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Post by tallgirl on Dec 2, 2015 18:15:49 GMT
PS - we do Chinese food for Christmas Eve dinner, before we go to the candlelight service at church.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2015 18:20:08 GMT
Lasagna ham and side dishes.
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Post by myboysnme on Dec 2, 2015 19:25:44 GMT
@beachgirl55 your meal sounds yummy!
I prefer to have turkey but because it is just the 4 of us I almost always do ham, potatoes, corn, rolls, and cranberry sauce. Pumpkin and mince pies for dessert. I don't feel like spending my Christmas making a huge meal.
I like the idea of fish - crabcakes would be most excellent!
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Post by Scrapbrat on Dec 2, 2015 19:28:50 GMT
I am all about tradition on holidays, but I don't like to spend a huge amount of time cooking on Christmas. So, we pretty much always have ham, Cajun roasted potatoes, another vegetable dish, and chocolate truffle pie for dessert. Ham is one thing that I do not mind have lots of leftovers of! (Wow, that was really bad grammar!)
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Post by katiejane on Dec 2, 2015 20:10:34 GMT
We do the traditional christmad dinner. As there just 4 of us I get a turkey crown. Christmas eve is always ham.
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Post by calgal08 on Dec 2, 2015 20:16:40 GMT
Growing up it was the traditional UK Christmas dinner - turkey, cranberry sauce, roast potatoes and brussel sprouts, followed by Christmas pudding and brandy sauce.
Now I'm in the US married to someone who grew up Jewish, so for us it's now a trip to a local Chinese restaurant ;-)
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Post by Fidget on Dec 2, 2015 20:16:17 GMT
We have a big Christmas Eve celebration, MIL is Mexican so we have home made tamales and enchiladas. She is becoming quite frail so Sister in Law and I have taken over the cooking, I do pretty good for a "white girl" as the family lovingly refers to me!! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by RiverIsis on Dec 3, 2015 4:38:31 GMT
Here in Canada Thanksgiving is in October so by Christmas we are ready for the big turkey dinner again So we have turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, some sort of veggies, buns and a selection of pies That is after snacking on a bunch of appetizers all afternoon My cousin who lives in Canada celebrates Canadian Thanksgiving then her sister visits her from the US and they celebrate US Thanksgiving! I guess I need to ask her what they plan for Christmas, TBH it will probably be what DH sorts out as they are expecting a little bundle of joy anytime in the next month.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2015 4:42:57 GMT
We usually do either a traditional Ham or Turkey meal
but I hate cooking so this year, we are going to order a couple platters so people can eat when they want. I think it's going to be a sandwich platter and some deli side dishes.
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Post by marykate on Dec 3, 2015 5:05:24 GMT
Here in Canada Thanksgiving is in October so by Christmas we are ready for the big turkey dinner again So we have turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, some sort of veggies, buns and a selection of pies That is after snacking on a bunch of appetizers all afternoon I'm a Canadian living in the US; and in a few weeks, I will be cooking my third big 'turkey with all the trimmings' dinner in the space of 2.5 months. First turkey dinner: Canadian Thanksgiving, mid-October Second turkey dinner: American Thanksgiving, late November Third turkey dinner: Christmas Day, late December If we were staying in the States for Christmas, I'd be offering lasagne for dinner (because, after all, we just had a big turkey dinner for American Thanksgiving; and before that, we also had a big turkey dinner for Canadian Thanksgiving!). But we're going to Canada for Christmas, and staying with a sister who doesn't really cook, so I'm on for dinner duty, and turkey is what everyone will expect. I am a vegetarian, by the way: I don't even eat the turkey that I cook! But I live with a couple of male carnivores; and anyway, I value the tradition of the holiday meal (Everyday cooking? I'm going to urge you to at least try the broccoli-tofu stir-fry. Holiday cooking? Not so much with the tofu and the quinoa. I'm all about reproducing the food, and the food memories, that my mother and my grandmother and my great-grandmother created). I'm told that my stuffing and gravy is quite good; but this is mere hearsay, since I've never actually tasted my meat-laden dishes myself.
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Post by camcas on Dec 3, 2015 7:23:13 GMT
Aussie here...growing up we did the trad roast turkey roast pork roast veg and Xmas pudding with leftovers and pavlova for tea Now it is just my brothers family of 4 and my family of 4 and we are doing the new Aussie trad -seafood and ice cream bomb with summer fruits..mango,peach,cherries and berries but I will still do a pudding( old family recipe) and my bro will still make a trad fruit cake( another family recipe)
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Post by katiekaty on Dec 3, 2015 7:34:01 GMT
We usually do the whole traditional turkey thing again for Christmas but this year I am thinking of changing things up. I want to do a pork roasts, twice baked potatoes, oven roasted corn on the cob, fresh glazed carrots, fresh green beans with bacon and new potatoes, fresh bread/rolls, a salad, and the usual desserts; chocolate pie, coconut or lemon pie and lots and lots of cookies.
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Post by penny on Dec 3, 2015 7:55:36 GMT
Grandma's traditional is ham, mom's traditional is turkey... I've done ham and turkey breasts in the past... Both easy for three of us...
Last year I did a leg of lamb in the slow cooker... Wasn't sure if it would do well in there, but it was amazing - and so easy... Have been craving it since so I'll probably do that again... Turkey is the usual thanksgiving and ham for Easter, so lamb is a nice traditional but different choice for Christmas for us...
Roast potatoes, parsnips, carrots, and balsamic brussel sprouts, and green beans - really easy to prep the day before and then just leave to cook... I usually forgo a salad in exchange for veggies and dip... I put that out early with some apples, grapes, cheese, crackers, pickles, mixed nuts, etc...
Mom makes a layered jello dessert thing (so good), but otherwise dessert is whatever I feel like making... Pumpkin is our traditional thanksgiving dessert so I don't worry about making it for Christmas...
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Post by patin on Dec 3, 2015 8:04:59 GMT
We go to our DS on Christmas Eve & we do a soup buffet. We usually travel home on Christmas evening & I make "something" @ home. This year I am planning steak & potatoes. I really miss the huge Italian feast my MIL did on Christmas Eve & the prime rib I used to do on Christmas.
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Post by pas2 on Dec 3, 2015 9:58:51 GMT
Christmas eve it's just us so I make something with seafood like lobster and shrimp scampi then off to church. On Christmas day it's cold ham, mac & cheese and finger food (same as for Easter).
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Post by lesley on Dec 3, 2015 10:10:51 GMT
I'm getting so hungry reading this thread! We usually go traditional: turkey, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts, roast parsnips, cranberry sauce, bacon and sausage rolls, oh and stuffing. And then Christmas pudding with liqueur-laced cream. This year we are having fillet steaks with brandy and peppercorn sauce. Much simpler!
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Post by bonserella on Dec 3, 2015 10:57:54 GMT
We celebrate Chrismukkah over here, so this Sunday I will be making matzo ball soup, potato latkes, etc. We will be eating seafood lasagna on Xmas Eve, bagels, cream cheese, lox, etc on Xmas AM, and prime rib, potatoes, etc for Xmas dinner. But really, the prime rib dinner is not a stressful in-kitchen-all-day kind of meal - the recipe I use basically involves putting that thing in the oven for about 2.5 hours & leaving it alone. It comes out perfectly medium-rare every time - easy-peasy!
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Post by christine58 on Dec 3, 2015 11:10:42 GMT
There are only 6 of us and I am so tired of the same old, same old. We usually have ham, sausage, pierogies, potatoes, etc. Basically the same meal we have for Easter. I'd love to hear what everyone else has.
Thanks, Ann We've done prime rib, lasagna, strip steaks....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2015 11:14:41 GMT
An absolutely delicious bottle of Ensure shake.
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Post by Daikon on Dec 3, 2015 11:16:22 GMT
It depends on the year at our house, last year it was prime rib, twice baked potatoes and a few other items I am drawing a blank on.
This year we are doing macaroni and cheese, ham and kielbasa since SO doesn't care for ham. We will have three kinds of pierogie on Christmas Eve, cabbage, potato and onion and blueberry.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Dec 3, 2015 12:00:42 GMT
There are only 5 of us: Me, DH, DS, my Dad, and my sister. 99.9% of the time sister won't stay for dinner. I do a prime rib, rolls, mashed potatoes, peas. I keep it simple. Dessert is cake or cookies.
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Post by littlemama on Dec 3, 2015 12:06:19 GMT
Christmas Eve varies, because we told my MIL that there would be no ham or turkey on Christmas Eve, since where we all go on Christmas serves those items. We have had lasagna, beef tenderloin, fried chicken in various years. What we would really like is to do appetizers on Christmas Eve, but mil will not do it. Christmas Day is pretty traditional- ham, scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, corn, rolls, some type of dessert- often Christmas Cookies.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Dec 3, 2015 12:44:16 GMT
Turkey and all the trimmings here. Dull, dull, dull. I prefer goose, which is more traditionally British, but has largely died out.
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Post by PEArfect on Dec 3, 2015 12:55:38 GMT
My mom always had a very informal Christmas eve dinner, and I've continued that tradition. We love it! Think picnic foods...sliced deli meat, macaroni salad, potato salad, chips, fruit plate, vegetable plate, cheese and cracker tray, deviled eggs, cookies, homemade candies.
LH's family fixes a more traditional meal. Basically a Thanksgiving repeat. Turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, noodles, pies.
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Post by lindah on Dec 3, 2015 12:59:36 GMT
We have turkey sandwiches, shrimp soup, potato soup, chips & dips, then all kinds of desserts. We like to keep it simple!
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Post by Dalai Mama on Dec 3, 2015 13:39:50 GMT
This is the first year that we aren't having Christmas dinner with the extended family and, honestly, I'm really looking forward to something different.
Right now, I'm think I'm going to smoke a duck on our Big Green Egg.
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 3, 2015 13:54:34 GMT
Years ago we decided that rather than spend a whole lot of time stuck in the kitchen away from family, we were going to simplify in a big way when it came to food on Christmas day. We grill out steaks and chicken, make baked potatoes and a salad and call it done. Add it festive paper plates and napkins, solo cups with your name on them for reuse and no one has to work too hard. One of the fun family traditions is the passing of the tongs (for the grill) to which ever boy has spent enough time apprenticing at the guild of charcoal to be in charge of watching the food. There is a old tong that has all their names written on it as they come of age. (And no, we aren't being sexist and excluding girls-we don't have any. I have only sons and nephews. The last girls were me and my sisters-and then sisters in law. We only had boys. Even my cousins only had boys. My mother and her sisters are hoping that one day one of the grandsons will produce a girl. ![:laugh:](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/Ivm7lm0DayrhoRpwvCeH.jpg) )
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Post by BarbaraUK on Dec 3, 2015 14:06:00 GMT
Now it is just my brothers family of 4 and my family of 4 and we are doing the new Aussie trad -seafood and ice cream bomb with summer fruits..mango,peach,cherries and berries but I will still do a pudding( old family recipe) and my bro will still make a trad fruit cake( another family recipe) That sounds delicious! Think I may just adopt 'the new Aussie trad' menu for Boxing Day as a change from ham.
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Post by karinms on Dec 3, 2015 16:31:23 GMT
I'm Canadian so there will be the traditional Christmas dinner, but it won't be on Christmas day ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/Q_m8lDOvc_3Le3r1GKdf.jpg) . We have a very full house the weekend before Christmas and that's when the turkey and all the trimmings will be enjoyed. We may have a second Christmas dinner with my guy's mom and aunt at some point but that will probably be ham, perhaps with scalloped potatoes instead of twice baked and the rest of the traditional sides. If the weather isn't great we'll go to them instead of them coming to us and likely go out for dinner instead. On Christmas Day it will most likely just be my guy and me so I'm thinking steak on the bbq and some sides.
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Post by miominmio on Dec 3, 2015 16:39:50 GMT
What you have for Thanksgiving essentially Same here. I grew up with prime rib for Christmas, and although it is probably the historically correct thing to eat for Jul, I really, really hate meat from pigs (with the exception of bacon).
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