The traditional glazed ham and prawns on ice will not make the plate for more than one in 10 Australians this Christmas.

New research by Finder found 12 per cent of Australians would serve up a meat-free menu on December 25.

Melbourne woman Kayla Mossuto and her husband Piers will joins millions of Australians who will be preparing meat-free dishes this Christmas, much to the their meat-eating families distaste.

Ms Mossuto switched to vegetarianism more than a decade ago, while her hubby who has Italian heritage and is from a family of meat eaters only adopted the trend during the last 12 months, mainly for sustainability reasons.

Weve been trying to improve our environmental impact, she said.

The sustainability factor has become more prominent and a contributing factor to maintaining that is a vegetarian diet.

The surge in Australians ditching meat continues, with 27 per cent of Australians reducing their meat intake over the last year.

In April, Roy Morgan found 2.5 million Australians were either vegetarian or had dramatically decreased their meat intake, many for environmental reasons.

Finders sustainability expert Ben King said going meat-free was not just good for the environment but peoples pockets too.

You dont have to cut meat from the menu altogether. Subbing out the glazed ham for a vegetarian alternative could save you upwards of $40 on your Christmas lunch, he said.

Making vegies the mainstay this Christmas is totally doable, and theres a misconception that it wont be as tasty.

As the nation grows more environmentally conscious, many Aussies are also considering adopting other measures to preserve the planet and reduce waste this Christmas.

More than half (51 per cent) said they wanted to make an environmentally conscious choice, with 24 per cent pledging to ditch disposable dinnerware, Finders researchers found.

The same percentage of people will swap old-school wrapping with recycled paper and 14 per cent will decorate using solar powered lights.

A staggering $400 million was forked out on unwanted gifts last Christmas, many of which ended up in landfill.

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