We always go out to our lovely local restaurent on Christmas Day, except for the pandemic years when their owner / chef provided us with the main ingredients as takeaway.
The location of the restaurent is one of the top reasons I was keen to live in this village and in walking distance of this establishment.
We used to eat several courses, fish, soup, roast meats, cheese, pudding, savoury.
Sadly, as we get older our appetites have waned so just a light starter probably prawn cocktail type to start, then 'the works'. It's the only time we eat turkey all year, large legs deboned and stuffed with chestnuts snd forcemeat. One leg is the size of a small roast. All.the.veg. Pigs in blankets and Devils on horseback.
Roast potato's and gravy to die for. We usually low carb so the roast potatoes are a particular festive treat, just like medieval times when people were often hungry and eating their full of food was an unusual treat.
I'm salivating already. It is honestly just once a year. We will bring back another leg do that there are leftovers to feast on on Boxing Day (back to just veg though, we aren't barbarians.