What are your plans for Christmas Eve Dinner?

[pinkksugarmouse]

In the past we have had a takeaway and will probably do that again this year, probably Indian as DH isn't a big fan of pizza and I find Chinese too salty.

What do you think you will have? 🤔

Something easy for sure. Not so sure about a takeaway as we tend to eat too much.

We’ve booked to go to our local Indian (no lockdown permitting) for a meal at 18:00. Within walking distance of the house. We usually have a takeaway like yourself but fancied something a little different this year. No young children here just teens.

Dd1 is working Christmas and Boxing Day so will come and visit after her shift on Christmas Eve to exchange gifts.
I'm going to do a ham with some chutney and a cheese board.

We have pork Apple rolls Xmas eve. Lush!

We live away from my parents, so it’s always a real Christmas Eve treat to get takeaway from my favourite childhood chippy and I order almost the whole menu and have a bit of everything 😂

We always have an M&S "Dine In" so there's minimal cooking and washing up.

Providing I can get it fillet steak and chips.

I do pulled pork rolls. Usually pick a different recipe to try each year.
As I've been out for lunch the last few years, it's great for snacking on xmas day evening or boxing day too.

We have a family tradition of eating out on Christmas Eve. It’s now always somewhere really nice so we can get glammed up (it’s got posher as the kids got older, they are now late teens/early twenties) and it’s a treat primarily for me as I always cook Christmas dinner. We all really look forward to it as it marks the beginning of Christmas for us.

I’m not sure yet. Something light, like a soup.

We’ve ordered a sushi platter to collect this year.

I’m hoping I’ll have given birth at this point, so get to have what I’ve been craving, plus pretty easy to eat one handed!

Chicken super noodles.

(Nightshift)

@MaverickDanger

We’ve ordered a sushi platter to collect this year.

I’m hoping I’ll have given birth at this point, so get to have what I’ve been craving, plus pretty easy to eat one handed!

Oh that’s given me an idea!

I’ll do kimbap and maybe prawn pancakes.👍

We have macaroni cheese 😋

Tapas and rjoca - the first time in many yrs I won't be wrapping presents till late on Christmas Eve. I will enjoy this one. Mac and cheese sounds great too !

@motherstongue

We have a family tradition of eating out on Christmas Eve. It’s now always somewhere really nice so we can get glammed up (it’s got posher as the kids got older, they are now late teens/early twenties) and it’s a treat primarily for me as I always cook Christmas dinner. We all really look forward to it as it marks the beginning of Christmas for us.

We always did this in my family - it started as a way of tiring me and my brother out so we'd fall asleep in the car on the way home and there was no Christmas eve 'too excited to sleep' tomfoolery, and morphed into a glam and quite boozy treat as we got older! The last three years it's been a nice takeaway at my parents, though, as now DB and I both have babies and toddlers so dinner out somewhere posh doesn't work so well! I guess we probably won't be doing it this year as it would be six adults from three households

Always the same here: fish pie.

It sounds heavy having Indian the evening before but I only manage side order and less than half of the rice. Christmas Dinner will be a dainty portion too.

I might get some fancy cola. Not a fan of Coca-Cola but there are some nicer ones bought only for special occasions.

Party tea :)

Rolls - probably pulled pork and onion stuffing, crisps, dips, cheeses, crudités, some mini desserts. Can’t wait

Fish usually.

Not sure. Might do a football tea : chicken dippers, nachos, brownies, popcorn.

It's only me and teenage DD and since being in our own place post divorce and living with my parents we have a tradition of baked camembert, celery, grapes and soft rosemary breadsticks twisted with streaky bacon, served with bubbly and followed with lots of chocolate!

@MintyCedric

It's only me and teenage DD and since being in our own place post divorce and living with my parents we have a tradition of baked camembert, celery, grapes and soft rosemary breadsticks twisted with streaky bacon, served with bubbly and followed with lots of chocolate!

I love a baked Camembert!

Cranberry sauce is really good as an accompaniment, along with dried cranberries and walnuts.😋

Never mind Christmas Eve.
Why are you having a dainty Christmas dinner?

Baked Camembert, cranberry sauce or similar, warm crusty bread, posh crisps, party snack bites like duck rolls, fancy prawns on skewers etc. Lush