I always cook all the traditional foods for Thanksgiving and Christmas. My in-laws are coming down this Christmas and DH said that he wouldn't mind grilling steaks instead of turkey..etc...
What do ya'll think about that? Granted that we live in Houston and it'll probably be 70 degrees on Christmas - so grilling is easily done. I just don't want to feel like I've missed a little part of the holiday. Is that just silly?
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It's turkey for Thanksgiving and ham for Christmas here. I wouldn't have it any other way. But of course there is no set rules and I am sure many people from many places celebrate differently.
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Why not for this one time?
My DH is not terribly fond of turkey but puts up with it for Thanksgiving. For Christmas, I typically make a beef rib roast. It costs a heck of a lot more than a turkey but it's a special meal so....
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What do your in-laws think of that idea? Personally, I wouldn't mind going the non-traditional route one year. You could still have a nice sit down dinner of that's what you want, just with different foods. That being said, you might still feel like you missed something. Last year, there was a huge family fight on Christmas Eve and Christmas dinner was called off. My hubby tried so hard to still make it a good meal for us, but we didn't have any food in the house really (because we didn't expect to be there) and NOTHING was open so we ended up having Chinese food. I think the only reason I felt like something was missing was because we weren't with family, but the food itself didn't really matter.
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on Nov. 9, 2009 at 6:47 AM