Well a good friend of mine's parents indeed did that every year. As was tradition at the time us lads went out on the piss Xmas Eve and we got home after the last pub kicked us out. My mate got home and was peckish, saw the already cooked Turkey and thought no-one would notice if he had a little bit and somehow managed to pick up the whole bird, drop it on the floor at which point the dogs had an early breakfast, in his panic he slipped on the grease that was now on the floor and knocked himself out cold at the scene of the crime
So there's one good reason