Holiday Food Traditions!

[smock]

So what are your holiday food traditions? Any that you've carried on since you were a wee thing?

In the Smock household, I'm working hard to make Christmas mimosas into a holiday tradition.

[smock]

We have also made Christmas pizzas for Christmas dinner several times.

(and clearly a Christmas pizza has red and green toppings)

[smock]

Oooh we used to have cinnamon rolls for Christmas when I was a kid! Make extra and send them to me!

[motzie]

I like the sound of Christmas mimosas. We might have to borrow that.

H's family does a big seafood thing Christmas Eve. I don't eat don't of it so luckily FIL makes me this awesome spinach florentine dish.

[Chirp]

Ham. Boring I know, but it's always from the same single owner butcher shop in the next town over.

We ordered it a few weeks ago. We pick it up on Saturday.

[neonpink]

My family has piergois and sauerkraut and kielbasa. It's not Christmas unless they are there.

My inlaws make this awesome sweet potato casserole and sugar cookies.

[Muddled]

At my parents' house, it's cinnamon rolls first thing in the morning and eggies for brunch and then my mom makes the same dinner every Christmas, complete with cheesecake. We haven't really made our own traditions yet, althought I do do the cinammon rolls.

I think that mimosas sound like a grand idea and I will be encouraging them as well.

[bowies]

We have my mom's homemade lasagna on Christmas Eve. On Christmas my dad would bake those Pillsbury orange-flavor rolls since I hate cinnamon. My mom would also have some homemade strawberry bread around.

Basically, lots of sweets. And cream-of-crap casseroles.

[imoan]

My mother-in-law makes her AMAZING cinnamon buns the night before (but not baked) and brings us over the buns, the topping and instructions on how to bake them. We used to go to their house early in the morning for them... but it was important to her that we had Christmas morning by ourselves. So we start out Christmas morning with coffee and the best cinnamon buns in the world.

Then my favorite Christmas/Thanksgiving food is celery stuffed with cream cheese with green olives on the top.

[Deleted]

Growing up we didn't have any real traditions aside from a turkey/ham. DH's mom makes a lasagna and ham for xmas day and his sister makes some type of awesome dinner on xmas eve. There is always LOTS of cookies, all different kinds. We always have our own xmas dinner at home before we travel though - which is tonight! It includes steak and wine and presents!

[starrieskies]

We're another cinnamon roll family. My mom's recipe makes enough dough for two 9"" x 13" pans, so she'd always do one caramel pecan rolls, and one basic cinnamon.

I always use the same recipe since it just wouldn't be the same without them, and I take one of the pans over to my neighbor once they're baked. But I'm the only caramel pecan eater in the house, so I usually just go with the basic cinnamon rolls.

Santa also brings each person in the house an orange and an apple in their stocking. (The Biggest ones he can find)

[smock]

Oh, we used to do fondue for Christmas morning, too. Mmmm cheese. (sorry Kuus)

[starrieskies]

Christmast mimosas AND fondue? Can I come to your house for Christmas??

[Deleted]

christmas eve 7 fish dinner
christmas day lasanga

chestnuts, strufulla,and stuffed artichokes

[partiallysunny]

Ham?

Not really. Not on my family, at least. The H and I always decorate sugar cookies together, but it's not something I did as a kid.

I think the Mimosas are a grand idea!

[cuddlyevil]

We'll do cinnamon rolls in the morning.

We'll be eating ham all week because DH's company gave us a massive one this year. So I'll be needing recipe ideas.

[neonpink]

Cuddleyevil you should make a breakfast casserole with ham. Something like the link below but using your ham.
www.thekitchn.com/recipe-ham-and-cheese-breakfas-43364

[maucat]

We do a Christmas Eve lasagna, with spinach pasta, bolognese, beshamel (sp?), and parmesan.

For years we had goose on Christmas Day, but that tradition is going by the wayside. I think it started after I saw A Christmas Carol.

I can't think of any other traditions. I love making the lasagna with my mom every year.

[maucat]

Dup. Stupid proboards app