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How do your Thanksgiving/Christmas dinners differ?

LukeAndAmandaLukeAndAmanda
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We always had the same thing for Christmas and Thanksgiving, just adding a ham. My mom always made just turkey, and then turkey AND ham for Thanksgiving. It's my FIRST year to have family in my home, as we're doing our Christmas the day after on the 26th. What's on your Christmas menu?
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  • Dobie_MamaDobie_Mama
    Thanksgiving we do traditional Thanksgiving food. Christmas we do homemade gnocchi & sauce.
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  • Lucky_DragonflyLucky_Dragonfly member
    thanksgiving we do turkey, of course. I am hosting christmas this year and I am getting a ham. If I do do something then i rotate between turkey and ham.
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  • inbetweendreamsinbetweendreams

    We do lunch with my parents, and they have a ham and the usual sides (salad, green bean or corn casserole, broccoli casserole, etc.). We do dinner at DH's dad's house, and they have triangle steaks from a local butcher and about a million side dishes. It's typical turkey for Thanksgiving.

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  • *NNO**NNO*
    Thanksgiving is always: Turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, rolls, and pumpkin pie.

    Christmas is always: Honey-baked ham, scallop potatoes, asparagus or?broccoli, rolls, and pecan pie.
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  • mrsdiamondsmrsdiamonds

    Thanksgiving: Brisket and everything that goes with it

    Christmas: we have a big Christmas Mexican brunch right after opening presents.

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  • MandC17MandC17 member
    Our dinners are also very similar. I'm cooking here on next Tuesday for myself DH, DD and MIL since that's the only day we can get together with her. We're having turkey and stuffing,mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts with bacon, corn pudding, sweet potato casserole and rolls, I might also make one more side dish. I haven't decided yet. For dessert we're having  cheesecake stuffed dark chocolate cake. This is the best cake ever.
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  • LoriFalceLoriFalce member

    Christmas includes a ham in addition to the turkey.

    Thanksgiving must have stuffing and mashed potatoes. Christmas may or may not have stuffing, and may have scalloped potatoes instead of mashed. (For Easter, incidentally, there is no turkey, and the potatoes may or may not be in salad form.)

    Also, there is no pie at Christmas. Just a massive three-tiered platter of homemade cookies and candy.

     

     

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  • Melissa17Melissa17

    Thanksgiving = Traditional

    Christmas Eve at my folks place= take out Chinese

    Christmas Day at In-laws = Traditional

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  • mel41gmel41g
    We have turkey and ham for Thanksgiving.  Recently we cooked a Prime Rib at the ILs and it was a huge success and a nice change!
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  • jenifairiesjenifairies

    Our Christmas traditions are not the norm. We always do finger sandwiches with ground turkey/ham and all sorts of other apps/buffet style stuff. It's always the same things (nachos, rigatoni pasta, veggie/cheese trays), with a few new things extra each year.

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  • JessibellJessibell

    Thanksgiving = Turkey and traditional sides

    Christmas = King Ranch Chicken, Stuffed Jalapenos, Bacon Wrapped Figs, and Corn Bread. Dump cake and Chocolate Sheet cake for dessert along with the cookies.

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  • took79took79
    We do the full Turkey dinner here on Thanksgiving, and on Christmas Eve my mom is making a Roast Beast.  Christmas Day everyone comes here for Chinese Food! 
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  • MandC17MandC17 member
    imagejenifairies:

    Our Christmas traditions are not the norm. We always do finger sandwiches with ground turkey/ham and all sorts of other apps/buffet style stuff. It's always the same things (nachos, rigatoni pasta, veggie/cheese trays), with a few new things extra each year.

    We do something very similar to this on Christmas evening at my granny's house. It's one of my favorite traditions.

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  • violetvirgovioletvirgo

    i'm family likes to go against the grain on our dinner choices for the holidays.  thanksgiving we have turkey, homemade tamales, green chili stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, homemade tortillas, green beans, mashed potatoes, creamed corn and rolls.  christmas dinner we have steak, shrimp, linguine in garlic sauce and gnocchi in marinara sauce, garlic bread and salad. 

    this is pretty much the menu every year since i can remember!  our desserts and stuff vary from time to time, but pumpkin pie is always at both!

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  • newmama09newmama09
    Tgiving we have turkey w/ all the usual tgiving food. Xmas is usually a bacon wrapped filet or a roast beef w/ twice baked taters. It's a small gathering though.
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