Christmas Food/Traditions

[happyone]

Our big dinner is Christmas Eve, so Christmas dinner/breakfast is piecing on leftovers from the night before.

I also make my "Christmas Potatos" which are a variation on scalloped potatos made with gruyere cheese that we only have on Christmas, because of the price of gruyere.

[YOhio]

For lunch/dinner both of us really hated the big dinner idea. We buy some decent cold cuts, cheeses and breads and make sandwiches.

Why do you hate the big dinner idea? I love Christmas dinner even more than Thanksgiving.

[TripletDaddy]

Why do you hate the big dinner idea? I love Christmas dinner even more than Thanksgiving.

I have a good friend who comes from a "big Christmas dinner" family. They actually get all dressed up for it...Sunday best, dresses, ties, etc. They take a family picture. They eat prime rib, etc.

It actually sounds very cool, although it seems like a ton of work.

On Christmas eve, I would rather be goofing around and having fun than prepping food for several hours and washing lots of dishes afterward. But we have toyed with the idea of getting gussied up and injecting a little more class into our Christmas Eve celebration.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Why do you hate the big dinner idea? I love Christmas dinner even more than Thanksgiving.

I just don't like it. I hate spending all day Christmas making food when I could be watching a movie or playing games with my kids.

[happyone]

I just don't like it. I hate spending all day Christmas making food when I could be watching a movie or playing games with my kids.

I think this is main reason we have our big dinner on Chirstmas Eve.

[BoylenOver]

I just bought a few items that will add a few pounds to my beanpole frame

Christmas Tree Cakes


Peppermint stick ice cream

Cordial cherries

Soft peppermint candies

[FN Phat]

Christmas Eve we have hors d'oeuvres and tell family stories. Big dinner Christmas night.

[John McClain]

Christmas Traditions

We are into diversity in our house. Our traditions start on December 13th, which is Santa Lucia day (Swedish). Santa Lucia (usually the oldest daughter but since all my daughters are now married the wife takes over the role again) wakes up the family with hot cross buns and hot chocolate. We also have New Mexico night with posole, tamales, chile con queso, biscochitos and chile, chile, chile. On English night, we go caroling and come home to baked ham, wassail and sugar cookies. For Christmas Eve we celebrate Le Reveillon (French) with prime rib, fruits and cheeses and a bouche de noel (French rolled Christmas cake to resemble a log). Christmas day we put out rolls, meats etc for do it yourself sandwiches. I say why limit yourself to one Christmas meal?

[MarkGrace]

I just remembered candy cane joe joe's are out now. I need to get on that!

[ERCougar]

We are into diversity in our house. Our traditions start on December 13th, which is Santa Lucia day (Swedish). Santa Lucia (usually the oldest daughter but since all my daughters are now married the wife takes over the role again) wakes up the family with hot cross buns and hot chocolate. We also have New Mexico night with posole, tamales, chile con queso, biscochitos and chile, chile, chile. On English night, we go caroling and come home to baked ham, wassail and sugar cookies. For Christmas Eve we celebrate Le Reveillon (French) with prime rib, fruits and cheeses and a bouche de noel (French rolled Christmas cake to resemble a log). Christmas day we put out rolls, meats etc for do it yourself sandwiches. I say why limit yourself to one Christmas meal?

That's a great tradition.

Another idea to add - Galette des rois (King's Cake). Recipe on allrecipes is easy and pretty authentic-tasting. In France, this is traditionally eaten on January 6, "L'Ascencion", which is the day after the 12th day of Christmas, and commemorates the visit of the Three Wise Men. You hide a little ceramic baby Jesus (or coin or whatever) in the cake somewhere and whoever gets it in their piece gets to be King/Queen for the day. We've done this every year with our kids and they love it.

[landpoke]

And still all the haters are hatin' on the best thing about the holidays:

Green Bean Casserole



Mmmm, mmmm good.

[TripletDaddy]

Please make sure that I am squarely on the list of "haters" of green bean casserole at Christmas time (or any time).

TIA.

[Jeff Lebowski]

And still all the haters are hatin' on the best thing about the holidays:

Green Bean Casserole



Mmmm, mmmm good.

This is the opposite of food porn. What is the proper term for that?

[landpoke]

To hate Green Bean Casserole is to hate America. Commies.

[Surfah]

I had the best sweet potato casserole yesterday at a Christmas party. It was topped with coconut and nuts. It tasted like a macaroon on top of a sweet potato. It was awesome. I should have got a recipe.