We are serving heavy hors d'oeuvres all day since Christmas Day at our house will be like an open house, with grandparents, siblings, and cousins will be popping by throughout the day.

We'll have crudités, cocktail meatballs, cheese plate, and shrimp cocktail out throughout the afternoon/evening with batches of beef tenderloin bites, bacon wrapped scallops, mini crab cakes, and pigs in a blanket being served fresh out of the oven as often as necessary.

Keep it simple and zip down Georgia Avenue and have dinner at DC Born and Raised (Eats Place). Not sure if they're booked but I reserved a while ago.

Christmas Eve: lasagna, salad, bread
Christmas bfast: casserole and attempting Ina garten's cheese Danishes
Christmas dinner: standing rib roast, scallops, fettuccine Alfredo, green beans, kale salad and pioneer woman rolls cake and Christmas cookies

Christmas Eve: Crab avocado mango salad, spinach salad, garlic cream cheese mashed potatoes, green beans, marinated steak tips, and a family recipe for sticky buns

Christmas Day: antipasto salad, garlic bread, lasagna, meatballs and sausage, turkey, green beans, and a shit ton of desserts

Ham, asparagus, dinner rolls, seasoned/buttered red potatoes, salad, cheese/summer sausage tray, eggnog (or wine or beer). Cookies and tarts for dessert.

Anonymous wrote:Pork rib roast, broccoli and leek cheddar casserole, roasted potatoes, parsnips, and carrots, and homemade rolls. Cheese, olives, and nuts to start, store bought dessert (maybe a fruit tart). Maybe cookies if I'm bored tomorrow, since parents will be here to help watch the munchkin.

And can you please share a recipe for the casserole?

You could get a nice ham from Whole Foods, then just warm it up and serve some basic sides.

This year it's beef tenderloin roast, asparagus corn and green beans to cover everyone's veggie preference lol and those little red potatoes smashed down and then roasted till crispy

Cheesecake (from Cheesecake Factory) for dessert

Apps just simple cheese and crackers and shroom cocktail

It's just the 4 of us this year, but we never do anything too time consuming for Christmas the day is hectic enough as it is!

thanks for the ideas. i like the idea of something simple! i hadn't considered that -- though the PP with menu of prime rib and leek cheddar casserole, etc. sounds yummy!

At the IL's we have finger foods for "dinner" while we open gifts. At my parents on Xmas we have London broil, twice baked taters, a couple of veggies, rolls, etc.

Pork rib roast, broccoli and leek cheddar casserole, roasted potatoes, parsnips, and carrots, and homemade rolls. Cheese, olives, and nuts to start, store bought dessert (maybe a fruit tart). Maybe cookies if I'm bored tomorrow, since parents will be here to help watch the munchkin.

We're cooking, but only for 5 people total. Prime rib, mashed potatoes, and brussels sprouts. Christmas cookies and store-bought truffles for dessert (plus whatever goodies came in stockings). I like a simple menu so that I can spend the day enjoying the kids with their new toys .

We do a thanksgiving menu for Christmas. We just add eggnog and Christmas cookies to it.

We're keeping it simple and doing steaks, mashed potatoes, and creamed spinach.

My parents and sister have decided to come into town on Christmas Day. I was hoping to eat at Mrs. K's Tollhouse but it's booked. Any suggestions of places in Silver Spring or downtown that won't break the bank but are festive (and not booked)?

In the event that I can't find anything, I may go ahead and cook. Please tell me what's on your Christmas menu.