Is it strange that I’ve never cooked a Christmas dinner at 36?

[Crouchingdragonhiddentiger]

When I lived at home my mum cooked it, now I’ve been living in my own house for 10 years with my 7 year old DS and my partner, we go to his parents or mine on alternate Christmases.
We also have a very small house so in no way big enough to host for family & friends.

Just wondering if I’m alone in this, because my Christmas memories were of my mum out doing the Christmas dinner from morning until we ate.

Dsis is about your age never done it , has her own home married kids etc. I have been doing it since I bought my own home at 20 so 23 years ish . I love cooking so it's not a chore to me but she's not into it and goes to our dps. Horses for courses in my opinion really.

I think I cooked my first one when I was 28. DH (then DP) and I hosted his parents in the flat we just bought - literally, we'd been in about 10 days. We were hosting, plus his DM (who I loved and miss terribly) was a self-confessed terrible cook and his DF wouldn't know where to start, so DH and I did it together.

However, I've never cooked turkey. No one really loves it, I'm veggie, and we're usually 4 adults or less, so it seems silly. We're doing beef this year, and have done duck and lamb in the past.

Well aren’t you delightful!

Never cooked one and I’m 44.

Go to PILs and have done every year since DH and I moved in together in 2000!

Never helped cook one nor cleaned up afterwards either….. we get “shoo’ed” out of the kitchen if we try!

Didn’t cook one until my early 50s. Always went to my Mums.

because some of us had parents / have in-laws who absolutely point blank refuse any help and insist we sit back and relax?

the joy in Christmas for my MIL is having all the family round and everyone enjoying themselves while her and FIL “look after us”.

why is this so baffling to so many posters??

I agree, when I'm having people over I want to do it my way myself but I will accept help cleaning up after or handing out the dessert .