afternoon (53.2 per cent).
Only 1.7 per cent of people will be tucking into their meal in the late evening, after a day spent opening presents (79.3 per cent), playing backyard games (49.2 per cent), driving to other family members' houses (41 per cent) and sleeping (33.4 per cent), while only 5 per cent of Kiwis will be carol singing this year.
As for dessert, Kiwi favourite pavlova won out (70.6 per cent) with strawberries and ice cream coming in second place (45 per cent).
Not surprisingly, 97.9 per cent agreed that New Zealand created the pavlova first, rather than Australia.
As with pavlova-gate, the survey also sought answers to some long-standing debates in a series of head-to-head matchups.
The must-have song on the Christmas playlist was won by Michael Bublé with "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (52. per cent) which defeated Mariah Carey and "All I want for Christmas is You" (40.8 per cent).
Meanwhile, 78.9 per cent believe Christmas music should only be played during December, yet 7.3 per cent think it's okay to play all year round.
Then there is the 5.2 per cent who believe it should never be played.
As for presents, 87.1 per cent believe that adults should definitely get them, while 93.1 per cent believe that Christmas morning is the correct time to open presents - and 2.5 per cent will be opening as soon as they get them.
Spending time with family was 61.6 per cent of those polled's favourite part of the festive season.
Finally, and perhaps the most important debate is whether "Die Hard" is a Christmas film.