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Pizza for Christmas Dinner!

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strawberrisc · 12/12/2018 06:25

My friend and her daughter have never been into roast dinner so they’re having pizza for Christmas.

I’ve always envisaged the whole of the land gorging on Turkey, sprouts etc on 25th December which now I think about it is ridiculous. Does anyone else have a totally non-traditional Christmas dinner?

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Frosty66611 · 12/12/2018 11:26

We always have a roast of some description but it’s never turkey as we won’t like it. Last year we had roast lamb. And this year we’re having nut roast as we’re trying to eat more plant based.
My DP spend Xmas with his dad and they have pizza or an Indian takeaway

ASilhouetteAndNothingMore · 12/12/2018 11:26

We are having Christmas dinner on boxing day this year. I'm nights Christmas eve so will be sleeping Christmas morning and don't fancy Christmas dinner for breakfast!

SumitosIsMyWall · 12/12/2018 12:22

Our daughters always have pasta for their Christmas dinner. There's nothing on a roast dinner they enjoy heathens so rather than it being a source of stress they get their favourite meal and we get ours.

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strawberrisc · 12/12/2018 14:20

I remember when I was little we had a Pools man (Spot the Ball - that kind of thing).

When he came collecting at Christmas we were one of the last houses and nearly everyone had given him a tot of whisky. He was pie-eyed by the time he got to us!

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CouldIBeAnymoreHungry · 12/12/2018 15:22

We're having lasagna & garlic bread with a cheeky side portion of pigs in blankets. Not traditional but what we like. I'm avoiding tell my mum because her head will explode if I tell her we're having lasagna for Christmas dinner 😂

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 12/12/2018 15:28

I'm avoiding tell my mum because her head will explode if I tell her we're having lasagne for Christmas dinner

We got similar reactions when we told people about our Chinese takeaway plan. I don't understand why it is so scandalous to not have what is essentially a glorified Sunday lunch on Christmas day. HmmWouldn't it be much nicer if we could all just have our favourite food for dinner instead?

Klobuchar · 12/12/2018 15:33

We go out to an Indian restaurant about 4pm and have a fabulous meal all together. There are 20 of us in the family now and it was too much preparation and cooking for one household so we decided to do something different. The initial idea was to have a traditional Christmas lunch out but the places we looked at were expensive and you only got a short time slot for you table as obviously they want to fit as many people in as possible, so we ended up going to the Indian where we can keep our table for as long as we want and it’s brilliant. We have a turkey etc on Boxing Day.

MadameJosephine · 12/12/2018 15:44

strawberrisc my dad was ‘the pools man’ when I was young. I remember he used to come home off his face Christmas week and we would count the money for him!

Crunchymum · 12/12/2018 15:56

My fussy DC1 would be in heaven if I served pizza on Xmas day. Not going to happen though.

He gets a small traditional dinner but I'll shove him on some microwave chips (yes they do exist) as I really don't want a food battle on Xmas day. So once he refuses the majority of his dinner, he'll have turkey and chips.

Kezzie200 · 12/12/2018 15:57

I know someone who picks a country and they hit their cuisine big time on Christmas Day.

We have often had our meal on Christmas Eve, in european style, and then had Christmas Day off of cooking

Kezzie200 · 12/12/2018 16:00

Oh my, id forgotton about the pools man! Do pools still exist? I used to love colouring in all the little boxes.

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 12/12/2018 16:02

My fussy DC1 would be in heaven if I served pizza on Xmas day. Not going to happen though.

This is a genuine question but why wont it happen? Why when you know he is fussy would you insist on serving him something he doesn't want to eat? Wouldn't it be less of a battle and a more enjoyable day overall to just give him pizza?

Heuschrecke · 12/12/2018 16:12

That's lovely, ChristmasRaven!

Jasmin82 · 12/12/2018 16:17

I'm not a fan of turkey, but if it's served to me on Christmas Day, I will eat it. I've been out to restaurants for Christmas dinner a few times and being on my own, it just seems too much faff to be cooking a huge dinner for one person.
This year a friend has invited me out with her family for Christmas day. She apologized because it's curry. I don't mind as it's something different and curry is often a treat that I don't have very often. It almost allows me to treat it as just another day as either going out for a big meal or just staying in or visiting friends having a traditional Christmas Dinner would be a little too overwhelming for me this year.

NotExactlyHappyToHelp · 12/12/2018 16:19

Asda are doing a Christmas dinner pizza. It’s got turkey, stuffing, pigs in blankets and cranberry sauce on it. I’ve been told it’s quite nice actually Confused.

PerfectPeony · 12/12/2018 16:20

I spent one year in Australia and we had a BBQ and seafood on Christmas Day at the beach 😊 It was great but I wouldn’t do it again! I love British traditions, even if sprouts & turkey aren’t my faves.

alwaysthepessimist · 12/12/2018 16:24

I do a buffet - sandwiches pies etc, proper roast is boxing day - it's amazing, we get time to chat & play as dd just wants to enjoy her presents and noone gets stressed cooking.

Batinahat · 12/12/2018 16:25

Lasagne here for Xmas day too!

theworldistoosmall · 12/12/2018 16:28

Haven't done a roast on Christmas Day for years.
Every year we discuss what we are having. A roast is never mentioned.
This year we are having Lebanese.
We've also had buffets, pizza, Chinese, Indian, local kebab shop, fried chicken.
It's great. But then a Christmas roast isn't really that special, as whenever we have a roast we do the whole thing anyway.

Knittink · 12/12/2018 16:30

I have never had anything but a traditional Christmas dinner and don't want to! We are having goose rather than turkey this year though, as there are only the four of us. I can understand having something other than turkey if it's something special, but pizza no way!

InDubiousBattle · 12/12/2018 16:30

When I was a child my mum used to do a traditional Christmas dinner but she got sick of spending half of the day cooking so we started going out for a curry instead. It was lovely.

We never have turkey because none of us are that keen, we have had Beef Wellington, salmon, Hams and things instead.

My then 2 and 4 year olds s had pizza last year because it's their favourite.

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 12/12/2018 16:35

I can understand having something other than turkey if it's something special, but pizza no way!

But what makes the Christmas Sunday roast dinner more special than a pizza?

It's all just food at the end of the day. I'm still unsure why some people are so insistent it has to be a roast dinner? Truthfully and I think lots of people would agree there are a whole assortment of foods which are more exciting that you could choose from.

minipie · 12/12/2018 16:40

Oh I would love pizza or lasagne for Christmas! I’m not a fan of the huge roast lunch. If it were up to me I’d do a big antipasti spread followed by some delicious handmade pasta.
Sadly the rest of my family are traditional - DH adores the roast and would be horrified.

Knittink · 12/12/2018 16:49

But what makes the Christmas Sunday roast dinner more special than a pizza?

Most people who eat roast turkey with pigs in blankets, bread sauce, brussels sprouts, stuffing, Christmas pudding etc for Christmas dinner only eat that once a year, so it's not exactly like a normal roast. Besides which, not everybody has roasts often. I guess not everybody has pizza often, but most people I know do, and it's a pretty casual, low-effort dinner (even if you make it from scratch).

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 12/12/2018 16:53

If it were up to me I’d do a big antipasti spread followed by some delicious handmade pasta.

You should do it! That sounds simply delicious.

it's a pretty casual, low-effort dinner

Which means you spend more time together relaxing and enjoying the day rather than peeling spuds, stressing over timings and getting huffy when people don't eat it. That sounds like a great way to spend Christmas day to me Grin