My husband cooks Christmas dinner. It's the one day of the year when I don't have to do the cooking.

Nice one Yogi! 
Does he only cook once a year for a reason 

We cook Christmas lunch together, but during the year he cooks most of the roasts.

Maybe.

Why does this not surprise me Cinds....following what was said in the Abba thread 
Does he wear a pinney  whilst being a culinary whizz 

normally I'd say thats about right in our house too..   I cook Christmas dinner (alone.... the last thing I need is him getting under my feet in the kitchen)..   but this year we aren't having a roast... we're having dim sum & other chinese goodies...  so he will be doing ALL the cooking! 

Leaving me free to play on the PS3 with the kids!   wooohooo!

 My hubby always cooks the Christmas Dinner ......(and most of the others as well for that matter)...... I help with the prep and loading the dishwasher

Mr Blizz does most of the cooking, all year round.
But we're going to his parents for Christmas, so his mum will be rushing about and panicking, and bringing out two hundred sausage rolls in case we starve to death waiting, he will be 'helping' her, and his dad will be pottering around tidying up after them.

I will be made to sit down and plied with drink.

Mr Scotty can`t cook for toffee - he`s been known burn water! 
He does his bit though - helps with the prep and sets the table ( I usually have to re-do it )
He does all the washing up and treats me like a Queen for the rest of the night.
I don`t have to move - I`m happy with that  

Naked Chef 

 Not having a Turkey roast!  You heathen!! 
Sounds like a fair trade to me Ditts 

Must admit myself, to not liking help in the kitchen most of the time...this year I 'm working!
So I reckon it will be a Birdseye frozen jobbie.

And of course you can't refuse the MIL hospitality can you..it would be rude 

f I'm lucky he'll help with the clearing up. Oh yeah .................he's also very good at telling me how it 'should' be done, 

 
*stops self from telling spitting jokes* 

They've probably all gone through my mind anyway 

 Is that a Scotlish tradition?

She's very insistent!
Plus, I think she prefers me drunked. 

Mr summer cooks ours, and it's not just cos it's xmas, he is the main cook in our house. I occasionally buy something from m&s and pop it in the oven for a bit, but any proper cooking is all him.

Yes, I know how lucky I am :-) he's a star!

oh you decided in favour of it!  

I usually go around to my parents house along with my brothers and sisters for christmas. Its usually my Dad who prepared it aswell and my Mum would help out.


Bit of a pain in the arse having to drive there just for dinner... they lived in Cheshire before so it wasnt such a trek. They are now in Warwick so its a long drive

I'm pleased to say my hubby will be doing the christmas dinner this year, he does every year and most of the cooking all through the year too! I am a very lucky woman!!

Yeah, the idea has grown & grown on me.     when I put it to daughter at the weekend her initial reaction was the same as mine had been..   a bit of a bottom lip wobble...  and "it won't be the same"...  

I told her to think about it for a while...    within a couple of hours she was all up for it! 

I have also put my foot down on the double gift fest that going through the full santa routine results in (I always resented having to pay for Santa's pressies as well as the ones I got the kids)...    Santa will come...  but only to fill their stockings.. with small stocking filler stuff.   All main pressies, all pressies costing over a fiver, will go under the tree.   It has to be this way...  cos the stuff the kids want all costs more now they are older... so there are less pressies (but of higher value).

I am liking this christmas more & more...

Mine has done the whole lot for him, me, the kids, my mom, dad and brother (the last christmas my mom was alive which i really cherish memories of) LAst year i helped him and this year its a his moms

While i appreciate him doing the big christmas dinner, i do have one moan... he is the messiest cook i've ever known! he manages to splatter every tile, door and suface and tidies nothing away as he goes along.

Friends of mine - both good cooks, haven`t cooked Christmas dinner for years. 
They got fed up with the hard work. They get a huge Indian meal delivered to their door.
No pots and pans, just a few plates to wash up - sounds good to me 

I put the idea to my lot but no chance 

My husband doesn't cook much but I don't eat it when he does!

At Christmas we are at his mums and as his brother was a chef for years he does most of the dinner.

Ohh I don't know... its our first proper Xmas together.  I am a little bit excited....well a lot.

During my marriage I cooked xmas dinner every year.Then when the girls were old enough I had to work early shift Xmas day.,
So we would prep the veg together the night before, I would then make the stuffing, get the turkey ready and pop it in the oven before leaving for work the next day. I also made the trifle and got stuff ready for lunch (dinner was in the later pm and he and his large mother could not wait that long without eating) ,One daughter would make the starter, the other the bacon rolls.
I would then write simple instructions for xmas dinner so he could start it .
When I got home ,the house would be in disarray, the mother in law in one room, the girls in another and he would be faffing in the kitchen,
I would then take over.
He would however load the dishwasher after lunch.

He would tell all our friends how he ALWAYS cooked Xmas lunch and they would say how lucky I was..

Hmm 

I hope you put them straight 


I'm excited , its the first year a man is cooking from start till finish our Christmas Lunch. 
A bit apprehensive too.

I have to say though.....

My fella cooks loads and loads and I am still pinching myself. He is blinking good though.

I love my husband very much, but when it comes to Christmas ... pressies, shopping, cooking etc...... he simply turns up on the day , so to speak

And then looks all surprised

Same here ..............but - he works long hours and provides well .....I really can't complain (although I probably will)

My ex brother in law used to whisper "what is it" to my sister as his kids were opening their presents.

Mr Blizz does all the shopping, most of the cooking, and I do most of the wrapping.

He knows how lucky he is.

I shall be cooking roast rib of beef on the bone with roasted onion, red cabbage, roast spuds and mash. I shall then be lying down while my boyfriend takes an hour to wash up.

My heart bleeds for you

I have to do everything!

MrB is the chef of the house...he cooks all year..unless I am feeling creative!! He says it helps him unwind after work...I ain't going to argue!! So he does the Xmas dinner and I do the evening 'buffet' while he has a doze!! His Crimbo dinner is superb....the pudding he makes is soooo scrummy....as is his homemade stuffing.....oooh...now I want my dinner!!!

Let Mr. Cosi near the ovens..?  Do I look mad..?
He's a nice fella and all that, but the kitchen is not his domain and never will be. 
What he does excel at is knowing that I need a full bottle and my favourite glass by the side of the hob within arms reach at all times.  It's thirsty work all this cooking...

I have the whole family, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day - New Years Eve and New Years Day. (maybe not the New Year part this year).

I buy all the pressies, do all the warapping, buy and cook all the food! As the kids have got older they do help and it's much appreciated.

I get stressed, I moan (a bit) but .................................I LOVE IT REALLY - it's as it is and I'm very thankful that I have a lovely family to share Christmas with TBH.

(God I'm getting all philosophical). There are many who have crap Christmases - mine are hard work but simply wonderful.

In a few years (when I'm aged) maybe someone will take over the helm (if I let them).