what is considered a traditional christmas dinner?

Question

What do u and ur family usually cook/eat for Christmas dinner? New Years?

Im mexican also, traditional for us is tamales & menudo, I was just wondering cuz my in-law doesnt eat tamales or menudo & this will be her first x-mas with us, I wanted to cook something so she could eat also & not feel left out

my in-law is not mexican

Answer 1

turkey and stuffing
corn and carrots
homeade rolls or bread
cranberry sauce
Gravey!!!
beets
squash
wine!

Answer 2

I do not celebrate Christmas I celebrate the real Sun, Winter Solstice. Old tradition is hunted, grown and gathered food that was stored for winter, they ate what was available. I eat what sounds good. New years I also eat what I wish but not too much so I can have room for cocktails. Maybe I will eat Tamales, I make good Tamales, Thanks for the idea, yumm.

Answer 3

For us traditional is a honeybaked ham, tamales, rice, beans, dessert of some kind (usually cheesecake), chips, salsa, dip, rolls and maybe a green salad. Im mexican of course

Answer 4

For Christmas we usually have almost the same thing that we had for Thanksgiving, accept we usually substitute the turkey for a ham. Now for New Years day, we always cook Cabbage, black eyed peas, and hogjaw for good luck and prosperity throughout the year.

Answer 5

It relies upon on the place you reside, your loved ones heritage, how lots money you have, how many human beings carry nutrition...get the belief? i individually be conscious of distinctive households that have something from roast pink meat, crab, gumbo, goose, lasagna, macaroni and cheese, turkey, ham, or cheese sandwiches with tomato soup. Come to think of of it I additionally be conscious of a kin that buys approximately 40 pounds of uncooked lamb to feed the wolves at a wolf rescue center. they even have not got their very own meal till day after right this moment. anybody is distinctive.

Answer 6

every year we do the same thing so I guess its traditional for us... we usually have: turkey, buns, veggies, dip, crackers, kobassa, cheeses, shrimp, scallops in bacon, ham rolls, pickles, olives, mini appatizers like snacks, shrimp dip, pumpernickle bread with spinach dip...lots of stuff like that. We dont like to sit down to a hot dinner. We like to have a variety of things so there is always something everyone likes.

Answer 7

goose or duck, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, and all the regular thanksgiving things... except pumpkin pie.
my dad is lithuanian and for christmas eve we eat a 13 course non-meat cold meal, with stuff like smoked salmon, herring, potatoe salad, poppy seed soup, and some weird lithuanian dishes..

Answer 8

We do the turkey, dressing, stuffing, mashed potatos, turnips, cranberry sauce, pole beans, and rolls.... we eate at 2, and then everyone sticks around and we watch TV, and then have sandwiches at 7 or so.

Answer 9

my boyfriends Mexican and his family makes tamales for xmas....

Answer 10

i do big new years day dinners -- usually doing old new orleans recpies for ham, black eyed peas and collards. eating black eyed peas and collards are supposed to bring in prosperity for the new year. an old school louisina ham covered in clove and cane syrup can't be beat.

here are some emeril recipies

http://www.emerils.com/recipes/by_name/steen%27s_cane_syrup_glazed_ham.html

http://www.emerils.com/recipes/by_name/bernard%27s_southern_cooked_greens.html

http://www.emerils.com/recipes/by_name/good_luck_black_eyed_peas.html