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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t celebrate Christmas but have been reading these menus, drooling. All sound so good!

My question is this - based on tv, in books, songs, etc I always thought most people eat ham on Christmas, but it seems most of these menus are not ham. Is ham old-fashioned, or was my impression over-hyped, or does it depend on one’s family culture?

Happy Christmas to all who celebrate! [/quote]

I always thought of ham as more a New Year's meal, partly because in the South ham and Hoppin John is the classic meal for New Year's Day. Some families I knew did have ham for Christmas but most people had either turkey (again, so close to Thanksgiving!) or a rib roast.

I suspect there's a lot of regionalism at play as well as socio-economic factors at play. Ham is cheap and can feed a large number of people and if you wanted something different from the Thanksgiving turkey while on a budget, ham makes sense. If you were more affluent, then a prime rib roast is feasible. But forgotten these days is the capon, which was also a classic Christmas roast in the past. [/quote]

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