Shit Christmas dinners...

[wheresmymojo]

I'm at my parents...once upon a time my DM used to be an awesome host and Christmas Day involved, if anything, way too much food.

As they've got older they've decided to do 'what they like to eat'. Fair enough.

But it's sooooo disappointing.

Today's Christmas dinner was two slices of beef, three halves of roast potatoes, three mushy sprouts, one carrot boiled for 500 years, two small boiled potatoes and bisto gravy.

No pigs in blankets. No roasted parsnips. No cauli cheese. NOT EVEN A YORKSHIRE PUDDING.

Then trifle...made with room temperature custard out of a packet and ORANGE jelly disgrace.

I think my parents have been replaced by lizard people.

Has anyone else had a terribly disappointing meal today?

(Lighthearted...of course I ate it and told them how lovely it was, etc)

@plinkplinkfizzer

Honestly some on here should grow up and cook dinner for their parents , I could not in honesty expect elderly parents to continue to cook Christmas lunch . Why ?

This!

I went to a restaurant on Christmas Eve and I have not eaten this bad in London since 1997.

My mil never made the greatest xmas dinner. I had it there 3 times in early dats of relationship. She topped herself the year sil and bil came up.

No crackers, so few veg they could count how many pieces they had but worst was she made frozen wedges rather than roast potatoes.

She never did a starter as did Yorkshire puddings as first course (I refuse to eat them on christmas day) and only ever had one small individual christmas pud for her and fil. They know their kids didn't like christmas pud so didn't buy a bigger one but also didn't provide an alternative.

* If I'd have known the only sides would be sprouts and carrots that disintegrated the moment I put them in my mouth and a liberal sprinkle of racist comments through the day from misery stepfather then obviously I would have brought some!*

So this is the first year that a disappointing meal has been served and your stepfather has suddenly turned racist?

Because presuming this isn’t a complete shock I can’t understand why you didn’t presume that not going to be great and bring sides but more importantly…. I wouldn’t spend Christmas with a racist!