Things you on eat or drink at Christmas
 

The first thing that comes to mind for me is Baileys. I swear I only ever drink it around the holidays but we have to have a bottle in the house for Christmas.

What are things that you only have over the Christmas holiday period?

I love the x-mas tender!

I can't really think of anything I drink liquor wise that changes. I make a holiday punch though on Xmas that only makes an appearance once a year.

On the food side Gingerbread for sure. I love it but I only make / eat it right around the holliday.

egg nog - i'm the only person i know who actually likes it. and i also like Christmas fruitcake soaked in rum. and Christmas cookies.

Even more beer and Fruit cake

I have already been asked three times this year what eggnog is by British people.

Mmmm I just chugged a whole bottle of this the other night. :winkwink:

winter beer for me

"Glühwein" (glogg?) and "Spekulatius" (spiced almond cookie?)

On xmas eve its all fish and pasta (no meats) Its an italian thing

Bacala (salted cod fish) mmmm love that shit
Calimari, Scugili, Pasta salads

On xmas days its a meat fest LOL

Bracioli, raviolis suasage and pepers meatballs pasta

MMM cant wait.

prob gingerbread.. pic from the public display in bergen, norway:

http://www.bergensentrum.no/bilder/b...lriken-510.jpg

need to have cookie that all kids up here bake around christmas...

That looks great...I am actually making the first batch of Christmas gingerbread tomorrow.

Egg nog and more cookies than normal. :)

Eggnog and sausage balls. I don't know why we only make sausage balls at Christmas since it's about as easy as making toast, but that's the only time we do! Mulled wine too.

I make gingerbread but in cake form - covered with a sugar and lemon sauce. They served that when I was little in Underground Atlanta and I've loved it ever since - but only at Christmas.

Also apple pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas but that's because I'll only use fresh apples straight from the orchard and after Dec. until the fall they're almost impossible to get.

Most of the food we eat at Thanksgiving we eat at Christmas and never any other time: Turkey, dressing, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie.

an old traditional dish passed down for generations called "the placenta of christ."

Honey baked ham. Yummy yummy for my tummy.

Usually have ham, scrambled eggs, bagels, and champagne for breakfast on xmas day.

Dinner is always Turkey, with all the fixings.

I like to celebrate Jesus' birthday in style, so I drink heavily all day long as well :thumbsup

For us is all about Eggnog, fruit cake and Tamales

Agreed. Natalie & I only drink a bottle or 2 of Baileys at christmas.

A perfect time for 5 things, A turkey & duck, A christmas pudding, Baileys & a Sara Lee chocolate gateux after Turkey sandwiches on Boxing day.
& the following day and the next, and the next, and the next lol! :1orglaugh Turkey, turkey, turkey. Gobble gobble!

I tend to start boozing early on holidays, but I still manage to bake up a batch of my legendary Gingerbread Oh-No cookies every year for Xmas:

http://packphour.files.wordpress.com...as-oh-noes.jpg

:drinkup :xmas-smil30

ADG

lol.. looking good :)

Years ago, I dated a guy who belonged to a big big Italian family. The first year I did Christmas Eve dinner with them, I was totally taken aback. I had honestly never seen this much seafood in one sitting that didn't involve a vegas buffet.
I was amazing and awesome. Love the cultural differences.

As for me, I really only eat cookies at Christmas. It is the only time I have the urge.

Haha those look awesome :thumbsup

I only do eggnog at xmas time. Plus the frosted sugar cookies, we only do those at xmas time as well.

Chinese food....

i think you have had enough to drink for tonight, now goto bed beatch

I usually grill an entire pig. Takes about 4 - 5 hours. I keep a bottle of Scotch by my elbow. When there is left than 1/4 left, it means the pig is done.

They look very tasty and are always tasty, so continue your tradition. However, they do have nothing to do with christmas as Gingerbread dates back to the 15th century. The first of figure-shaped gingerbread cookies appearing was in the court of Elizabeth I of England. She had the gingerbread figures made and presented in the likeness of some of her important guests.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingerbread_man A good old british recipe!

Can anyone tell me a good meatloaf recipe for Natalie. She loves meat loaf! :thumbsup

I'm Italian...a lot of seafood, linguini w/clams, fried shrimps, squid, baked clams, king crabs, and lobsters. pasteries, cannolis, and kosher choccolates (jelly rings, haleva, marshmello twists)

I'm going to come out and say it: I LOVE Christmas and New Years. Best time of the year, especially in the Southern Hemisphere where the summer is just starting.

looks great.i also want to buy such a cutter for cookies.

summer & christmas? naaaah, doesn't cut it at all.. hoping for snow this weekend

Those are great!

I baked SO much over the weekend but it was all just for one event. So, I am going to have to do it all over again shortly for general Christmas consumption.

dont think theres anything different, except party more than usual!

No shit, it's egg nog season again. Time to hit the supermarket for some Christmas cheer on that end. Also, a good, warmed cognac never hurts. :)

Every Christmas I eat this traditional polish dish made by my grandma!

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/7/3010/z3010187X.jpg

Its a red beetroot soup with mushroom dumplings called little ears, and we use Boletus edulis mushrooms for this purpose :pimp

not much too different, just twice as much food and 4 times as much drink as I normally have;)

This is part of what I baked this weekend.

Cranberry shortbread:

http://www.sjayne.com/food/cranberry_shortbread.jpg

White Chocolate and peanut butter blondies:

http://www.sjayne.com/food/white_cho...r_blondies.jpg

Chewy chocolate brownies:

http://www.sjayne.com/food/chewy_chocolate_brownies.jpg


Mocha cupcakes with butter cream frosting and topped with a chocolate covered coffee bean:

http://www.sjayne.com/food/mocha_cupcakes.jpg


Kahlua chocolate chunk cookies with milk and white chocolate chunks:

http://www.sjayne.com/food/kahlua_ch...nk_cookies.jpg

and whilst I was baking I enjoyed the fairly sin free -

Cinnamon spiced hot chocolate made with soy chocolate milk:

http://www.sjayne.com/food/spiced_hot_chocolate.jpg

Mom used to bake several traditional swedish cookies and dishes at christmas time. I havent learned them yet, but will look up a few I think this week and make the attempt.

drink: beer, red wine, mulled wine, Snaps

Wow, these are awesome!!!

Egg nog. I make mine with brandy, bourbon and rum. All my friends begin asking for me to make it at Thanksgiving.

http://www.atelierbynadja.blogger.com.br/!mousse.jpg

:thumbsup

That looks really interesting..I bet it actually tastes good too.

Looks great

Can't think of anything in the liqour dept I drink on Christmas that I don't otherwise. Usually bring 1-2 bottles of wine and a six pack to the party. So I guess I drink more wine than normal, but not by much?

The thing I love every Christmas is a pumpkin roll with cream cheese icing filling and throwing a bunch of green beans in the crockpot with a pound of bacon and a stick of butter and letting it cook on low for about 36 hours. That and Honeybaked Ham is my entire Christmas meal.

I would love to find a great stuffing recipe though.

Giada's Panettone bread pudding.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/panettone...deo/index.html
I make it every year and everyone loves it and asks for more. Its sooo good