What do you generally have for dinner on Christmas?

I had never heard of turkey for Christmas dinner until I moved to California, but now we (my mom's family) have turkey every Christmas.

When I was in NY with my dad's family, we always had turkey for Thanksgiving and lasagna for Christmas.

My husband's family always had tamales.

Beings that I am mostly Italian, we usually do an Italian meal of some sort...with an assortment of misc. side dishes.

My mom usually does a cold ham and cheese, potato salad and crab legs.  Easy stuff to pick at all day.  Today we did turkey with the trimmings, though.  My sister missed Thanksgiving so we made up for it.  Yay for leftovers!

Growing up, we always had turkey on Christmas - with all the fixin's.

Now, Nasty, The Son and I do ham.
Tonight we had ham, green beans, collard greens, mashed potatoes with bacon and of course dinner rolls.
They ate the ham and I ate left over Chinese food.

I am not a fan of ham! 8-P ;D ;D

I am not a fan of ham! 8-P ;D ;D


BLASPHEMY! :D

We had ham, pasta salad, macaroni salad, deviled eggs, and bread rolls.  We had fruit salad, chocolate cake (it was my aunt's birthday), lemon meringue pie, and pecan pie for dessert.

Christmas Eve we went to my grandmother's house for dinner (potluck, mainly).  Everyone contributed, so we had turkey, ham, macaroni salad, potato salad, menudo, and tamales.

Growing up it was always turkey but the last couple of year we have had beef. We had beef last night with veggies and it was delicious.


Followed by christmas pudding or triffle.

We have always had a turkey dinner at Thanksgiving and Christmas, as did most of my friends.  My friends who were of Italian descent usually had roast beef and lasagna and we would hit each others houses for dessert.  In high school some of us would make a point to visit each others homes during the holidays for dessert, pie at one, zabaglione or pizzelle at another, kugel at another.  ;D

I don't celebrate Christmas,I'm Jewish.

I don't celebrate Christmas,I'm Jewish.



Happy Holidays!  Does your family do anything at Hanukkah?  I grew up in a small city with a large Jewish population and always liked the tradition of Hanukkah more than Christmas.  My first best friend was Jewish and his family had let me come over to watch them light the Menorah and I got to spin the dreidle.  :)

Happy Holidays!  Does your family do anything at Hanukkah?  I grew up in a small city with a large Jewish population and always liked the tradition of Hanukkah more than Christmas.  My first best friend was Jewish and his family had let me come over to watch them light the Menorah and I got to spin the dreidle.  :)



No unfortunately we're not that jewish,we're unorthadox but unfortunately I had to work that day Danoota.  :(

No unfortunately we're not that jewish,we're unorthadox but unfortunately I had to work that day Danoota.  :(



But reformed celebrate Hannukah. 

But reformed celebrate Hannukah.   



Yes that's true I guess I forgot to ask for a day off.

Yes that's true I guess I forgot to ask for a day off.


It not whether you celebrate or not, it is what you hold in your heart.  ;)

It not whether you celebrate or not, it is what you hold in your heart.   ;)



Yes that's true,Merry Christmas. :)

My mom re-married into an Italian family so yesterday we had homemade lasagna, meatballs, braciole, salad and bread.

Christmas Eve at my fiancé's parents we had rib roast, potatoes and vegetables. :)

I've seen enough food over the last 48 hours to last me through to New Year!  :P

When I was growing up, my family always cooked a turkey for Christmas dinner...but to me it always seemed like an exact copy of Thanksgiving dinner (which was only 3 weeks prior to that)...and I'd always grow tired of having so much turkey over a short period...

Since I've been married, my husband and I have gotten used to cooking a Prime Rib Roast for Christmas dinner...with Yorkshire Pudding (yum!), mashed potatoes and gravy, and a vegetable...

On rare occasions we'll cook a ham...but I prefer a rib roast as they're so tasty!  :D

My dad cooked Prime Rib with mashed potatoes & gravy,he also had  cooked carrots/celery/onions mixed and had homemade rolls.

Turkey, stuffing, green beans, noodles and non-alcoholic wine.  My parents packed my fridge with leftovers.

This year, it was turkey, stuffing, mixed veggies, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and apple pie.  :)

Usually it was turkey or ham.  This year, being that we didn't want too much fuss...dad made shake 'n' bake chicken.  It was good (since I never make it).

After I came home to be with hubby (and his family), we had ham and salad and a nice raw veggie and dip tray.  Very simple dinner and was very nice.

Can I come for dinner anyone?????


We never seem to have a "good" Christmas dinner - unless I make it for the 4 of us.

My mom (god love her) - terrible cook (she leaves the Turkey out to dethaw on the counter, moves it about 4 different places and eventually sits it in the dish drying rack as a strainer  :o :o :o :o- can we spell Salmonella breeding ground :P :P :P)  I have a coniption each time we are there and can not relax - I am not sure how I survived.  She puts the stuffing in the turkey and the turkey either comes out much like the Turkey on the Griswald's or Raw 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P.  Thank god she made ham this year (but it was open and next to turkey - was that from Thanksgiving????? in the fridge).  Just a pressed boneless ham nothing special.  Yams from a can with MARSHMALLOWS :P on top and mashed potatoes from a box (still lumpy ???).  Ice Cream for dessert. And she will not come to our house, or go out to eat - so I am forced to endure this :-[ :-[ :-[.  (I tell my husband I was forced to learn how to cook out of neccessity)

My husbands mother - we are having Maid Rites (loose meat hamburger on a bun 8-P 8-P 8-P). 

NO CHRISTMAS FEAST HERE, were is Whooville so I can get some roast beast ??? ??? ??? :-\\ :-\\ :-\\ :-\\ :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Man I am thinking about making a lasagna and taking it to his mom's tonight (would that be an insult????????)  Honestly I am asking :( :( :( :(

In my family we ALWAYS had turkey. In Carlos' family, they ALWAYS had a Puerto Rican dinner-roast pork with rice & beans. A few years back, we had Christmas here and after debate of which one to have, turkey won out (because I wanted turkey & so did Carlos' son). His daughters kept bitching throughout the dinner that it wasn't roast pork. I wanted to deck them.


This year, we celebrated Christmas on the 24th with the kids-roast pork with rice & beans. Then on Christmas day, we were in Conn. at my sisters who served (you guessed it) turkey. So this year we had both.



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Can I come for dinner anyone?????


We never seem to have a "good" Christmas dinner - unless I make it for the 4 of us.

My mom (god love her) - terrible cook (she leaves the Turkey out to dethaw on the counter, moves it about 4 different places and eventually sits it in the dish drying rack as a strainer  :o :o :o :o- can we spell Salmonella breeding ground :P :P :P)  I have a coniption each time we are there and can not relax - I am not sure how I survived.  She puts the stuffing in the turkey and the turkey either comes out much like the Turkey on the Griswald's or Raw 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P.  Thank god she made ham this year (but it was open and next to turkey - was that from Thanksgiving????? in the fridge).  Just a pressed boneless ham nothing special.  Yams from a can with MARSHMALLOWS :P on top and mashed potatoes from a box (still lumpy ???).  Ice Cream for dessert. And she will not come to our house, or go out to eat - so I am forced to endure this :-[ :-[ :-[.  (I tell my husband I was forced to learn how to cook out of neccessity)

My husbands mother - we are having Maid Rites (loose meat hamburger on a bun 8-P 8-P 8-P). 

NO CHRISTMAS FEAST HERE, were is Whooville so I can get some roast beast ??? ??? ??? :-\\ :-\\ :-\\ :-\\ :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Man I am thinking about making a lasagna and taking it to his mom's tonight (would that be an insult????????)  Honestly I am asking :( :( :( :(


Hands Sami a plate of turkey, stuffing, green beans and noodles (my Mom's specialty).  Offers her a lemon bar and some cookies.  Sorry, no Mountain Dew to wash it all down.  I think there's still a bottle of sparkling grape juice in the fridge.

Make the lasagna, for the sake of the family.

Can I come for dinner anyone?????


We never seem to have a "good" Christmas dinner - unless I make it for the 4 of us.

My mom (god love her) - terrible cook (she leaves the Turkey out to dethaw on the counter, moves it about 4 different places and eventually sits it in the dish drying rack as a strainer  :o :o :o :o- can we spell Salmonella breeding ground :P :P :P)  I have a coniption each time we are there and can not relax - I am not sure how I survived.  She puts the stuffing in the turkey and the turkey either comes out much like the Turkey on the Griswald's or Raw 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P.  Thank god she made ham this year (but it was open and next to turkey - was that from Thanksgiving????? in the fridge).  Just a pressed boneless ham nothing special.  Yams from a can with MARSHMALLOWS :P on top and mashed potatoes from a box (still lumpy ???).  Ice Cream for dessert. And she will not come to our house, or go out to eat - so I am forced to endure this :-[ :-[ :-[.  (I tell my husband I was forced to learn how to cook out of neccessity)

My husbands mother - we are having Maid Rites (loose meat hamburger on a bun 8-P 8-P 8-P). 

NO CHRISTMAS FEAST HERE, were is Whooville so I can get some roast beast ??? ??? ??? :-\\ :-\\ :-\\ :-\\ :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Man I am thinking about making a lasagna and taking it to his mom's tonight (would that be an insult????????)  Honestly I am asking :( :( :( :(


Make the lasagna, or anything else.  Do it for your own sake.  That and a big tossed salad and a loaf of Italian bread.  No reason you should risk a gastro intestinal Christmas

for the last fifteen years or longer we started eating steak and lobster tails for Christmas. sometimes we have crab instead...this year my mom was so happy to have me home she made all three  ;D 

and Sweet Potato Pie (which she's never made- it was good) and  oh and there were potatoes the way her mom made them growing up. They're fried but they are cubed not frenched.

Hands Sami a plate of turkey, stuffing, green beans and noodles (my Mom's specialty).  Offers her a lemon bar and some cookies.  Sorry, no Mountain Dew to wash it all down.  I think there's still a bottle of sparkling grape juice in the fridge.

Make the lasagna, for the sake of the family.

Make the lasagna, or anything else.  Do it for your own sake.  That and a big tossed salad and a loaf of Italian bread.  No reason you should risk a gastro intestinal Christmas
I made the lasagna and everybody ate it - not a piece left...  Guess I am not the only one ;D ;D ;D

Thanks for the meal Reynolds; it was delicious, no worry about the Mountain Dew - I am a coke drinker, but my next greatest love is sparkling grape juice :) :) :)  I love homemade noodles, my mother used to make them before she lost all cooking skills and etiquette :-\\ :-\\ :-\\  I am now trying to learn to make them...  If all else fails a bag of frozen will work - or the amish are just a town over and they make delicious dried egg noodles I can make :) :) :)

I had a yummy turkey dinner :)

Can I come for dinner anyone?????


We never seem to have a "good" Christmas dinner - unless I make it for the 4 of us.

My mom (god love her) - terrible cook (she leaves the Turkey out to dethaw on the counter, moves it about 4 different places and eventually sits it in the dish drying rack as a strainer  :o :o :o :o- can we spell Salmonella breeding ground :P :P :P)  I have a coniption each time we are there and can not relax - I am not sure how I survived.  She puts the stuffing in the turkey and the turkey either comes out much like the Turkey on the Griswald's or Raw 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P.  Thank god she made ham this year (but it was open and next to turkey - was that from Thanksgiving????? in the fridge).  Just a pressed boneless ham nothing special.  Yams from a can with MARSHMALLOWS :P on top and mashed potatoes from a box (still lumpy ???).  Ice Cream for dessert. And she will not come to our house, or go out to eat - so I am forced to endure this :-[ :-[ :-[.  (I tell my husband I was forced to learn how to cook out of neccessity)

My husbands mother - we are having Maid Rites (loose meat hamburger on a bun 8-P 8-P 8-P). 

NO CHRISTMAS FEAST HERE, were is Whooville so I can get some roast beast ??? ??? ??? :-\\ :-\\ :-\\ :-\\ :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Man I am thinking about making a lasagna and taking it to his mom's tonight (would that be an insult????????)  Honestly I am asking :( :( :( :(


I actually feel sorry for you. ;D

I actually feel sorry for you. ;D
Don't feel sorry (OK maybe you should ;D ;D ;D)  I actually can cook quite well (my husband always asks how - and I tell him it was out of necessity ;))  So I will make our own (the 4 of us) feast - but it never has all the trimmings, because it is always just 4 of us.  I usually get a beef tenderloin or a rib roast (the tenderloin is our favorite) and make a dinner.  This year because we were traveling and did not get home till Christmas day, and the poor weather to get to town and shop; we have not had anything yet :( :( :(  MAYBE FOR NEW YEARS. 

All of your guys food was sounding so yummy, and last night was my in-laws Christmas and the "feast" was - loose meat Maid Rite Sandwiches (loose hamurger), potato chips (plain or barbeque), chip dip, and a carrot/pineapple/velveeta jello mold :P.  It was all safe to eat probably - unlike my mothers - but why would one serve that for a family Christmas (and it isn't a money thing- or a beef thing - they are cattle producers)????  How about a soup supper????  My husband knew to warn me; that is were I came up with making my "lasagna" that everyone likes - and obviously everyone did! ;D ;D ;D ;D  ALong with my fruit platter - it was completely gone by the end of the night as well  ;) ;) ;) ;)

I had a yummy turkey dinner :)
ARE YOU RUBBING IT IN >:(


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I am staying with my family for Christmas at the moment. For Christmas dinner we had turkey and gammon with pigs in blankets, homemade bread sauce, homemeade cranberry sauce, gravy, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and a selection of vegetables (including red cabbage with onion). We had leftovers from the Christmas dinner on Boxing Day.

On Dec. 27th, we had another family get-together at my mother-in-laws.  As it was 70 degrees (21 celcius) which is remarkably uncommon for Pittsburgh in December, we had a bonfire and hamburgers and hotdogs and a vegetable plate with dip.  It was kinda like a Christmas picnic.  Santa (hubby's cousin) even made an appearance.  He passed out pairs of socks.  (Don't ask.)  ;D

On Dec. 27th, we had another family get-together at my mother-in-laws.  As it was 70 degrees (21 celcius) which is remarkably uncommon for Pittsburgh in December, we had a bonfire and hamburgers and hotdogs and a vegetable plate with dip.  It was kinda like a Christmas picnic.  Santa (hubby's cousin) even made an appearance.  He passed out pairs of socks.  (Don't ask.)  ;D



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