What did you have for supper on Christmas Eve when you were growing up? Do you keep up the tradition of the eating the same thing now with your family?
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Christmas Eve Supper
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Veronika
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In Germany, Christmas with gift-giving is on December 24th. Traditionally, in the afternoon there was always Dresden Stollen and Christmas cookies, in the evening Saxon potato salad with sausages, beetroot salad, celery salad.
On December 25th and 26th, there was always turkey and goose with potato dumplings and red cabbage.
Now I'm keeping up the tradition of potato salad and sausages on December 24th;
on the 25th and 26th, there are always potato dumplings with red cabbage and roulades.
On December 25th and 26th, there was always turkey and goose with potato dumplings and red cabbage.
Now I'm keeping up the tradition of potato salad and sausages on December 24th;
on the 25th and 26th, there are always potato dumplings with red cabbage and roulades.
Christmas Eve is always at my parents' house, ever since I was a kid. That meal starts with snacks and appetizers. Always need the teeny-weenies- meat and vegan options. Quichess. My mom insists on making a lagana and ham with all of the sides. We fill up there and then roll out the door. Next. we head to my brother-in-law's and eat and drink until we burst.
BoatLady
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Christmas Eve was always a big deal for my family. It was my grandmothers, my dad and a cousin's birthday. So we always had a big family gathering that got larger as we married and started families. Turkey, ham and all the sides plus a birthday cake. Then we opened presents with family that we would not see during the rest of the the holidays. Then a wrapping paper-snowball fight was started so it was family chaos.
Oh yum, Veronika, even though I'm not sure what all of it is it sounds WAAYYY better than what we had on Christmas Eve. That's wonderful to see that you are keeping some of the traditions going. The current menu sounds wonderful too.
We usually went to friends' house to celebrate.
OMG,
we had oyster stew or I actually had hot oyster flavored milk with a little butter in it and some oyster crackers. I would pick out the oysters and give them to my brother, he loved them, everybody loved them except me. I don't know how old I was when I realized you could get so called "fresh" for Minnesota anyway oysters that didn't come out of a can. We didn't open gifts Christmas Eve, but went to midnight Mass, came home had a kolache and went to bed. For years we'd get up and go to 8 AM Mass Christmas morning.
There are a lot of things I didn't eat as a kid that I do eat now so one year I decided to resurrect the Christmas Eve tradition, got fresh oysters, made oyster stew, we had our candelit meal at the dining room table , you know one of the two times a year we use it, and had our meal. We all ate it and then my husband and son both said, ok, we tried the tradition, but you never have to do that again , and I 200% agreed . Now I make a gigantic pot of Greek Lemon Chicken and winner, winner, chicken supper, even though there's not a speck of Greek anywhere in our family line, we've been doine it ever since.
I have tried Oysters Rockerfeller in Key West and they are incredible, but then everything in Key West is.
we had oyster stew or I actually had hot oyster flavored milk with a little butter in it and some oyster crackers. I would pick out the oysters and give them to my brother, he loved them, everybody loved them except me. I don't know how old I was when I realized you could get so called "fresh" for Minnesota anyway oysters that didn't come out of a can. We didn't open gifts Christmas Eve, but went to midnight Mass, came home had a kolache and went to bed. For years we'd get up and go to 8 AM Mass Christmas morning.There are a lot of things I didn't eat as a kid that I do eat now so one year I decided to resurrect the Christmas Eve tradition, got fresh oysters, made oyster stew, we had our candelit meal at the dining room table , you know one of the two times a year we use it, and had our meal. We all ate it and then my husband and son both said, ok, we tried the tradition, but you never have to do that again , and I 200% agreed . Now I make a gigantic pot of Greek Lemon Chicken and winner, winner, chicken supper, even though there's not a speck of Greek anywhere in our family line, we've been doine it ever since.
I have tried Oysters Rockerfeller in Key West and they are incredible, but then everything in Key West is.
Oh, that sounds really good, Veronika, we're all really tired on the 25th & 26th so we have grilled gingerbread & peppermint sandwiches-
Teeny weenie what? Teenie weenie cookies ? Teenie weenie rotini? Ham, sides AND lasagna , wow that's even more than Santa eats, are those things teenie weenie or are they regular size ? Then you go somewhere ELSE and eat? I see why humans can't fly.
Christmas Eve is a very big deal for us too, but I'm sure you already knew that. Does the cake have a lot of frosting? I REALLY like frosting ! That's so fun that you shared opening some presents with family you would not see , it always more fun to see a person's face when they open a gift.
Hmmm, Mrs. Claus always says if you can't think of anything nice to say........I need some hot cocoa.......it was very nice of you to share the oysters with your brother, I'm sure he really enjoyed them. I bet milk and crackers tastes a little bit like milk & cookies. Kolaches sound good though. I'm glad you tried the oyster stew again as a grown up and that your husband and son were good sports. I bet you ate lots of cookies after. The soup you make now sounds really, really good.OMG,
There are a lot of things I didn't eat as a kid that I do eat now so one year I decided to resurrect the Christmas Eve tradition, got fresh oysters, made oyster stew, we had our candelit meal at the dining room table , you know one of the two times a year we use it, and had our meal. We all ate it and then my husband and son both said, ok, we tried the tradition, but you never have to do that again , and I 200% agreed . Now I make a gigantic pot of Greek Lemon Chicken and winner, winner, chicken supper, even though there's not a speck of Greek anywhere in our family line, we've been doine it ever since.
I have tried Oysters Rockerfeller in Key West and they are incredible, but then everything in Key West is.
AK_Tracy
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We always traded years with friends. One year our house one year their house, back and forth. The dinner was never the same. It could be tradition to non. The only thing the same was the gifts. We always got new jammies that night to wear. it was so fun. I did it with my kids up until my daughter married and started adding her own kids LOL
Now Christmas Eve is whatever I feel like and usually themed. Last year was Chinese food, all made from scratch. The egg rolls were the best. This year our friend (adopted family) requested traditional prime rib and sides. Next year I'm thinking Mexican and Margaritas.
Now Christmas Eve is whatever I feel like and usually themed. Last year was Chinese food, all made from scratch. The egg rolls were the best. This year our friend (adopted family) requested traditional prime rib and sides. Next year I'm thinking Mexican and Margaritas.
That sounds very yummy . You are very organized to already be planning ahead to next year. Mis. Claus has a best friend who would be planning ahead by drinking the Margaritas this year and Mrs. Claus would join her after Christmas. I'm not sure what they are but they always seem to laugh a lot when they have them.
scrap-genie
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My family didn't have any Christmas Eve special, everything was on Christmas Day. After my brother married we went to his house for the 24th when his kids opened gifts and as they grew up I went to DH's aunt's house but as great a cook as she was, I don't remember the food then. Now it's just the two of us and we do now have a special dinner that I scrapped about back a ways.
