Catherine Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 We haven't had a fixed tradition as far as what we eat. It's my middle ds's birthday, so I now let him choose his "birthday dinner." Conveniently for me, the cook, he prefers cheeseburgers to ham or turkey :lol: so that's very easy. He also asked for Boston cream pie for his cake so I'll make that for him. Growing up, we had Christmas dinner at my uncle and aunt's house, usually turkey, with many trimmings. My parents kept it up even though they hated leaving home on Christmas Day. What are your traditions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 We don't have Christmas Dinner traditions really. We always have poultry of one sort or another mainly because we always have my brother visiting and he doesn't eat red meat. So usually we have ducks but we have had goose before or turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Christmas eve is finger foods/appetizers. Christmas dinner is leftover finger foods/appetizers but we have a main meal of Ham or Stuffed Pork Loin, Corn or Green Beans, Flatbread or Biscuits, Mashed Potatoes, and a couple dessert pies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in SJ Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Christmas Eve- Carnitas & Tamales or Ravioli Christmas- Smoked Turkey w/ all the fixings New Years- Ham Amber in SJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Well, LOL, I usually make a traditional turkey dinner at some point during the season. This year it was yesterday (Friday). On Christmas Eve we go out to eat at Carraba's if we are home alone, with no relatives visiting, etc. We did that this year. For Christmas morning, my husband likes to buy cinnamon and orange pop-up rolls and he makes those (we don't normally eat breakfast in our house). This year, I happen to have a pound of sausage in the fridge, so I thought I'd fix that. I also picked up two different kinds of sausage links that we'd tried and liked recently. So I already had quite a bit of sausage in the house. I just found out this evening that my husband decided to buy not one, but two pounds of sausage when he went to the store, so now, LOL, we seem to have sausages of all sorts coming out our ears.... Maybe it's a new tradition.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 When it's just us, we have prime rib, latkes, salad. That's what we had tonight because my husband is working tomorrow. In the past, when we've had extended family for dinner, it's been turkey, some kind of roast, or leg of lamb, and a ridiculous array of trimmings and desserts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 When we're home alone, we do pot roast in the crock pot, because I'm so lazy I don't want to spend all day slaving away in the kitchen like I do on Thanksgiving. When we go visit my mom, she does BBQ beef brisket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 We have a repeat of Thanksgiving dinner. It is DH's favorite dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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