Hosting Christmas Eve Dinner
11/20/2008 02:33:00 p.m.I was thinking of having Xmas dinner at my house on the 25th but am now thinking of having it on the 24th instead as my cousin wants to have a big family gathering at her house on the 25th. I need to find out what hours my new employer is open on the 24th before I commit to anything. If I do host a Christmas Eve dinner I don't think I will do the traditional feast as we'll all be having that the following day. I am thinking of doing lasagna with salad, garlic toast, etc.
I'd love to hear suggestions for non-traditional fare that would make a good Xmas Eve dinner.
ETA - Now I am considering doing appetizers rather than a full meal. Hmm...
3 comments:
I actually think non-traditional is more fun for informal gatherings :-)
Around the holidays we always have a fondue meal. Yum. Doesn't take a lot of preparation, just chopping.
Appetizers, dips, punch, would be great too!
Thanks! A yesterday a co-worker told me that it is their tradition to do fondue for Xmas rather than the turkey meal and it really sounded great.
Problem is I only have one small fondue pot for chocolate and cannot go out and buy 3 or so electric fondue pots for oil fondue as I am not allowed to spend unnecessarily and for 14 or so ppl, I would need at least 3 pots.
Also, if I did buy them, I have no where to store them when not in use as my kitchen cabinets are plum full.
You could always ask to borrow a few? We've had people come by and bring their fondue pot with them :-)
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