Christmas Day Tea- what do you have?

[nowwearefour]

This ranges from people planning weeks in advance an amazing thing to people having eaten their Christmas Dinner so late they need nothing. We will need something to eat at some point and so i was wondering what we should be offering our party of 15 people!

cold turkey and bread sauce sandwiches
Smoked salmon sandwiches

At about 9pm in front of the telly.

Leftovers.
Plus a ham, pickles etc.

Pork pie, pickles, cold cuts.

Cold turkey or ham sarnies here usually it seems in front of a Pirates of the Caribbean film!

Honestly? Twiglets straight from the packet and a whole box of Quality Street.

With guests; add sandwiches, satsumas and nuts.

cold meat, cheese, nuts, crisps

ok so need to get in some cold meats and pork pie type thingies! and soem bread and other sarnie fillings. i always fancy a mince pie or two and christmas cake

We are having bacon rolls for brekkie, and christmas lunch at my mums (who is a feeeeeder!) which will probably be about 3. I imagine DS1 will be eating biscuits and treats DS2 will be 4 days old so will be eating milk, but DP and I will be having lovely picky bits - pate smoked salmon parma ham cheeses and pickles - if we fancy anything, id imagine at about 9 no doubt! (Calorific!)

Party style food - sausage rolls, sausages, mini canapés etc
A cheese board and crackers and cold meat crisps etc, and leftover cheesecake, deserts from dinner all laid out about 6pm and we all just pick at it till bed time

We always have a buffet on Christmas eve, Chinese party bits, ham, little sausages, smoked salmon, prawns, what ever looks fun in the supermarket freezer, salad.

Always loads left for Christmas day tea.

I always add a bunch of grapes to a cheese board.

We will probably nibble on the leftover cheeseboard from the afternoon in the evening too.

Croissants for breakfast.

Turkey roast for lunch

Christmas pudding for tea

But if I was.entertaining I would probably do minimal fuss and waste buffet nibbles.

Quality Street

pate
crackers
crusty bread
party type food eg mini sausage rolls sausages spring rolls
pringles
cold turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce rolls
choc pudding things from m and s

we don't. We have something like croissants with coffee in bed whilst opening stockings; full English breakfast; main meal around 4... have a break.... then Christmas pudding early evening. Cheese and crackers/pate and bread available for anyone who wants it

But we have a) older teenagers and b) just family

If I was entertaining, would go with cheese, pate, naice bread, crackers, maybe pork pies, a big bowl of fruit, Christmas cake and mince pies, big bowl of chocolates (celebration/heroes etc).

Lots of cheese and crackers, cold meats and rolls, pigs in blankets if they're any left and Chocolate and mince pies.

There are

Turkey sandwiches, tis the law.

Turkey sandwiches on crusty white bread with real butter and salt and pepper. Cold stuffing possibly on the side. For some reason I don't even know myself, Christmas day is the only day of the year I eat Pringles. Therefore, there must be a small pile of those on the plate, too.

In theory, this will be followed by a mince pie. In reality, it's a chocolate orange. If I've eaten mine already, DD is still young enough that she won't miss hers. DS will notice if his is gone, sadly.

Sausage rolls, trifle and chocolate log

We are having lunch at my mums for one then we get mil and take her to ours for tea.

I am gonna brine and roast a turkey christmas eve and cook a gammon.

Christmas day tea will be turkey, ham and some winter slaw, bread, pickles etc.

Christmas cake if anyone has room.

I am aiming for simple and tasty.

We have dinner around 5/6 so need for 'tea' as such

Turkey & stuffing/ham sandwiches, cheese & biscuits, dips (it's the law), mince pies, christmas cake.
Not necessarily all of the above.

And lots of cheese, happy cheesemas one and all.

cheese board - with grapes to pretend its healthy
crackers
sausage rolls
nuts / twiglets
leftover turkey / gammon sarnies
chocolate

YUM and later in the evening too - we eat lunch around 3