Christmas Dinner...what's your tradition?

MsRubio · 12-05-2005

What does everyone serve? This year we are having my family and Michael's family for dinner....will be about 15 of us...we rotate years...and it is our turn...our tradition is to serve turkey, ham, potatoes, asparagus, stuffing, sauerkraut, corn, dinner rolls, and as an appetizer shrimp cocktail. Dessert is always homemade pies and cookies...drinks include egg nog and lots of wine.

I guess the one thing I consider tradition is the sauerkraut...it seems to be a regional thing...Michael would not enjoy dinner if it was not served.

TAPPY · 12-05-2005

Seafood Gumbo (Shrimp, Crab, Okra) for Christmas Eve.
Christmas Day is usually Pork Roast, maybe a Turducken....have also cooked goose or duck in the past...

Looking for something different this year......

roni · 12-05-2005

If we have one, it is to travel somewhere. We generally do not get together with family. Last year we went to Isla de Mujeres and Playa. This year we are going to the Oregon coast for the nights of the 23rd and 24th - hopefully there will be some storms as we will have a large picture window and a fireplace in a second floor oceanfront suite.

Boxing Day two couples with one kid each are coming over for dinner and gift exchange. I'll figure something to cook - most likely smoked meat and grilled veggies. Homemade eggnog is traditional - whiskey or rum is always the question there

.

Will call family on the 25th.

Ron

MsRubio · 12-05-2005

Christmas Eve we go out to dinner...we go to the children's mass at church first and then we go out for an Italian dinner...have done this for the past five years...we have a great Italian restaurant next door to our business...and since Michael works every Christmas Eve this is very convenient. After dinner we drive around and look at Christmas lights too.

MsRubio · 12-05-2005

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Originally Posted by roni

Homemade eggnog is traditional - whiskey or rum is always the question there

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Whiskey is our choice.

Doggiemom · 12-06-2005

Being at work is my Christmas dinner tradition!

Rissask · 12-06-2005

Roni- since when do Americans call it 'Boxing Day'?

LOVE LOVE LOVE sauerkraut- my German grandfather used to make it in huge crocks in his basement...gotta say, we never had it at Xmas dinners though.

We just had our family xmas this past weekend.

Our basic menu is:

turkey and dressing
'real' cranberries (none of that congealed canned crap)
mashed taters with turkey gravy
turnips mashed with butter and brown sugar
some veggie (this year was broccoli and cheese sauce)
buns- both brown and white, with butter
assorted salads- bean salad, 'Oriental salad', maybe a gross jello salad from one of the old aunts that no one will touch.

pumpkin pie and real whipped cream for dessert.

And rum and eggnog- LOTS AND LOTS of rum and eggnog. And wine.

On hubby's side, we have the traditional Mennonite xmas dinner at noon- basically the same items but with less colour and spices (VERY bland.)
Oh and with cabbage rolls and perogies and usually a ham, and also 'cream gravy', this horrendous white gravy that tastes like pure lard.
Oh and they usually have a huge spread of desserts- banana cream and cholcolate cream and coconut cream pie, many different kinds of cookies, and usually a cheesecake.
His family are BIG eaters.

**Susie Q Roo** · 12-06-2005

Back when I had it, Christmas dinner consisted of:

Pork Tenderloins
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy (if my sister made the gravy) or hash brown casserole
Broccoli Casserole (THIS is the main tradition; I think the whole family could survive on that alone)
Green bean casserole (the usual French's onion one or we had another one that involved bacon - mmm!)
Sweet potato casserole or whipped ones
Rolls and butter
Pretzel Salad (if you haven't ever had this, you should!)
Assorted pies or whatever anyone brought for dessert

Now that I've made myself good and drooly.... :p

Babaloo · 12-06-2005

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Originally Posted by MsRubio

What does everyone serve? This year we are having my family and Michael's family for dinner....

Oh, the humanity!!!

Snowdogs · 12-06-2005

The "Colonel" my dear old departed Dad started the family tradition of Lox’s & Bagels for Christmas breakfast, which I thought a little different for Irish Catholics... and for dinner, served at precisely at 1400, standing rib roast, potatoes - served three or four different ways, beans or peas, rabbit food as he called salads followed by warmed fresh blueberry pie at 1900.

Rigid? you betcha. We no longer keep to such schedule but the menu is pretty much the same.

Merry Christmas!

playabum17 · 12-06-2005

We have the same thing we have for Thanksgiving
Roast
Mashed Potatos
Beef Flavored Egg Noodles-the family favorite
corn
rolls
gravy
Usually Blueberry and Cherry Pie a la mode

Good stuff, Mom is an awesome cook!

**Susie Q Roo** · 12-06-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by playabum17

We have the same thing we have for Thanksgiving
Roast
Mashed Potatos
Beef Flavored Egg Noodles-the family favorite
corn
rolls
gravy
Usually Blueberry and Cherry Pie a la mode

Good stuff, Mom is an awesome cook!

Not a green vegetable-loving family, eh?

playabum17 · 12-06-2005

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Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

Not a green, leafy vegetable-loving family, eh?

We are, we just don't have it with our Thanksgiving dinner. Sometimes we have vegetable trays. Oh, another favorite for us is cheese ball. Make it every time.

MsRubio · 12-06-2005

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Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

Green bean casserole (the usual French's onion one or we had another one that involved bacon - mmm!)
Sweet potato casserole or whipped ones
Pretzel Salad (if you haven't ever had this, you should!)

My mom makes a great pretzel salad too. Maybe I can talk her into making it this year for dinner.

Last year Mom made a sweet potato casserole and added rum in it...well let me tell you we all could have gotten drunk eating it...she had a heavy hand that day with the bottle.

We too will probably have a green bean casserole along with the other veggies. And I forgot to add cranberry too...Dad has to have his cranberries!

NorthMinnesota · 12-06-2005

Christmas Eve is just our immediate family and some close friends and always at our house...dinner served after an early church service, usually around 6. Appitizers are a marinated shrimp with mandarin oranges,capers and red onion and crab puffs. Dinner is a Honey-baked ham, pesto and sundried tomato tortellini salad, deviled eggs, home made rolls, and steamed green beans with garlic butter sauce. A relish tray of some sort is usually on the table too! Homemade cheescake is also a dessert tradition.

Christmas dinner is now held at my SIL's. It is a buffet...she doesn't cook so everyone else brings the food.

I bring the rest of the ham, shrimp, tortellini salad and a few appetizers. This menu changes but it is always interesting...

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MsRubio Happy Girl Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Top of the Chesapeake Bay, Md Posts: 6,508	Christmas Dinner...what's your tradition? What does everyone serve? This year we are having my family and Michael's family for dinner....will be about 15 of us...we rotate years...and it is our turn...our tradition is to serve turkey, ham, potatoes, asparagus, stuffing, sauerkraut, corn, dinner rolls, and as an appetizer shrimp cocktail. Dessert is always homemade pies and cookies...drinks include egg nog and lots of wine. I guess the one thing I consider tradition is the sauerkraut...it seems to be a regional thing...Michael would not enjoy dinner if it was not served. Last edited by MsRubio; 12-05-2005 at 11:27 PM.

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TAPPY añejo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Louisiana Posts: 15,106	Seafood Gumbo (Shrimp, Crab, Okra) for Christmas Eve. Christmas Day is usually Pork Roast, maybe a Turducken....have also cooked goose or duck in the past... Looking for something different this year......

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roni Happy Curmudgeon Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 26,873	If we have one, it is to travel somewhere. We generally do not get together with family. Last year we went to Isla de Mujeres and Playa. This year we are going to the Oregon coast for the nights of the 23rd and 24th - hopefully there will be some storms as we will have a large picture window and a fireplace in a second floor oceanfront suite. Boxing Day two couples with one kid each are coming over for dinner and gift exchange. I'll figure something to cook - most likely smoked meat and grilled veggies. Homemade eggnog is traditional - whiskey or rum is always the question there . Will call family on the 25th. Ron

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MsRubio Happy Girl Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Top of the Chesapeake Bay, Md Posts: 6,508	Christmas Eve we go out to dinner...we go to the children's mass at church first and then we go out for an Italian dinner...have done this for the past five years...we have a great Italian restaurant next door to our business...and since Michael works every Christmas Eve this is very convenient. After dinner we drive around and look at Christmas lights too.

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Doggiemom añejo Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Humble, Texas Posts: 6,071	Being at work is my Christmas dinner tradition!

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Rissask Brit basher Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 19,632	Roni- since when do Americans call it 'Boxing Day'? LOVE LOVE LOVE sauerkraut- my German grandfather used to make it in huge crocks in his basement...gotta say, we never had it at Xmas dinners though. We just had our family xmas this past weekend. Our basic menu is: turkey and dressing 'real' cranberries (none of that congealed canned crap) mashed taters with turkey gravy turnips mashed with butter and brown sugar some veggie (this year was broccoli and cheese sauce) buns- both brown and white, with butter assorted salads- bean salad, 'Oriental salad', maybe a gross jello salad from one of the old aunts that no one will touch. pumpkin pie and real whipped cream for dessert. And rum and eggnog- LOTS AND LOTS of rum and eggnog. And wine. On hubby's side, we have the traditional Mennonite xmas dinner at noon- basically the same items but with less colour and spices (VERY bland.) Oh and with cabbage rolls and perogies and usually a ham, and also 'cream gravy', this horrendous white gravy that tastes like pure lard. Oh and they usually have a huge spread of desserts- banana cream and cholcolate cream and coconut cream pie, many different kinds of cookies, and usually a cheesecake. His family are BIG eaters.

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Susie Q Roo paradisiac Join Date: May 2003 Location: Q Roo Posts: 10,923	Back when I had it, Christmas dinner consisted of: Pork Tenderloins Mashed Potatoes and Gravy (if my sister made the gravy) or hash brown casserole Broccoli Casserole (THIS is the main tradition; I think the whole family could survive on that alone) Green bean casserole (the usual French's onion one or we had another one that involved bacon - mmm!) Sweet potato casserole or whipped ones Rolls and butter Pretzel Salad (if you haven't ever had this, you should!) Assorted pies or whatever anyone brought for dessert Now that I've made myself good and drooly.... :p

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Snowdogs beachaholic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maine's Frozen Tundra Posts: 433	The "Colonel" my dear old departed Dad started the family tradition of Lox’s & Bagels for Christmas breakfast, which I thought a little different for Irish Catholics... and for dinner, served at precisely at 1400, standing rib roast, potatoes - served three or four different ways, beans or peas, rabbit food as he called salads followed by warmed fresh blueberry pie at 1900. Rigid? you betcha. We no longer keep to such schedule but the menu is pretty much the same. Merry Christmas!

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playabum17 naughtiest chica Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: My body may be in Minnesota, but my brain is in Playa! Posts: 15,578	We have the same thing we have for Thanksgiving Roast Mashed Potatos Beef Flavored Egg Noodles-the family favorite corn rolls gravy Usually Blueberry and Cherry Pie a la mode Good stuff, Mom is an awesome cook!

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NorthMinnesota añejo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 5,600	Christmas Eve is just our immediate family and some close friends and always at our house...dinner served after an early church service, usually around 6. Appitizers are a marinated shrimp with mandarin oranges,capers and red onion and crab puffs. Dinner is a Honey-baked ham, pesto and sundried tomato tortellini salad, deviled eggs, home made rolls, and steamed green beans with garlic butter sauce. A relish tray of some sort is usually on the table too! Homemade cheescake is also a dessert tradition. Christmas dinner is now held at my SIL's. It is a buffet...she doesn't cook so everyone else brings the food. I bring the rest of the ham, shrimp, tortellini salad and a few appetizers. This menu changes but it is always interesting...

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