What is actually in a Christmas dinner?

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I can’t remember and need to make this year, what are the basics please?

Rice, chicken, Coleslaw, plantain 😋

We are having Yorkshire puddings as we are having beef, and you can’t have beef without Yorkshire puddings!

@WaddleAway same here! We don’t have it with our usual Christmas roasts. We also don’t have cauliflower cheese. But with roast beef, why not!

Meat, veg, gravy.
Nothing else required.

Absolutely 😁

@dropthevipers - I hadn’t even realised they were strange but @Igglepiggleslittletoe , my parents are Irish so you nailed it!!

to be clear, ham means gammon and croquettes are the only thing I buy in frozen!! Isn’t it funny how some traditions stick?!!

I had a Turkey dinner at ‘Roast’ in London last week. It included a yorkshire…

Awesome, I shall come bearing some tequila . I take mine in a 🍺 glass.

Are there people who don't? 😁

Christmas Eve dinner here...

Tapas - smoked salmon, various cheeses, Jamon, pate, olives, artichoke hearts.

Seafood - oysters, prawns, scampi, scallops

Fish/lamb/chicken usually cooked in the oven with roast potatoes

Turron, fresh strawberries with cream/chocolate mousse/mango and passion fruit ice cream

We are having beef and gammon with
Potatoes-roasted, mashed and sweet
cauliflower cheese
parsnips
carrots
brussel sprouts and bacon
sweetcorn
swede and carrot mash
cabbage
broccoli
butternut squash gratin
pigs in blankets
sausage meat
stuffing
yorkshire puddings

Being the child of an Englishman and a Greek woman, we have a mashup on Christmas day-stuffed turkey,roast potatoes,Yorkshire puddings and steamed broccoli and cauliflower, then a couple of salads, Greek,fancy and macaroni for my dd, then pastitsio and dolmades. Dessert will be small Xmas pudding for the two of us that eat it, chocolate cake,and crepe cake with cream and strawberries as requested by my daughter

Turkey
Roast Potatoes
Carrots
Brussels
Parsnips
Stuffing (chestnut if you can get it, sage & onion)
Sausagemeat (cocktail sausages if you prefer)
Bacon
Gravy
Bread sauce
Cranberry sauce/redcurrant jelly

It's acceptable to use chicken in place of turkey. You're allowed to add other meats in addition to the turkey, some people like ham or beef as well. Yorkshire pudding? I don't but it's great so why not.

You must have roast potatoes. You're allowed other forms of potato too, eg mashed, but these must be served alongside roast potatoes.

The critical things are the turkey (or at a push chicken), roast potatoes and gravy. Without these it cannot be considered a Christmas dinner, it's just a dinner that you happen to be eating at Christmas.

How can you not know!