What’s your family’s traditional Christmas dinner?

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What does your family cook for Christmas dinner?

exitseven · Accepted Answer

We do the traditional Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes.
Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian-American tradition that takes place on Christmas Eve. In Italy, it's a fasting day called La Vigilia, a day for abstinence from meat... until Christmas Day, and then there is a big mid-day meal of pasta with meats.
In America, Italians brought this tradition to Little Italy in New York, sometime in the late 1800's. Why seven fishes? It may be from the Catholic Seven Sacraments or named from the Seven Hills of Rome. No one is quite sure.
There are some very traditional fishes that are served here in the U. S... eels, baccala (salt cod), calamari (squid), shrimp, mussels & clams and more.

OlderAndWiser · Accepted Answer

My family has traditional meals for Easter, Thanksgiving, and New Year's Day, but no set menu for Christmas Day. I am hosting tomorrow and we will have Turkey Breast Honey Glazed Ham Green Beans Macaroni and Cheese Homemade Cranberry Sauce Salad Biscuits Apple Crumble Cheesecake Iced Puerh Tea

FreyaRed · Accepted Answer

Duck sweet sour. With mango, pineapple and tomato roasted veggies with a shot tomato paste.

Venison roast in demi glace sauce, with potatoes and red grated red beet salad.

Cod in tomato sauce, Greek style. Battered cod fillets covered with roasted and grated veggies. (carrot, celeriac, parsley root, tomato mark) with addition of nutmeg, white pepper, sugar and lime juice.

Herring. Salted herring fillets, desalted in sweet water. Marinated with white vinegar, sugar, bay leaf, allspice, onions over 3 days. Than removed from marinade, covered with fresh slightly roasted onions, olive oil, pickle pieces and spices.

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

Meats always a turkey. Vegetables tend to he potatoes parsnip swede carrot Brussels sprouts and cabbage. Pigs in blankets (bacon wrapped sausages) are compulsory as is Yorkshire pudding and there's usually cauliflower cheese. This year I've prepped a crispy nutty seaweed stuffing.

Pudding is always a proper Christmas plum Pudding with brandy sauce.

Lliam · Answer

Pretty much like Thanksgiving. We might have turkey, but since we had that for Thanksgiving, we might have glazed ham instead.
Mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, possibly mashed rutabaga, cranberry sauce, kerneled corn, possibly green bean casserole, rolls. A variety of pies and desserts.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Grandparents 1: Breaded schnitzel with potato and cucumber salads. Grandparents 2: Chicken soup and filled puffed pastry.

NathanDavis · Answer

our tradition is too cook and also to grill for an army... and we grill and cook everything from USA, Texas, and Mexico traditions... as well as different dishes that we add or switch every year and it's basically a two or three day feast, lol

AviatorTom · Answer

Our Christmas dinner usually changed from year to year.  The dinner I remember most often included spiral ham and au gratin potatoes.

Telekinetic-Potato · Answer

Salmon, sandwiches and old people cookies lol

BCRanger10 · Answer

One of the staples is this barley soup, which  I... hate!

Likes2drive · Answer

Lately it’s been a big roast beef with carrots, mashed potatoes, and string beans at my stepdad‘s

BonzoInBitburg · Answer

I'm Canadian and my wife is Asian and we are having shawarma. It's our favorite and not even close to either of our cultures traditional Christmas dinners but it is our traditional Christmas dinner

4ngelic · Answer

appetizer (generally diced cheese, chips, pretzels, apéricubes, caviar blinis, tapenade toasts and olives) with champagne. for the entrée, foie gras, bread and salad. for the main course, oysters, coquilles st-jacques and snails (sea snails..), with wine. for dessert, dessert white wine and yule log with Christmas chocolates and sweets.

strateguy632 · Answer

My family opposed Christmas but when I can, I ate sliced sheep meat. Turkey bird , not country @submissive is common or Christmas ham from leg of pig is also popular. So I often have pig meat the Sunday before Christmas like this year at our Christmas party! But tonight in a few hours, turkey like common on Christmas.

Xawyx-2 · Answer

My family is not religious, so we traditionally have New Years dinner.

Considering I'm a vegetarian, I don't eat the same things they do.

I usually eat:

- Mushroom soup

- Roasted Seitan, fried potatoes, Olivier salad (vegetarian, no meat in it).

- Various creamy cakes

RxR0954 · Answer

Where i grew up my family don’t necessarily do Christmas dinner, so dinner on Christmas could be anything

abc3643 · Answer

Happy Festivus! (It's today, 23 December 2025.)

jamesgoldman · Answer

Turkey, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots and brussel sprouts

RedTiefling · Answer

We go to a fancy restaurant for Christmas every year. I like to get a meal with lamb in it if possible. I like lamb.

Snowman84 · Answer

Smoked turkey, potatoes and the usual sides. I like to have sparkling wine with it.

Fireguy17 · Answer

We really never had one. Ham, or turkey, beef roast, it didn't matter, it was always good.

Sugar100 · Answer

My family cooks tamales, rice , beans, pasta , lasagna

douride2 · Answer

Turkey mashed potato's turnips & either carrots or corn. Other then that not much else.

Iron_Man · Answer

Usually ham scallop potatoes, broccoli casserole scallop potatoes, all the works and sometimes a smoked turkey as well

fuddly · Answer

Turkey and Ham Stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce  Roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts Then for dessert, plum pudding Apple tart, custard, cream

Chrytina84 · Answer

Prime Rib, Salmon and Roasted Potatoes, Spinach plus other bring dishes.

Slave_submissive · Answer

I hate this that people will eat my country in christmas🤧

katiesmuff · Answer

There will be Turkey, ham and so many side dishes.

EmmaMary · Answer

Precisely what @purplepoppy has posted.

Angelbabylips · Answer

Actually steak.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

The one we usually had every Christmas.

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

Too much to name but 90% is authentic cuisine

Bloodparadise · Answer

I love vegetarian food 😊

Anonymous · Answer

Prime rib

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