What's on the menu for Christmas Day/Eve?

MaripositaII · 12-16-2007

Whether you have the big meal on the 24th or 25th, what are you having?

So far I only have turkey on my menu with Cranberry chutney. Haven't figured out the rest yet. I have time, right?

**SunKneeMarie** · 12-16-2007

I don't know yet! We found out that Ashley and Wes and the baby are coming late afternoon, and my parents said they have nowhere else to go, so they'll be joining us. Ashley will have just come from a traditional big meal, so... do we do something non traditional like chili or lasagne or do we do the big meal again and make them suck it up?

Eileencc · 12-16-2007

Well, I travel to releatives on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, so I am not doing any of the main courses. But, like a lot of familiies, mine tends to associate the holidays with certain special foods.

On Christmas Eve, my cousin lays out the most amazing spread of foods...Martha Stewart learns from her! Turkey, ham, fancy side dishes, the prettiest cookies, etc. etc. So I'll most likely contribute a bunch of cookies and other sweets. Those are never turned away. I will probably also help my mom with a few of her traditional French Canadian things, like tortiere pie (pork and potato) and gorton (pork and onion spread). So bad for you but so delicious, that it's good that Christmas only comes once a year.

On Christmas Day, we go to Charlie's brother's house...my sister in law usually makes a gigundo beef tenderloin with all the fixins. To die for.

roni · 12-16-2007

We're having Christmas Eve dinner with Laurie, our niece/nephew and Laurie's brother and his wife, Esperanza.

We bought a ham yesterday to have around the house over the holidays - what a good multi-purpose meat it is

I am going to make a spicy tinga poblano on New Year's Day. I think it will make a much better Smith family tradition than that of my parent's generation, black-eye peas.

Skiptown · 12-16-2007

Breakfast is always eggs benedict, Chris makes a killer hollanadise sauce,hashbrowns and Mamosas. Dinner will be either ham or turkey, if I get ambitious it will be deep fried turkey. Kinda depends on the weather.
New Years eve is always seafood for us, king crab legs, clams,etc. Throw in a good bottle of wine sit back and listen to WW3 start in our town. I swear I heard machine guns last year. So many gunshots that the police don't even respond from 11:30pm until 12:30 am. We set on the covered patio as all of those gunshots have to land somewhere.

jflattracker · 12-16-2007

Christmas Eve will be here and we will be doing the usual fondue. Kids love it! Cheese and meat fondue. Play games for awhile and then do a chocolate fondue for dessert. Christmas day is at my parents house. We ar having ham and other traditional dishes.

TAPPY · 12-16-2007

Seafood gumbo or a Shrimp Creole...Shrimp is really kicking this year.

Ginger · 12-16-2007

We do Chinese take out xmas eve....

Christmas Day and Boxing day are with family and so I never cook a Christmas meal. It's always turkey at both with the usual fixings.

Boxing day at my sister's I will bring a broccoli casserole. I also do some other vegies there, garlic mashed potatoes and honey-dill glazed carrots.

Kelsey always makes the desert for Boxing Day. She is a terrific little baker. This year she is making a pear-apple-strawberry pie, she has planned out the top to be overlapping stars of pate brisee to match the holiday.

Christmas morning we have a tradition of waffles, strawberries, whipped cream, and maple bacon. Not good for us, but hey!

cmsitaly · 12-16-2007

Christmas Eve: Prime Rib roast, twice baked potatoes, corn, other sides and lots of appetizers (shrimp cockail, deviled eggs, blue cheese stuffed celery)

Christmas Morning: Sausage, egg and cheese casserole and coffee cake

Christmas afternoon: Pretty much Thanksgiving dinner (turkey, stuffing and such) along with my grandma's homemade cranberry frappe YUM!!

Can't wait!!

MaripositaII · 12-16-2007

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Originally Posted by SunKneeMarie

I don't know yet! We found out that Ashley and Wes and the baby are coming late afternoon, and my parents said they have nowhere else to go, so they'll be joining us. Ashley will have just come from a traditional big meal, so... do we do something non traditional like chili or lasagne or do we do the big meal again and make them suck it up?

Serves them right for not eating by you FIRST

Do traditional, after all, your parents didn't get to eat what Ashley did.

Have you ever seen the Vicar of Dibley, especially the Christmas episode where she is invited to about three people's homes for Christmas dinner and she has to EAT at everyone's place until she almost popped?

Ashley would only have to eat twice.

UGAplaya · 12-18-2007

At our house, mostly comfort foods. No big meal normally since there is so much going on. We always make sausage balls to snack on througout the day, pumpkin pie, egg nog, 7-layerd salad, maybe a pork tenderloin, etc. On Christmas morning I love to cook the kids a big breakfast while they are playing with their toys. For New Years Day it's always collard greens, blackeyed peas with cornbread and ham.

queencityfan · 12-18-2007

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Originally Posted by cmsitaly

Christmas Eve: Prime Rib roast, twice baked potatoes, corn, other sides and lots of appetizers (shrimp cockail, deviled eggs, blue cheese stuffed celery)

Christmas Morning: Sausage, egg and cheese casserole and coffee cake

Christmas afternoon: Pretty much Thanksgiving dinner (turkey, stuffing and such) along with my grandma's homemade cranberry frappe YUM!!

Can't wait!!

Now Chris, it must be a Midwest thing!

Christmas Eve- Joe does the Prime Rib, I stuff mushrooms and potatos, a yummy Ceasar salad.

Christmas Morning- I take the Sausage Egg casseroles to my Sons' house where we eat them along with coffee cake.

Christmas Evening- Ok here we differ, Chili, Honeybaked Ham and Lorranine swiss sandwiches on pumpernickel, cookies, fudge etc......

I'm so ready........

KelliG · 12-18-2007

Eve: ALWAYS eat out, Asian....
Day: breakfast: big Polish breakfast! (pierogies, kielbasa, egg fritatta, bread)
dinner: duck...with all the fixins!

**Heather** · 12-18-2007

Michael and I just decided last night (I let him pick from a host of options). We're having beef tenderloin with shallot gravy, twice-baked potatoes, and green bean casserole (

we didn't get it for Thanksgiving, so we're craving it).

It's just the two of us.

jamesblonde · 12-18-2007

So far no Christmas Goose, huh?

Christmas morning - Sausage and Egg casserole, mimosas and Bailey's and coffee
Christmas Dinner - Prime Rib, Potatoes and other fixin's. Kevin goes overboard on appetizers.

12-16-2007	#1 (permalink)
MaripositaII añejo Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 8,175	What's on the menu for Christmas Day/Eve? Whether you have the big meal on the 24th or 25th, what are you having? So far I only have turkey on my menu with Cranberry chutney. Haven't figured out the rest yet. I have time, right?

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SunKneeMarie character encapsulator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 32,808	I don't know yet! We found out that Ashley and Wes and the baby are coming late afternoon, and my parents said they have nowhere else to go, so they'll be joining us. Ashley will have just come from a traditional big meal, so... do we do something non traditional like chili or lasagne or do we do the big meal again and make them suck it up?

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Eileencc añejo Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of Boston, Mass Posts: 7,354	Well, I travel to releatives on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, so I am not doing any of the main courses. But, like a lot of familiies, mine tends to associate the holidays with certain special foods. On Christmas Eve, my cousin lays out the most amazing spread of foods...Martha Stewart learns from her! Turkey, ham, fancy side dishes, the prettiest cookies, etc. etc. So I'll most likely contribute a bunch of cookies and other sweets. Those are never turned away. I will probably also help my mom with a few of her traditional French Canadian things, like tortiere pie (pork and potato) and gorton (pork and onion spread). So bad for you but so delicious, that it's good that Christmas only comes once a year. On Christmas Day, we go to Charlie's brother's house...my sister in law usually makes a gigundo beef tenderloin with all the fixins. To die for.

12-16-2007	#4 (permalink)
roni añejo Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 59,702	We're having Christmas Eve dinner with Laurie, our niece/nephew and Laurie's brother and his wife, Esperanza. We bought a ham yesterday to have around the house over the holidays - what a good multi-purpose meat it is I am going to make a spicy tinga poblano on New Year's Day. I think it will make a much better Smith family tradition than that of my parent's generation, black-eye peas.

12-16-2007	#5 (permalink)
Skiptown añejo Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Where the Columbia and Snake Meet Posts: 4,567	Breakfast is always eggs benedict, Chris makes a killer hollanadise sauce,hashbrowns and Mamosas. Dinner will be either ham or turkey, if I get ambitious it will be deep fried turkey. Kinda depends on the weather. New Years eve is always seafood for us, king crab legs, clams,etc. Throw in a good bottle of wine sit back and listen to WW3 start in our town. I swear I heard machine guns last year. So many gunshots that the police don't even respond from 11:30pm until 12:30 am. We set on the covered patio as all of those gunshots have to land somewhere.

12-16-2007	#6 (permalink)
jflattracker añejo Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Loveland,Co Posts: 12,473	Christmas Eve will be here and we will be doing the usual fondue. Kids love it! Cheese and meat fondue. Play games for awhile and then do a chocolate fondue for dessert. Christmas day is at my parents house. We ar having ham and other traditional dishes.

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TAPPY añejo Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 21,148	Seafood gumbo or a Shrimp Creole...Shrimp is really kicking this year.

12-16-2007	#8 (permalink)
Ginger añejo Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 11,229	We do Chinese take out xmas eve.... Christmas Day and Boxing day are with family and so I never cook a Christmas meal. It's always turkey at both with the usual fixings. Boxing day at my sister's I will bring a broccoli casserole. I also do some other vegies there, garlic mashed potatoes and honey-dill glazed carrots. Kelsey always makes the desert for Boxing Day. She is a terrific little baker. This year she is making a pear-apple-strawberry pie, she has planned out the top to be overlapping stars of pate brisee to match the holiday. Christmas morning we have a tradition of waffles, strawberries, whipped cream, and maple bacon. Not good for us, but hey!

12-16-2007	#9 (permalink)
cmsitaly añejo Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 4,729	Christmas Eve: Prime Rib roast, twice baked potatoes, corn, other sides and lots of appetizers (shrimp cockail, deviled eggs, blue cheese stuffed celery) Christmas Morning: Sausage, egg and cheese casserole and coffee cake Christmas afternoon: Pretty much Thanksgiving dinner (turkey, stuffing and such) along with my grandma's homemade cranberry frappe YUM!! Can't wait!!

12-18-2007	#11 (permalink)
UGAplaya añejo Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Just a little south of Atlanta Posts: 3,288	At our house, mostly comfort foods. No big meal normally since there is so much going on. We always make sausage balls to snack on througout the day, pumpkin pie, egg nog, 7-layerd salad, maybe a pork tenderloin, etc. On Christmas morning I love to cook the kids a big breakfast while they are playing with their toys. For New Years Day it's always collard greens, blackeyed peas with cornbread and ham.

12-18-2007	#13 (permalink)
KelliG life=playa Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 861	Eve: ALWAYS eat out, Asian.... Day: breakfast: big Polish breakfast! (pierogies, kielbasa, egg fritatta, bread) dinner: duck...with all the fixins!

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Heather employee of the month Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Playa del Carmen Posts: 14,591	Michael and I just decided last night (I let him pick from a host of options). We're having beef tenderloin with shallot gravy, twice-baked potatoes, and green bean casserole ( we didn't get it for Thanksgiving, so we're craving it). It's just the two of us.

12-18-2007	#15 (permalink)
jamesblonde añejo Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South of Seattle Posts: 8,253	So far no Christmas Goose, huh? Christmas morning - Sausage and Egg casserole, mimosas and Bailey's and coffee Christmas Dinner - Prime Rib, Potatoes and other fixin's. Kevin goes overboard on appetizers.