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We do the whole Ukrainian Christmas Eve meal, Sviata Vecheria. It's supposed to be 12 courses, though we just do kutia, borscht (with mushroom vushka), fish (catfish in a tomato sauce, picked herring), kasha holubtsi, pyrohy (usually potato and kapusta/cabbage), fruit compote, bread, nut roll, poppyseed roll, mushroom sauce, and then assorted cakes and cookies. The entire meal is supposed to be meatless and dairy-free, though we often cheat and have butter on the pyrohy.
On Christmas Day we have a big breakfast (last year I made French toast out of the leftover nut roll....it was amazing), leftovers throughout the day, and then ham or some sort of meat for dinner.
My family does a Polish Christmas where we have pierogies, kielbasa, ham, sauerkraut, and macaroni salad. We usually have a polish soup too: borscht, vegetable soup, or chicken noodle soup.
We have had Mexican food for Christmas dinner here at my house for many years. The family always comes for taco salad (with every imaginable ingredient), chips and salsa and dips, and homemade sopapillas with butter and honey for desert. They would be furious if the tradition changed! Actually, it's a pretty easy meal for such a busy day.
Our family has begun having a side dish of baked sweet potatoes. They taste great and are very healthy. As for the main dish, for us it's usually a beef roast with a brown meat gravy. If the weather is right we may have gumbo instead. Chicken and sausage gumbo on a cold winter day is fantastic.
Back in the good ol' days when Mom could still cook the big meals she always made a huge dish of candied yams or sweet potatoes. that was in addition to baked mac and cheese and all the turkey fixins. she cooked TexMex regularly through the year so I've added tamales to my Christmas menu. I've learned Arabic specialities from Hubby's side of the family so now the holidays include Baklavah and anise cookies.
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