Sunday lunch the day before Christmas day?

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Are people really having a Sunday roast today? I'm working anyway so not cooking anything, but my SIL is grumbling on the family WhatsApp about having to do all the trimmings 2 days in a row!

God no! Freezer tapas tonight.

No, I've bought some supermarket pizzas for dinner.

We won’t be. I’ll be sticking to my usual Xmas eve tradition of “picky bits” for tea 😀.

Hell no! Christmas Eve buffet here as always.

We are actually I'm doing roast beef and all the trimmings but we're going out for food tomorrow to a lovely local resturant so I feel like I should cook!

No. I am going out for lunch and thought ooh maybe I’ll have a carvery but nope! I’ll get something else

The perfect Christmas eve tea IMO. Cracking out the cheese and pickles!

Absolutely not

No we aren’t we are having paprika chicken with a rocket salad, roasted vine tomatoes and a rice salad, and a clementine pannetone cake for dessert.

We have a roast every Sunday except when it’s really hot in summer I think dh would have one today though he looked a bit perplexed about not having one (but he has asd so likes to follow routines and meal planning is part of that)

Nope, fish & chips & Prosecco

No way

I never, ever cook a roast on a Sunday, so no. Tonight we’ll have smoked salmon/prawns/salad, with fresh bread if I can persuade DH to go to the shops.

Massive Christmas Eve beef dinner tonight, Turkey dinner tomorrow evening!

But we all pitch in, that’s the issue your SIL is havjng!

We’re going out for lunch today and no, not for a roast! Each to their own but I wouldn’t fancy doing a roast two days in a row.

Yep. Roast beef for us. But tbf that's because we aren't having Boxing day this year because of work schedules. Not because it's a Sunday.

Is there no other festive meal she could possibly think of to make other than a roast, for today?

But then, I don’t always cook a roast on Sundays, anyway. For most of the year, it’s just me, DH and FIL on a Sunday.

If my family expected a roast every Sunday, they would just have to “expect away” (as said by Bernard Black in Black Books).

Gammon in Air Fryer, Frozen Cauliflower Cheese, some sort of potato (either boiled baby potatoes or chips), tinned pineapple and peas here. Not much effort.

We wouldn't normally, but this year DP & I are going to my parents for tea and I think they are doing a roast.
We aren't doing anything Christmas day (and I haven't considered what we will eat yet).
Then on Boxing day my kids are with me, my parents will come over, and we are having our Christmas meal & celebration.

The kids (young adults) have a big meal 2 days running but their appetites & metabolism can manage!

She doesnt have to do it though? Or is her partner an abusive prick?

Same. Xmas eve tradition here!

Nope, I normally host Christmas eve and try to do something completely different, one year was venison stew last year was curry and this year sausage and mash! Still effort as I've got 4 different sausages and 3 types of mash but I don't have to do Christmas Dinner so don't mind.

We always have Chinese. DH about to brave the mobs for two lots of M&S crispy duck.

Always order a takeaway on Christmas Eve.

No. Crispy duck and pancakes here.

We rarely have a roast on Sunday anyway.

Very odd that she is doing a roast dinner today, it would spoil tomorrow for me. I usually do something that slow cooks like osso buccoo, coq au vin or braised beef cheeks. However tonight DH is going to do steak frites and we will maybe have some cheese and port later.