BringBackFergy Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 So what do you guys (and gals) do each year on Christmas Eve? Here's our normal plan: * Buy the shrimp, make the cocktail sauce, sliced lemon wedges, keep them ice cold in fridge * Wife makes liver sausage dip, party pizzas (cocktail rye with pimento, mayo, etc.) * Bacon wrapped water chestnuts with sweet sauce * Extra sharp cheddar, pepperoni, crackers * Russian rye with spinach dip in the middle * IPA assortment, Manhattans, red wine * Thinking of making chicken liver pate' again this year. One of my favorites. Go to Mass at 5pm The only presents opened on Christmas Eve are from my folks. Get home, and start snacking (the five of us), usually some other family members stop by for snacks and drinks. (Big Meal is saved for Christmas Day....I just stopped at the grocer store and bought a nice looking prime rib roast. Never made one before but I think this is the year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOVABillsFan Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 For dinner - Prime Rib Roast, cooked rare Deserts - apple, pumpkin and chocolate pie, oh and cookies Kids grown up so gifts can wait 12 hours so unless guests are there but not the next gifts are exchanged. Christmas day; breakfast prime rib and eggs, dinner is either Trudey or Ham and of course whats left of the pies and cookies Entertainment varies on location. Football, card games, or video games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 My brother and I are moved out, but we still do the same things that we have always done for Christmas. On Christmas eve, we go to the mall in the morning, and do last minute panic shopping as a family. In the evening, we get a late dinner of Chinese takeout from the same place we always have. Then, when we're ready to go to bed I read "A Visit from St Nicholas" from a brilliantly illustrated hardcover copy. Even though we are both well into our twenties, my brother and i giggle at the funny words like breast, jerk, and threw up, as is tradition. Then on Christmas morning we get up, open our gifts, and watch the Comeback game. That tradition started when I bought the DVD for my father seven years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Get the kids to bed early (easiest night of the year to do that) and steam up some king crab legs. Yummy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Christmas movie marathon: The Ref, followed by Die Hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) Dressing up like Jason from Friday the 13th and going trick or treating Edited December 18, 2015 by JTSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Christmas movie marathon: The Ref, followed by Die Hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 "Gruber." Hans Grubber is...well, someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Magic dust. A little for me...I little for Santa Claus....I little more for me.....I little more for Santa Claus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB3 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) Go to my uncle's house after church. The drinking starts, and at some point every year, I'll wait till a lot of people are engaged in conversation together and I'll bring up a political topic to my uncle that I know he feels strongly about. I'll say a couple things to really get him going, and then excuse myself to go do something (i.e. take a call, go to bathroom) and leave the rest of my family there to listen to him rant ad nauseum. It's my favorite tradition. My sister told everyone after last year's rant that I do it on purpose, so we'll see how it goes this year. Edited December 18, 2015 by LBSeeBallLBGetBall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanM.D. Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Dressing up like Jason from Friday the 13th and going trick or treating :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Dressing up like Jason from Friday the 13th and going trick or treating I don't want to know what you do for Hanukkah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 My dream would be to make a prime rib roast. But it seems too daunting and too expensive to screw up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 My dream would be to make a prime rib roast. But it seems too daunting and too expensive to screw up.I'll tell you how it goes...or we can ask NOVA above. Christmas movie marathon: The Ref, followed by Die Hard.Die Hard...one of my favs. Good call. I may have to pop that in after we watch "Christmas Story" for the 58th time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I will burn a Yule log. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 My dream would be to make a prime rib roast. But it seems too daunting and too expensive to screw up. I can be bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Christmas Eve dinner turkey . Gag gifts. Christmas morning open stocking gifts from Santa , then cinnamon buns , then exchange gifts. Then head to my sisters house noontime for brunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I will burn a Yule log. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I can be bought. I have never done a prime rib Will have to try this winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I have never done a prime rib Will have to try this winter. We do a goose every year for Christmas. We're doing the prime rib for New Years for the first time. Christmas Eve it's just the two of us. I put out a big spread of food. This year's menu so far: Homemade cured meats (soppressata, lonza, bresaola, chicken liver mousse, pate campange) Assorted cheeses (including homemade Camembert) Home cured salmon Shrimp or lobster (not sure yet which one) Champagne for the wife Sparkling Cider for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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