Christmas dinners
Yuletide family gatherings
Christmas dinners are the main meals eaten on Christmas Day, typically featuring traditional festive foods that vary by culture—roast turkey or ham in America, goose in parts of Europe, seafood in some Southern Hemisphere countries.
The phrase evokes family gatherings, elaborate preparation, and abundance: We're hosting Christmas dinner this year.
The plural often refers to multiple such occasions across years or households.
- roast turkeyOven-cooked holiday fowl
- hamCured pig thigh
- roastDry-heat cooking method
- prime ribBone-in beef roast
- puddingCreamy thickened sweet dish
yams · coquito · potatoes · feast · bread · gravy · mince pies · turkeys · cranberry · tamales · stuffing · pavlova · meal · holidays · second helpings · lutefisk · lechon · stollen
Christmas dinnersTV dinners
Prepackaged single-serving meals
leftovers · microwave meals · grab-and-go meals · regular meals · fast food
Christmas dinnersfamine
Severe food shortage
starvation · hunger · bread and water · skipped meals · gruel
Christmas dinnerseating alone
Consuming food unaccompanied
fasting · missed meals · hunger · skipped meals · food insecurity
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