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?

I'm in Scotland too and steak pie is traditionally for New Year for us! Normally T bone steak for Christmas Eve but dad bought fillet by mistake

Ginger glazed ham with a tomatoey sauce and baked potatoes
Then the ham (cold) will be our boxing day ham (a'la Nigella's Christmas)

Chinese takeaway for us too!
1st year we have done it,hope it will become a tradition(bliss,no cooking!!)
Today we are going for a festive afternoon tea in hotel overlooking the stormy atlantic,should be fun!

Is it bad that I saw this thread and thought, great, I can't remember what I've planned for that I'll just check my post?

Havant

Used to be pizza express or the local Chinese. But no idea for tomorrow. Last year we had lasagne but the kids have said no way this year.

Havant- have you been on the ? If so, your forgiven.

It's tradition in my house to order Chinese on Christmas eve.Stuff cooking (I've also said that the past two nights )

We're having posh parsnip soup and fresh bread for lunch, and then fish and chips from the chippy for tea, so no washing up.

We cook a feast on Christmas Day, so I want to ease myself into it!

Prawn cocktail, salad , bread and butter, oh and homemade chips.

No FourAndDone I haven't. I think that's the problem

We always roast the ham on Christmas Eve and eat it with cauliflower cheese and mashed potato.

Chinese here too!

My ham is only 1.5 kg. That was the biggest one in m&s
Nigella reckons on using a 5.5 kg ham.
Really?
Do I just reduce the boiling time?
Oops!