What does everyone eat on Christmas?

I will have a traditional Christmas dinner next Saturday evening, organised by my village pub - turkey, pork and chestnut stuffing, baked ham, Brussels sprouts, roast parsnips, roast potatoes, cranberry and port sauce, gravy. Have I missed anything? Then trifle, Christmas pudding with brandy butter.

I expect I will eat a very little of each!

Christmas and Boxing days, I am planning to be alone. I won't prepare a large meal just for myself. I will have a buffet of seafood and charcuterie, cheeses, with crudités, olives, dips.

I will slowly pick my way through that while reading or diving into a box set of some sort.

We have spaghetti. It was a tradition started by my husband’s grandmother. But this year we’re doing something different. I’ll make the spaghetti on Monday, but the youngest is going to make a feast including ham on Christmas Day.

Usually turkey or a game bird (with all the trimmings). This year, however, there's only 3 of us so I'm cooking a venison, port and cranberry casserole - with the usual: roast potatoes and parsnips, pigs-in-blankets, Yorkshire pudding, brussel sprouts, mashed carrot & swede (turnip).......

If possible, chicken and all the usual trimmings ('pigs in blankets': mini sausages wrapped in bacon, stuffing, parsnips, roast potatoes, carrots, sprouts), gravy, cranberry sauce and bread sauce.

We had duck last year. Haven't decided what to have this year yet.

Steak

vegetarianized roast dinner

Small bowl of cold gruel.

Ham