Christmas Eve food

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What do you usually eat on Christmas Eve for dinner/tea/supper whichever you call it. I know so many people that have a full on roast which I've never understood as you're having one the next day? We always get a Chinese- so bad but so good! what's your food traditions?

Cheese board here once kids in bed. Can’t wait!

We normally have something from the chippy or takeaway so we don't have to cook and then kids early to bed.

Simple tapas/mezze style nibbly food (homemade or not, or a mix) wine, mince pies, satsumas. On the sofa, watching an 80s film!!

Something quick & simple, a risotto or pasta & sauce.

Xmas eve is busy in our house, people doing choir & stuff.

All our sons and their children will be with us so DH is planning to do his Alpine supper, pierrade, raclette with cheese fondue for the veggies and roast veg etc for our vegan. Everyone loves this. We do it on the long table in the conservatory so it does not interfere with my laying the dining room table ready for the next day.

TrickyD that's the most Mumsnet post I've ever read

We just get a Chinese walking back from the pub and eat it on our laps

Pigs in blanket and chips here

No tradition here. Whatever we feel like.

Leccybill
I'm naice bread and picky bits

Sharing platter type food, laid out on the table for people to help themselves. Bottle of wine, glass of something nice for DD. Cheeses for Christmas cheese board opened as part of it. Nom....

Pork and stuffings butties. Fresh cobs from the supermarket bakery, hot pork and hot stuffing 😍

what ever leaves the least amount of mess in the kitchen lol for christmas

My mother always cooked a ham, so now I do too. I try different recipes - sometimes marmalade and cloves, last year a Jamaican jerk one. This year it's a gingerbread spiced one with cherry relish and either Jansen's temptation or dauphinois potatoes.

Nicpem1982 That sounds amazing!

We're having French duo sandwiches this year.

French dip!

We normally have 'party tea' we choose a selection of Iceland party foods and put it on a massive plate and pick on all night.
We always have hot chocolate served with home made chocolate spoons.
This year we've been invited out for hog roast sandwiches!

We had a big lasagne last year, but this year ALDI had some nice looking tear and share bread and baking Camemberts. That'll do me!

This year it's pulled pork buns with apple sauce

Sweetpeapods- its been a tradition im dhs family for a long time and so weve carried it on in our house its tasty

Gammon with mash, it's been a tradition in my family since my Nan was a child

Indian.

We make Toad in the Hole together with lots of veggies and lashings of gravy. We also bake cookies and decorate them for Santa so there’s usually a few of those around to have with hot chocolate and a Christmas film too 🤩🤩🤩 cannot wait, I love Christmas Eve!

I'm roasting a ham and we'll have it in fresh baguette, then reheat slices for with the turkey the next day. We'll eat it on the couch in front of the telly and drop bits on the floor for the cats

I usually do a ham in mustard, honey & cloves and we have that with pickes, naice bread and a few party foods.