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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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Fashionista101 · 13/12/2018 10:16

We're going to an Indian restaurant. Can't say I'm overly giddy about it but my mums refusing to do dinner this year and no1 else volunteered Blush

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 13/12/2018 10:19

but my mums refusing to do dinner this year and no1 else volunteered

Good for your mum. It's not much fun when everyone expects you to be the one to host. I think its pretty rubbish that nobody else offered to cook for her for once. Xmas Sad

BrieAndChilli · 13/12/2018 10:24

one year we did a buffet of picky bits instead but to be honest it was much more faff and didnt feel right so we went back to traditional roast turkey and the trimmings

I'm not to sure about people saying not having roast gives kids more time to play with thier toys - they only have to sit at the table for the same amount of time as it takes to eat a curry or fish fingers etc!!
Also i dont find cooking a roast keeps me chained to the kitchen - i prep the veg the day before so on the day its just a case of chucking stuff in the oven at the right time and turning on veg at the right time. people rave about my roast and SIL comes on a sunday purposly as she knows i will cook her a roast!! i still get plenty of time to open presents with the kids/help build lego/ wathc tv/play board games etc.

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My husband is veggie. When we have our own Christmas we make a homemade Asian banquet fit to feed a king. Love it

Blazedout · 13/12/2018 10:30

We have chicken, chips and pigs in blankets with doorstep bread and butter as our main. Starter of pate or prawn cocktail and dessert of something a bit posher than normal. We have crackers, a glass of fizzy and Christmas table decorations so doesn't feel any less festive. This has been our tradition for the past four years.

KeepingEveryoneSafe · 13/12/2018 10:31

We did Chinese one year but it doesn't feel like Christmas so we won't be doing that again!

Fashionista101 · 13/12/2018 10:46

@HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone well last year my gran did dessert and I did starter, brother gf did veg so she didn't have to that much. But I agree the hosting is really hard work. We have a big family and her house is the biggest so we voted to go out for dinner instead. I don't blame her at all just wish we were going for a traditional lunch but I was in the minority with that.

EvaReady · 13/12/2018 10:53

but my mums refusing to do dinner this year and no1 else volunteered Good on your mum - it's awful that she felt so unsupported. I lead the charge but everyone eating has to help...

Fashionista101 · 13/12/2018 11:20

Read below. My mums doing just fine Wink

wendywoopywoo222 · 13/12/2018 11:23

I have roasts often and pizza very occasionally so would be a treat to have one.

However it's cheese and biscuits, olives and antipasti snacks all day in our house. Followed by chocolate and nuts and a Christmas trifle. Christmas movies and lots of alcohol. I can't wait.

SenecaFalls · 13/12/2018 12:59

the US South ham and macaroni and cheese are really common

Very true. I am a Southerner and we almost always had ham for Christmas dinner when I was growing up, a tradition I have kept up. Except having married a Yankee, I sometimes have roast beef. Also in the coastal South where I live now, seafood is usually part of the meal.

Macaroni and cheese is a very Southern tradition, too, especially among African American families.

Slipperboots · 13/12/2018 13:11

DH regularly had Chinese on Christmas Day as his mum hated cooking so much. Problem was it’s a terrible Chinese restaurant it comes from and I always refused this suggestion (although not sure her cooking was any better).
We also made other plans the year they had an Indian takeaway. I am not keen and it also wasn’t a good place it was coming from. They were all really smug about it until it was 5 hours late, the restaurant had really overestimate what they could do. It was also a fortune as they had raised their prices.

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strawberrisc · 13/12/2018 13:37

Oooh prawn cocktail starter sounds fab!

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Inthetropics · 14/12/2018 16:32

In my country having the big festive meal on Xmas eve is the norm. On Xmas day we eat the leftovers os whatever we want. There are some recipes that use the leftovers and are very traditional. My family is used to having a roasted codfish which is one of the maby traditional xmas foods as most brazilians come from portuguese families.

I've spent Xmas alone a few times and had MCDs, pasta, fondue and posh pizza with wine. It was great.

Inthetropics · 14/12/2018 16:33

*many

ButtMuncher · 14/12/2018 17:30

We had an Indian one year. We'd been travelling round seeing everyone and was our first year together - DH had dropped DSS off for the day at his Mums and we got home and thought fuck it. Tonnes of wine and food and was fab. Not very festive though Grin

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