Resurrexi Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 What are your family's traditions in regards to meals on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day? Do you have ham, roast been, turkey, or salmon, or something else? Does anyone have a large meal following Midnight Mass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 We practice the Italian Christmas Eve tradition of a feast of fish, e.i. shrimp, mussels to name a couple. We're having ham for Christmas morning and we demolish the gingerbread house (Daniel wants to shoot it with his airsoft gun first this year ) We usually eat all the sweets we baked a couple of weeks before (in this year's case, a week before) Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 [quote name='Moosey' date='20 December 2009 - 06:20 PM' timestamp='1261351244' post='2023715'] We practice the Italian Christmas Eve tradition of a feast of fish, e.i. shrimp, mussels to name a couple. [/quote] Nice! My family has fish on Christmas Eve too, generally salmon and shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 We put out a buffet all day on Christmas Eve, and open our home to anyone in the neighborhood or parish who don't have a place to go. I do different themes every year just to keep from getting bored. This year I'm doing a ta[i][/i]co bar. Beef with traditional taco seasoning, pork with the red chilies I use for my tamales, and turkey with green chilies. Soft and hard tortillas, two kinds of grated coagulated milk, and hot queso too. When I was a kid, we always had tamales on Christmas Eve that my Godmother made, with Mexican hot chocolate so we could stay awake during Midnight Mass. Christmas day we went to my Grandmother's house for turkey and ham. My grandmother's house is now under the parking lot for a Lutheran church, and that's a long way in both time and space, so I have now made my own traditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I usually don't make a Christmas dinner. Since it is just the five of us, we have a big Christmas Day brunch-- Egg dish, coffee cake, bacon, egg nog-- stuff I don't make much any other time. This year, however, I also got us a ham. So, I don't know if we will have a breakfast ham or if I'll just make it later in the day (with just mashed potatoes as sides). My friend says that ham is not an appropriate dish for a Jewish birthday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 +J.M.J.+ going to my sister's for 'dinner' (at 3-4 p.m.), and she's doing a buffet style. when i was growing up it was usually a turkey on Christmas Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauntingknight Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Glazed ham with honey on it and Stollon on Christmass morning after gifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Growing up, we had turkey at my grandmother's house. My husband and I tend to alternate between a Christmas Peking duck, or Christmas lasagne. Going with the duck this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Christmas Day we have a huge family gathering at my aunt's house. Turkey and stuffing, corn and green beans, home made rolls, gravy, cranberry stuff, broccoli casserole, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 [quote name='Moosey' date='20 December 2009 - 06:20 PM' timestamp='1261351244' post='2023715'] We practice the Italian Christmas Eve tradition of a feast of fish, e.i. shrimp, mussels to name a couple. We're having ham for Christmas morning and we demolish the gingerbread house (Daniel wants to shoot it with his airsoft gun first this year ) We usually eat all the sweets we baked a couple of weeks before (in this year's case, a week before) Christmas. [/quote] What about dinner on Christmas day? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varg Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 (edited) Home-made African curry and then Christmas pudding...I really, really hate Christmas pudding. Edited December 21, 2009 by Varg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='21 December 2009 - 07:01 AM' timestamp='1261393303' post='2023988'] What about dinner on Christmas day? Just curious. [/quote] Lol, you just wanna know because you're gonna be here. It varies from year to year. All I know is that we're having ham. I'm sure mum has got something awesome planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='21 December 2009 - 06:01 AM' timestamp='1261393303' post='2023988'] What about dinner on Christmas day? Just curious. [/quote] Spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 [quote name='homeschoolmom' date='21 December 2009 - 09:18 AM' timestamp='1261405095' post='2024015'] Spam. [/quote] I wish you were joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 It's what you're having... Moosey told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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