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Chestnut and Cranberry Ring with mushroom sauce on Christmas Eve with friends and a turkey on the day http://thesnailgarden-myrecipes.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/chestnut-and-cranberry-festive-ring-or.html

Sainsbury's vegetables in cream sauce pie I hope.

I always used to have one. Originally they were shortcrust pastry and they were sumptuous until they improved them and made them with flaky pastry

They were not as good like that but I stuck with them until the next round of improvements saw them being constructed with rosemary pastry which was truly nasty so I stopped eating them for several years.

They don't use the rosemary any more but they are still made with flaky pastry but it is better than bread and pull it..

The usual turkey & trimmings dinner on Christmas Eve..... DH wouldn't have it any other way! Just the two of us, so we'll get a turkey breast & a couple of drumsticks (DH's favourite). We usually graze on Christmas day.

We were lucky last weekend, won a couple of raffles at the local club; we won a ham, then we won a gift basket... puddings, biscuits, chocolates, fudge, a bottle of Baileys & a strange glass plate. :-D

I'll be making the "cheat" small puddings on Thursday & take a box of them when we go out on Friday evening.

:-D

Turkey and Ham again this year. Don't know why we have Ham though . A strange family tradition.

Normally, I don't bother - usually go to my daughters.
However, this year, she's working on Christmas day, from 2m to 8pm, in a maternity ward, presumably delivering the immaculate one :-D

I've bought a turkey crown, as I have my grandsons (aged 4 and 6) from 2pm to 8pm :-D

I'm prepared. They will obviously open their presents at home in the morning, but I'll keep my presents here, and they will open them straight after dinner, which they'll get as soon as they arrive.
I've bought them both (amongst other things) a 'minion' onesie each. This will ensure an early bath - as they can't put them on without one - and they'll be ready for bed when mum picks them up :-D :-D :-D

I offered to make something different this year, but my kids are having none of it!
They want turkey as usual

I prepare the bird on Christmas Eve and set the oven to come on very early in the morning.
By mid morning it's ready, and the girls make croissants, pancakes or waffles
We have these for brunch, topped with all the hot crispy bacon that I used to cover the turkey.... it's become the tradition in our household!

:-D :-D

Whatever takes your fancy. Up to 2-3 years ago we always had goose and then suddenly the request for duck came in.

This year - son said he had a duck in freezer, OH said there was a large leg of lamb, beef and pork in ours (C. Eve we always have a home cooked ham).
After some discussion son said he would like a T bone steak whilst OH and I are having rib eye steak.

What ever takes my fancy from the freezer so probably a pizza followed by Xmas pud and cream

for Christmas dinner this year?