2006-12-12 20:01:36 · 31 answers · asked by Sarm 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Why not? What else would you suggest?
2006-12-12 20:03:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on where your from your christmas dinner can be anything from ham, roast beef or even a nice goose. Although at one time turkeys were so cheap that when people bought a turkey at Thanksgiving they would also pick one up for Christmas as well.
2006-12-12 21:04:46 · answer #2 · answered by Bill & Viola C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't always turkey for Christmas. Some people have ham or a really special cut of beef.
2006-12-12 20:04:09 · answer #3 · answered by Joanne B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Victorian England, goose was traditional Christmas dinner. In Hispanic families, tamales are traditional.
Why turkey? Someone decided to serve it and everyone else followed suit. I've met people who eat ham, prime rib or steaks, pizza, etc. The options are endless. If you don't want to serve or eat turkey, fix something you do like instead.
2006-12-12 20:14:46 · answer #4 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Advertising. Turkey farmers only have this season to move their product in large, industrial quantities.
However, it's ham for me. Or the "Traditional Christmas Pizza" (OK, it's a tradition, I've been trying to get started.)
2006-12-12 20:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by bata4689 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We never have turkey. The main stays of our Christmas dinner are ham and chocolate.
Oh and cheese too. The one shaped like a ball. I almost forgot that.
2006-12-12 20:07:34 · answer #6 · answered by ragdefender 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I changed one year to Lamb, but it just didn't feel like Christmas dinner without a huge plate of turkey!!
2006-12-13 20:51:55 · answer #7 · answered by chelle0980 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect it's like so many things here - it's an import from America, although why, I'll never know. It must be the driest, blandest poultry ever, and, like the "Grumpy Old Men" i use it as nothing but something to put the bloody cranberry sauce (another American import!) on. I'll stick for a nice bit of decently cooked chicken any day, AND we won't still be eating it a fortnight later.
2006-12-12 21:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by coxon the box 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't have to be.My family don't eat turkey,so we'll have a joint of some sort,;like Beef,Pork or a nice shoulder of Lamb.
There's a lot of different meats out there,Venison,Kangaroo,just to name.
Turkey's are easy to breed,that's why there's always so many in shops and butchers.
2006-12-14 09:59:26 · answer #9 · answered by nicky dakiamadnat600bugmunchsqig 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We never have turkey at our house. I'm Italian so we always have an Italiano feast! Eggplant parmesan, baked ziti, anitpasta, pasta fagoli, etc.
Yum! Turkey is for the birds....
2006-12-12 22:41:28 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is only Turkey if you make it so.You can have Beef,Pork,Duck,goose,Lamb the list is endless.
So it is not always turkey for Christmas.
2006-12-12 20:53:01 · answer #11 · answered by RAMON C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋