What are you eating on Christmas Eve?

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We have PIL, BIL and SIL coming over on Christmas Eve and staying for Christmas day. We need to serve dinner. Thinking about spaghetti bolognese with lots of salad or lasagne with lots of salad.

Or should I change my mind?

I want something easy.

What are you going to serve to your family/guests on Christmas Eve?

Steak pie from the butchers. Was going to be party bits but I was outvoted by DH and DS.

Sounds perfect to me! We're doing much the same. Or sausages and mash.

We always have the same on Christmas Eve - big green salad with gravadlax with prawn cocktail and granary bread & butter. Lovely and light ready for the onslaught of the big meal the next day!

aaargh, I don't like pies!
Didn't know it was a tradition.
Do you do individual pies each? Sorry I got no clue about pies.

A huge plate of bacon sandwiches and some hot chocolate.

Huuum, I like blondie idea.

Big salad, gravadlax, will skip prawn cocktail and granary bread and butter.

Maybe I can add some party food too.

But what should I serve between breakfast (toast/cheeese + ham/salami) and dinner?
Only nibbles??

Bacon sandwiches sound like breakfast to me not dinner, sorry.

Fried octopus and roasted salted cod with potatoes and chestnuts.

I'm foreign obviously!

Always a curry for us.

Indian takeaway!

No one big, massive pie! With mash, carrots and neeps. It's traditional in Scotland well in my bit anyway.

Pork is european tradition (north and east) fish is catholic tradition.

Where do I get the best granary bread?

The big pile of bacon sandwiches sounds lovely as a before bed supper after the wrapping is done, the drinks are drunk and the kettles on though.

Tuna steaks with ratatouille type stuff. Clementines and mince pies for afters.

If I have people to stay it's always pasta and salad on christmas eve, so I think that sounds fine.

We usually have one from M&S Upcycled.

We also have prosecco to wash it down with, just saying'

A big pile of little party nibbles from the supermarket. No cooking required and it feels quite festive. We'll have been out for lunch, and out for mince pies and mulled wine, so will retreat for a very lazy evening.

Chinese takeaway, I never cook on Christmas Eve!

We are having Beef Stew.

Lovely with red wine.

Having spiced beef here. Irish tradition and can't get it here in England ready made so am marinading it myself. Debating whether to have it hot with mash or cold buffet with salad and chutney

Huuum, I think blondes sold me her idea.
I will pop into M&S then.

Can't comment on the prosecco though. I love it and sounds lovely with salmon and festive bits, but guests are supposed to provide all the drinks so I won't buy any.

They better have enough.

We are going to see our Swiss friends. We'll be eating swiss cheese fondue and swiss biscuits as we have done every year with them since we were small children :)