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Post by peajays on Nov 23, 2014 18:12:34 GMT
For our sit down meals for both holidays, they pretty much mirror themselves, usually only the desserts might vary. For thanksgiving we MUST have a pumpkin pie, but at Christmas it might be a varied selection of baked goods.
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Post by kelly8875 on Nov 23, 2014 18:15:12 GMT
No, Thanksgiving is the traditional meal you think of. Christmas at MIL is mostly appetizers and soup, then my parents have prime rib and tric baked potatoes on Christmas night  |
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Post by christine58 on Nov 23, 2014 18:17:01 GMT
No...not usually
Thanksgiving is turkey and all the fixings. A ham also!
Christmas Eve at my cousins' is your typical 7 fishes Italian dinner...Christmas Day...depends. Sometimes prime rib or lasagna or steak on the grill.
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Post by quiltz on Nov 23, 2014 18:17:27 GMT
Turkey for Thanksgiving
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Post by Belle on Nov 23, 2014 18:18:03 GMT
We have a traditional Thanksgiving meal with turkey etc.
My inlaws always host Christmas Eve and usually serve beef. For Christmas Day dinner, we always have cheese fondue.
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Post by bc2ca on Nov 23, 2014 18:21:49 GMT
In Canada the main meal was pretty much the same except for the trifle for dessert instead of pies. Mom started cooking our Christmas meal on Christmas Eve when we were little, so Christmas day was a stress free cooking day and we nibbled all day long on leftovers. In the US it has varied - turkey, prime rib, ham and/or a combination of any of these have been on the menu.
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Post by scrapngranny on Nov 23, 2014 18:24:01 GMT
No, not for us. We have a traditional Thanksgiving, Christmas dinner varies a lot from year to year depending on who's house we have Christmas at.
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Post by littlemama on Nov 23, 2014 18:27:08 GMT
Thanksgiving is turkey, Christmas is ham. Christmas Eve at my in-laws can vary - the last few years it has been beef tenderloin that has been overcooked to cater to picky eaters. Huge waste of a very expensive cut of meat, in my opinion.
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Post by valincal on Nov 23, 2014 18:28:37 GMT
For our sit down meals for both holidays, they pretty much mirror themselves, usually only the desserts might vary. For thanksgiving we MUST have a pumpkin pie, but at Christmas it might be a varied selection of baked goods. Yes. I think that's the way it works in Canada!  |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Nov 23, 2014 18:29:06 GMT
No. Like kelly8875, we have the tradtional fare for turkey day. Christmas is lobster tails, followed by filet mignon, baked potato & a vegetable. Dessert changes from year to year, but is always something a little more festive than we would serve during the year. |
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Post by bluepoprocks on Nov 23, 2014 18:29:30 GMT
For Thanksgiving we have the usual turkey, stuffing, vegetables, mashed potatoes, etc..
For Christmas we have ham, scalloped potatoes, vegetables, etc...
Just the main stuff is different the other things like vegetable trays, cranberry sauce, keilbasi, and a meat and cheese tray are the same. We also have pies for both but there are cookies for Christmas if you would rather have cookies.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2014 18:30:47 GMT
Thanksgiving and Christmas meals are pretty typical traditional turkey + sides. For Thanksgiving dessert we usually have pumpkin pie. And for Christmas dessert I usually make Yule Log. We don't always have "Christmas dinner" on Christmas day... sometimes we have it on Boxing Day or even the 27th if we want to go shopping on Boxing Day instead.
Oh, and we always have Christmas crackers with Christmas dinner! Would not be Christmas without them!
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Post by anxiousmom on Nov 23, 2014 18:42:38 GMT
Nope. Thanksgiving is a giant dinner filled with as much unhealthy carb filled food that a person can stuff in their gullet.
Christmas is the easy dinner, something kind of meat on the grill, baked potatoes, veggie and salad. Easy to make, easy to clean up, and easy to digest. Desserts come later. Oh-and we use paper plates, plastic cutlery, and the like. The less we have to do, the better.
We (the family) decided that we wanted to spend more time with family than in the kitchen, so we went with simple for Christmas dinner.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Nov 23, 2014 18:47:33 GMT
Not for us either. Thanksgiving is all about the food traditions. Christmas is not about the cooking at all. Sometimes we have breakfast and sometimes we have dinner. But even if we have dinner it's not turkey.
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Post by winogirl on Nov 23, 2014 18:47:51 GMT
No, my sister and BIL do Thanksgiving. Always turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and I always make mom's cranberry marshmallow salad. The other sides, appetizers desserts vary.
Christmas is at my house and I do a mixture of tried and true and new recipes. Last year I made Chicken en croute with a tarragon cream sauce. Yum! I'll make that again but not this year...I like to change things up.
No ham though, that's what I make for Easter unless it's warm enough to BBQ.
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Post by evnimom on Nov 23, 2014 18:47:59 GMT
We do buy extra turkeys around Thanksgiving since they're cheap but we won't make it for Christmas. We'll have prime rib for Christmas and ham for New Year's Eve. We'll have our extra turkeys in the middle of January or in February.
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Post by Karenina on Nov 23, 2014 18:52:02 GMT
We do traditional Thanksgiving but we always have paella for Christmas.
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Post by SabrinaP on Nov 23, 2014 18:56:10 GMT
Thaksgiving is very traditional, but we do mix it up a little with side dishes. Christmas is different every year. This year we are doing tamales.
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Post by Loydene on Nov 23, 2014 18:58:13 GMT
For Thanksgiving we go a bit more traditional -- ham instead of turkey. But for Christmas, we are heavy appetizer people. There is ham and various other things, but dining is primarily a grazing event.
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Post by padresfan619 on Nov 23, 2014 19:02:02 GMT
No. We do turkey on Thanksgiving and we vary at Christmas. Sometimes we do seafood, sometimes we do prime rib and sometimes we do ham. Just depends on how we are feeling in the weeks leading up to the holiday.
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Post by ralams3 on Nov 23, 2014 19:03:28 GMT
Like the other Canadians, our dinner menu is pretty much the same, while the desserts vary. Thanksgiving has pumpkin pie. Christmas has an assortment of goodies.
Chris
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Post by bc2ca on Nov 23, 2014 19:10:32 GMT
Thanksgiving and Christmas meals are pretty typical traditional turkey + sides. For Thanksgiving dessert we usually have pumpkin pie. And for Christmas dessert I usually make Yule Log. We don't always have "Christmas dinner" on Christmas day... sometimes we have it on Boxing Day or even the 27th if we want to go shopping on Boxing Day instead. Oh, and we always have Christmas crackers with Christmas dinner! Would not be Christmas without them! 100% agree - there must be Christmas crackers on the table and everyone has to wear their hat |
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Post by aubs on Nov 23, 2014 19:13:40 GMT
No. Growing up in an Italian family Christmas involved lasagne, spaghetti, meatballs, and antipasto. Dessert was a variety of cookies, pizzelles/cannoli, egg biscuits. Thanksgiving had a turkey with other family dishes and pie.
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Post by monklady123 on Nov 23, 2014 19:19:03 GMT
Turkey for Thanksgiving, along with all the usual suspects. Pumpkin pie and one other pie for dessert. This year I bought chocolate. Ham for Christmas, with scalloped potatoes, peas or green beans, an olive plate (don't ask me where this custom came from, we've just always done it....as if the ham isn't salty enough lol). Apple pie and one other pie for dessert, usually cherry. Vanilla ice cream to put on the warm pie. Every. Single. Year. It's the same thing. Oh well, if everyone is happy then that's fine. I hate to cook anyway so I'm happy enough not to have to learn any new recipes.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2014 19:27:31 GMT
We go to my mom and dad's for both days and the meal is the same. We have a few very picky eaters and one with multiple food allergies so it's hard to put together a meal that everyone likes and can eat and this meal is one of them. So we eat the same thing. But we enjoy it so why not.
We do have my BIL and SIL over for Christmas Eve dinner and that meal is different. Sometimes ham, sometimes prime rib and I try to vary the sides a little.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2014 19:29:17 GMT
Nope, always different from each other and different from year to year.
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Post by brandy327 on Nov 23, 2014 19:53:49 GMT
Nope, turkey & fixings for Thanksgiving and Christmas is prime rib.
Honestly though, I don't want to do prime rib. I suggested to dh that we do just appetizers for Christmas day. It was NOT well received at all. He asked me if making the prime rib was hard. I told him no, not at all. But it's the fact that I have to make a huge meal when I'd rather just sit around and enjoy the day...anyway. It'll be prime rib again this year, I imagine.
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Post by Tamhugh on Nov 23, 2014 20:02:34 GMT
Thanksgiving, whether it is with my family or the in-laws, is the traditional turkey, stuffing, potatoes, veggies, and pumpkin pie.
Christmas at my parents is ham with all the cold sides--potato salad, macaroni salad, cole slaw, pickled eggs, and lettuce with hot bacon dressing (blech).
Christmas at my in-laws is ham with the hot sides--pineapple stuffing, sweet potatoes, baked beans.
Christmas at our house--surf and turf.
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Post by Linda on Nov 23, 2014 20:53:18 GMT
Thanksgiving is American-style for the most part and Christmas is more of a nod to my British upbringing - although we don't usually do turkey for Christmas - we do roast beef instead. Considering roast duck this year though (I thought about goose, priced it and thought better of the idea)
roast potatoes
parsnips and swede (yellow turnip)
Brussels sprouts
gravy
stuffing (sage and onion)
Christmas pudding
mince pies
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Post by amandad74 on Nov 23, 2014 20:59:53 GMT
Similar. Sides are mostly the same, with the meat different and desserts different.
Thanksgiving is turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes (dh is the of the few who does not like sweet potatoes), beans, another veggie, pecan pie, pumpkin pie, or maybe apple pie.
Christmas is ham, with the other sides the same. Desserts are different - red velvet cake, peppermint flavored something.
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