Bini Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Do you typically serve your big family dinner on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classylady Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Ours is Christmas day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenamarie Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) Does it have to be either/or? ETA: We do something yummy and indulgent for Christmas Eve (like loads of pizza or nachoes, or something else kind of junky), then Christmas Day we'll have a small breakfast, munch on our Christmas goodies during the day, then have ham with some fixings for dinner. We only do a big family dinner if we're visiting family (and so someone else is cooking ). Edited November 21, 2013 by Jenamarie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Christmas eve - Christmas day is to hectic and to many places to go and people to see that there is no time for a big meal and cleanup.The Traveler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Both...and a huge brunch on Christmas morning. My adult kids plan on Christmas morning at our house just because their Dad cooks a big breakfast. :) Nobody can beat his omelets.We eat for a week (or more) on leftovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Christmas day. On Christmas Eve we drive around and look at Christmas lights, then go home and have a frozen pizza.It works for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_T_E Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Christmas Eve my family usually will order pizza and then on Christmas Day we have a big dinner. It's been our tradition for about ten years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted November 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Oh, wow. Pizza is really common on Christmas Eve. Might be something we do this year and then do the big dinner the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiper Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Do you typically serve your big family dinner on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?In traditional Swedish manner we celebrate Christmas (and eat big family dinner) on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day is for sleeping in, resting our bloated stomachs, and playing with the new toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 In my mom's house in the Philippines, the party starts on Christmas Eve and ends on New Year's Day. We have the Christmas Eve dinner, go to midnight mass then light up the sky with firecrackers...Now that I'm in the US, I continued the Christmas Eve thing... We start in the afternoon going to houses to sing carols at the doir and drop off presents then we have ginormous dinner then we light the Christmas candle at midnight and open presents.We then go to my in-laws for brunch the next day and then to my brother's for dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Christmas Day. We open all the gifts on Christmas Eve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefche Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Dravin and I have a tradition of international dinner for Christmas Eve. Our first Christmas was a Greek dinner, our second was Italian. We are thinking an Irish meal this year--Shepherd's pie and colcannon. Then Christmas Day we go to my dad's where we ALWAYS have ham, mashed potatoes, corn and green beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Both!!! Errrr... All 3?1) Christmas Eve is an extended family party 40-80 (and not LDS, nor my catholic fam which is across the country). Think thanksgiving. On steroids. With Buche de Noël, and Christmas pudding w hard sauce, trifles, and truffles and... gelt (yep. Even when Channukah is on thanksgiving, we still play draedle games. Because we're weird like that). Then it's driving around looking at lights in PJs with the kids & hot chocolate, until they're half asleep in the car. 2) Christmas morning = brunch gone mad, that we eat all day (with waffles &'crepes made to order as we need to nosh, biscuits and gravy in the pot, bacon under the broiler, egg casserole in the fridge for zapping) until...3) Christmas Night = Christmas Gumbo & Turducken & Shrimp Étouffée Then we just eat leftovers until January. Unfrozen as needed. One of my faves is turkey cranberry monte cristo sandwiches. Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Christmas Day. We open all the gifts on Christmas Eve.But....but....how can you open presents Christmas Eve? Santa hasn't come yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 But....but....how can you open presents Christmas Eve? Santa hasn't come yet!Oooh...you might not like the Vort household's approach to Santa...But we DO do our Christmas stockings on Christmas, if that's any consolation. Any "Santa-ing" we do is around that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishcolleen Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 We do a big Christmas day dinner with extended family. We keep Christmas Eve for just our little family. All through December we watch as many Christmas movies as we can get our hands on. We go to church on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day if it is a Sunday. The teens at church always do a special drama or musical program for the Sunday evening service the week before Christmas; that is one of the highlights. We also enjoy New Year's Eve. We have a fellowship at church with a "talent show" (or lack of talent show- just super funny), lots of junk food, and playing games until 11:30. One of the favorite games is hide and go seek with the lights out. At 11:30 we gather to pray to thank God for the past year and to pray for the new year. Then at midnight the kids go out and honk the car horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Oooh...you might not like the Vort household's approach to Santa...But we DO do our Christmas stockings on Christmas, if that's any consolation. Any "Santa-ing" we do is around that.Eh...what do I know? I was an Orthodox Jew until two years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploomf Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Christmas Eve. We have a big dinner at my cousins house with all the family. Then the next day we stay in our pajamas all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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