Christmas Dinner

**Hosakawa Tito** · 12-24-2009, 00:14

So what all y'all having for Christmas dinner? Many families have traditional stuff & special family favorites & treats.

We're having a smaller gathering than usual this year. Just the wife and I, my two step children, my mother & one of my sisters. We're all kinda tired of turkey and ham, so we decided on prime rib with mashed potatoes & gravy, squash, green bean casserole. Pumpkin & mince-meat pie for dessert.

Due to diet restrictions I haven't had red meat in awhile. I'm salivating just thinking about that juicy prime rib.

**pevergreen** · 12-24-2009, 00:21

Lunch is the order of the day here.

Prawns, ham, chicken besides that: whatever we want.

Dinner is leftovers from lunch.

**Centurion1** · 12-24-2009, 01:03

depends ive had prime rib, ham, turkey, duck, goose.

im not even sure what it is this time.

**Subotan** · 12-24-2009, 01:17

Turkey this year. I made my Traditional Cranberry sauce (The secret ingredient is aniseed), Mince Pies and the Marzipan for the Christmas Cake.

**Major Robert Dump** · 12-24-2009, 07:09

The old guard is finally getting to old to call the shots, but despite my lobbying I have yet to get a deep fried turkey on the menu. For XMAs we usually do a big roast beef and some turkey, complete with my grams secret chicken noodle recipe which she still wont give anyone. I think I may get it this year.

**Lemur** · 12-24-2009, 07:20

No idea. We're visiting relatives for the day, and whatever they cook up, I feel certain it will be awful. The wife, who shall remain unnamed, thinks she can cook. (She can't.) We will gulp down the food as quickly as possible, smile, and claim it's great.

Of course, the children have no filter, so if one of them yells that the food is yucky, there's nothing to be done.

Wish me luck.

**Major Robert Dump** · 12-25-2009, 04:14

I Don't get Christmas dinner this year. I am snowed in, blizzard in Oklahoma City, car stuck in a snow drift 1/4 mile from house, having to get dressed up as a soldier and go help people who are retarded enough to keep driving.

The 50 car pileup in Edmond was amusing to see, however.

**KukriKhan** · 12-25-2009, 14:15

Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump

I Don't get Christmas dinner this year. I am snowed in, blizzard in Oklahoma City, car stuck in a snow drift 1/4 mile from house, having to get dressed up as a soldier and go help people who are retarded enough to keep driving.

The 50 car pileup in Edmond was amusing to see, however.

Maybe you'll get lucky and the Mess Hall will bring chow out to you. Merry Christmas, GI; thanks for taking care of unwise motorists.

**Ronin** · 12-25-2009, 20:38

Cod roasted in Olive Oil with garlic and roasted potatoes....delicious....that´s christmas eve dinner.

the lunch on christmas day is roasted lamb....christmas day dinner is normally leftovers.

**Lemur** · 12-26-2009, 03:21

Shame on me. Shame! On! Me!

The Christmas Dinner was fantastic, flawless, perfect. The relative's wife (who shall remain nameless) pulled it off with style and skill. And here I was thinking I would have to gulp my chow down like a prairie dog chewing on an acidic bug. Nothing could have been further from the truth.

The reality is that I had to lie down on the couch after stuffing myself past the bounds of reason and sanity. The food was that good.

**GeneralHankerchief** · 12-26-2009, 03:35

We had both Thanksgiving and Christmas at my house this year, so Mama GH was burnt out on turkey. Instead, we did Italian for Christmas and I promptly stuffed myself with as much spaghetti, ravioli, meatballs, and chicken parmasian as my stomach could, well... stomach. I'm going to be lobbying for this to become a new tradition from here on out.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 12-26-2009, 03:39

Here's hoping Major Dump gets some hot chow delivered for his good deeds.

Here's wishing I could pop over to Ronin's for leftovers. The only time I ever tried to make lamb I did something wrong and it tasted like a goat smells.

Here's wondering what Lemur had.

Our prime rib was excellent, the first time I ever prepared it. Like Lemur I over ate, and it was touch and go in the bathroom for about half an hour. I guess my stomach isn't used to such a rich meal and making a pig out of myself didn't help. I managed to keep it down...barely.

**Big_John** · 12-26-2009, 05:02

Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump

I Don't get Christmas dinner this year. I am snowed in, blizzard in Oklahoma City, car stuck in a snow drift 1/4 mile from house, having to get dressed up as a soldier and go help people who are retarded enough to keep driving.

The 50 car pileup in Edmond was amusing to see, however.

misfortune in edmond gives me the warm fuzzies.

oh and...

ham, roast, mashed potatoes, sweet potato pie, cranberry-apple pie, nog, some kind of rum drink thing, pfeffernüsse from trader joes.

and salad supposedly.