Anonymous wrote:Since it's just the four of us for Christmas dinner we do fondue. Cheese with mini hot dogs, bread and veggies; then chocolate - with antyhing they want (i love to see how long it takes the kids to remember that last year they dipped the chocolate santa in

Haha...we've done it the other way. My wife grew up with fondue for Christmas, but we prefer the broth fondue. So I make a very flavorful homemade chicken soup (although some years, for some guests, I've made vegan vegetable stock). We have beef, chicken, shrimp and salmon, and a selection of veggies. I get about 15 sauces and we dip. Some dinner rolls round out the menu. I save the stock when done. The next day, I reheat, add some small pasta, some leftover veggies and made some bite-sized pieces of one of the proteins and make soup. The soup is so rich and tasty.

I love the fondu idea...i'm stealin it!

Usually do italian on Christmas Eve but havent figured out Christmas day yet These are great ideas!

My family always does seafood chowder for Christmas Eve but that could also be served on Christmas. We serve it with good crusty bread and a salad.

Probably will be doing some sort of baked manicotti or stuffed shells, salad and crusty bread. Sparkling cider for the kids and wine for the adults.

And those crackers -- the kind you pull apart with the prize inside -- just for fun!

We have Grits souffle. Delicious.

Recipe! ? !

i always do salmon, roasted vegetables, some green veggie, some sort of bean/couscous salad, a really good salad and a really good bread....

Since it's just the four of us for Christmas dinner we do fondue. Cheese with mini hot dogs, bread and veggies; then chocolate - with antyhing they want (i love to see how long it takes the kids to remember that last year they dipped the chocolate santa in

Anonymous wrote:We do fondue, just the cheese and chocolate courses. I don't like the typical fondue cheese, so I make a Monterey jack beer cheese fondue.

We are doing cheese and chocolate fondue too, and other apps, for Christmas dinner. But doing a huge brunch.

I was going to make ham again this year, but the timing isn't going to work out. Perhaps I will return to the beef stew in the crockpot of years past. And do a fancy dessert.

salmon, ham, scalloped potatoes, roasted brussel sprouts

We have Grits souffle. Delicious.

Anonymous wrote:I'm doing Nigerian meat pies and a salad. Probably some cake and wine for dessert.

Can you please post your receipe? Many thanks!

We do fondue, just the cheese and chocolate courses. I don't like the typical fondue cheese, so I make a Monterey jack beer cheese fondue.

We also re-do thanksgiving exactly for Christmas. It was only recently I realized that everyone doesn't do that!