Post by EloiseWeenie on Dec 10, 2015 22:38:17 GMT -5
My family always has beef tenderloin. Some years, if we're feeling fancy, we'll do beef wellington.
If you are getting the gingerbread dishes, you could always buy (or make) some gingerbread house kits, and use that as an activity/centerpiece. IME all ages love gingerbread houses.
I have a guy who cooks for me and his family is all far away. He celebrates Christmas, but always, always, always wants more hours and overtime. I have never met a harder worker in.my.life and I come from a family of hard workers. I asked Julio if he'd cook for us on Christmas Day and he was so happy. So he gets time and a half for cooking, he'll get to eat with us (that makes 20!) AND I'm going to drop a cash bonus on him like whoa. I also have a computer set up to Skype if he wants to.
I went down the pinterest rabbit hole of table settings and there are some amazing ones. Apparently British people put fire crackers on the plates. I found that oddly endearing. I guess if your family bothers you, blammo!
NO. We do not put firecrackers on the plate. They are Christmas crackers and do not blow up. They are great - you pull them apart (we cross our arms and pull on either side of us) and person who gets the larger part is the winner - you get a small gift, a joke and a hat.