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Christmas is the Time for the Family to Gather Round the Dinner Table

 
 

As the holiday season gets ever closer, it is getting to the point where you need to start thinking about meals, planning and recipes. The first few weeks of November always see families across America start planning their roasts and coming up with new and exciting ideas for starters and desserts. 

Tradition vs. New Ideas

This list for main courses throughout the holiday season always contain Turkeys and Hams, Roast beef or lamb. Which meat is chosen generally depends on what your family prefers. Christmas recipes are usually handed down through generations of a family which means that trying something new is virtually a crime.

It is usual for the oldest member of the family to be responsible for the holiday dinner – the matriarch of the family. She usually creates the menu, hands out responsibility for side dishes and chooses which recipes will be used. It is not an easy job, but most women have spent years being prepared for the role.

Choices, Choices, Choices. Which Desert?

Preparing Christmas Recipes Recipes for cakes and cookies are often family secrets and are kept quiet to prevent family feuds. If you want to create something new for desert, it is an idea to modify existing recipes to see how they work out, rather than trying to start something new completely from scratch. It is also an idea to still serve traditional desserts to make sure that no one is offended.

The Family will always Show up Regardless of What You Serve up

Christmas recipes are tradition in many families and have a long history dating back generations. However, with every new generation, they are modified to keep in with the times. In today’s world, we have become a lot more health conscious so out with the lard and in with the olive oil. As long as you keep a copy of the original recipe for memorabilia, there isn’t any harm in adjusting a recipe. 

Many recipes have been hand written by grandmothers and great-grandmothers so have a lot of sentimental value and become something of family heirlooms. These should be kept safe to pass onto your children when they are old enough to appreciate it – the same with your adapted version.
 
There is a lot of love that goes into Christmas recipes – which is even more important than the recipe themselves. Remember this as you are scrawling your adapted version on a scrap of paper.

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