Snoring at Christmas is more common than you might think — and not just because of late nights with family or festive excitement. For many people, winter brings a perfect storm of triggers that can worsen loud snoring and disrupt sleep health. If you’ve noticed your snoring getting louder, longer or more frequent during the festive season, you’re not alone. Understanding what causes snoring is the first step towards taking control of your sleep.
Winter Habits And Snoring At Christmas
Whilst Christmas is a joyful time, it also brings changes to your routine that can make snoring worse. Rich food, alcohol, cold weather and stuffy indoor heating all influence what causes snoring.
Cold air can irritate the airways, whilst central heating dries them out. This combination makes throat tissues more likely to vibrate, increasing loud snoring. Festive meals can also play a role — heavy foods take longer to digest, especially when eaten late at night. Add in alcohol (a known muscle relaxant that narrows the airway) and snoring with congestion or throat vibration becomes far more likely.
If you’re staying with friends or family over the festive season, you might even become more aware of it. Nothing highlights snoring quite like sharing walls or a spare room.
How Winter Affects Your Airway
When temperatures drop, your nose works harder to warm and humidify the air you breathe. For some people, this causes swelling in the nasal passages, leading to blocked noses and snoring with congestion. It’s one of the key reasons snoring at Christmas can feel worse than at any other time of year.
Blocked or narrowed nasal passages force you to breathe through your mouth, increasing the chances of airway vibration. This is where Snoreeze’s congestion-focused products can help support better airflow. Snoreeze Nasal Spray, Nasal Strips and Nasal Dilator are designed to open the nasal passages, helping you breathe more easily and reducing the likelihood of loud snoring triggered by winter colds.
For those whose loud snoring is triggered by throat vibrations rather than the nose, festive fatigue can make things even trickier. Late nights, disrupted routines and increased stress all affect muscle tone in the airway. If throat muscles relax more than usual, airflow becomes restricted — a common cause of snoring at Christmas.
Supporting Better Sleep This Winter
If throat-based snoring is your main issue, the Snoreeze Oral Device — an adjustable anti-snoring mouthpiece — may help reduce the vibrations that cause loud snoring. It works by holding the jaw forward, supporting a clearer airway. This can be particularly useful during the festive season, when lifestyle changes make throat snoring more likely.
It’s one of the most effective snoring solutions for people who suffer with mild to moderate sleep apnoea and are looking for reliable snoring relief.
If congestion is your trigger, Snoreeze’s snoring with congestion range can support easier breathing. These products offer targeted snoring relief to help manage snoring at Christmas caused by blocked or irritated nasal passages.
A Winter Reminder: Your Sleep Is Important
Christmas brings joy, celebration and much-needed downtime — but it shouldn’t come at the cost of your sleep. Taking small steps to understand what increases snoring at Christmas means you can enjoy the season without exhaustion, embarrassment or restless nights.
Explore the Snoreeze range today and stay ahead of your winter sleep health.
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