Posted on Dec 14, 2015
What do you and your family eat for Christmas dinner?
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We are approaching the holiday season. With all of the sales being offered the tendency can be towards competing for gifts tends to build up the tension. Those of us who did or who are buying for young people who may want the most highly demanded doll, toy, set, electronic device or mode of transportation from tricycle through car can be distracted by the chase.
Many of us have family traditions which were handed down to us and others of us have started our own traditions. I try to help my family members remember that Christmas is a time we remember that our Lord and Savior came to earth as a babe and fulfilled the prophecy by becoming Immanuel "God is with us."
Food tends to be a part of Christmas from early morning snacks through a meal later on.
I hope that each of my rallypoint friends, contacts and others I interact with has a wonderful and merry Christmas season.
Do you have a family meal tradition?
Many of us have family traditions which were handed down to us and others of us have started our own traditions. I try to help my family members remember that Christmas is a time we remember that our Lord and Savior came to earth as a babe and fulfilled the prophecy by becoming Immanuel "God is with us."
Food tends to be a part of Christmas from early morning snacks through a meal later on.
I hope that each of my rallypoint friends, contacts and others I interact with has a wonderful and merry Christmas season.
Do you have a family meal tradition?
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With Paternal Grandparents and dad's side of the family:
Ham, Grandmaw's biscuits, orange cake, and tacos. Yeah, when we were young, she asked us cousins what we wanted, and we said "tacos!" "Why am I making all this traditional dinner if you want tacos?" So, we ate tacos. And now, it's our 20 year tradition!
With Maternal Grandparents and mom's side of the family:
Traditional Southern breakfast. Scrambled eggs, ham, grits, jelly biscuits, brown sugar biscuits, and chocolate cake.
With wife's dad's side:
turkey, ham, green beans, mac 'n cheese
With wife's mom's side:
Kalua pig, pineapple, sticky rice, traditional Hawaiian foods (that side of the fam is Hawaiian)
With everyone!:
BBQ, with school band fundraiser oranges, and fruitcake.
Thanksgiving is when we do the turkey, ham, green beans, mac and cheese, etc.
Ham, Grandmaw's biscuits, orange cake, and tacos. Yeah, when we were young, she asked us cousins what we wanted, and we said "tacos!" "Why am I making all this traditional dinner if you want tacos?" So, we ate tacos. And now, it's our 20 year tradition!
With Maternal Grandparents and mom's side of the family:
Traditional Southern breakfast. Scrambled eggs, ham, grits, jelly biscuits, brown sugar biscuits, and chocolate cake.
With wife's dad's side:
turkey, ham, green beans, mac 'n cheese
With wife's mom's side:
Kalua pig, pineapple, sticky rice, traditional Hawaiian foods (that side of the fam is Hawaiian)
With everyone!:
BBQ, with school band fundraiser oranges, and fruitcake.
Thanksgiving is when we do the turkey, ham, green beans, mac and cheese, etc.
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LTC Stephen F.
Thank you for responding LCDR (Join to see) and sharing the food choices of so much of your family :-)
I like the way the taco tradition started and has been maintained. :-)
BBQ, oranges and fruitcake is certainly a wide range of food to enjoy at one sitting.
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I like the way the taco tradition started and has been maintained. :-)
BBQ, oranges and fruitcake is certainly a wide range of food to enjoy at one sitting.
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We usually have ham, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, nothing too extravagant.
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LTC Stephen F.
Thank you my friend SCPO (Join to see) for responding so long ago and sharing what your family enjoys for Christmas dinner.
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When I as young my British parents who emigrated to this country took us from the Philadelphia area down US Route 1 to Bethesda, Maryland to spend Christmas with my mom's sister and her children/ Our requirement was to bring sufficient Habbersett sausages which were a family favorite. On Christmas teh young ones got up and ate whatever was in our stockings. We couldn't open the rest of our gifts until our oldest cousin woke up usually about noon. Later we sat down to a meal of Turkey, ham, sausages and breads and vegetables with a Christmas pudding and fruitcake.
In the military I ate Christmas at the mess hall until after I was married 13 years later. I merged some of my family traditions with my wife's traditions - that marriage ended in 1995. After remarrying in 1999 my wife and I started our own traditions. Sometimes we had turkey but since she is Cuban we had black beans and rice and some other dishes.
In the military I ate Christmas at the mess hall until after I was married 13 years later. I merged some of my family traditions with my wife's traditions - that marriage ended in 1995. After remarrying in 1999 my wife and I started our own traditions. Sometimes we had turkey but since she is Cuban we had black beans and rice and some other dishes.
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