What's your preference?
I'm vegetarian so we go with ALL the trimming plus veggy gravy and Linda McCartney veg roll thing that looks like turkey (but aint nothing like it if truth be told).
ROAST pots are an essentials!!!
Its tradtional Xmas pud and brandy sauce for afters
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I'm on the Atkins diet so I will have:
Cheesy cauliflower mash [ instead of potatoes ] sprouts, and carrot and swede julienne to accompany the turkey.
I will also attempt to make my own low carb versions of mince pies and shortbread [substituting soya flour and gluten flour for ordinary flour]. No Christmas cake or Christmas pud but I don't like those anyway.
I also have some low carb choccies bought in. I have locked them away so I don't eat 'em 
I loooooove Christmas food!what's that ?
We are having Blini followed by traditional Turkey dinner,sweet is Lemon mousse (weight watchers).
I loooooove Christmas food!I'm having the same as Sweet...... minus the ferrero rocher 
But I actually prefer Boxing Day food..... loads of cold meat and pickles..... 
I'm cooking for 4 people with very different tastes so finding something we all like was hard but I've settled for Stuffed Chicken wrapped in bacon, roasties, garlic potatoes, green beans, pepper sauce for me and gravy for the others. Home-made banoffee pie for dessert. Well 2 of them actually, one without banana and coconut 
what's that ?
I assume some sorta nut cutlet preparation.
IMO one can't beat out sourcing the Christmas Day meal.
I'm doing roast Beef on christmas day as we are having Turkey on boxing day and christmas day afternoon i'm doing a cold buffet for family that aren't coming for dinner
Full on traditional turkey with all the trimmings.
Sprouts are an essential, as are roast parsnips and mashed swede. The rest of the veg is really based on whatever the majority favour (usually carrots, cauli-cheese and green beans).
Pud is pud..! accompanied by half a bottle of warmed brandy. Strike extra long match, ignite and stand well back (nearly set fire to the beams last year 
). The more people that I have to cater for, the simpler the menu. We have warmed mince pies too, and there's ice cream for any of the nippers who don't like pud or pies.
I'm one of those who prefers Boxing Day food too; salt beef and my secret stash of pickled walnuts.
Boxing Day, since you mention it, tends to revolve around open air non-food events.
This year the Boro play at home, so it's hoonds and horses, and the option of associating with our betters, followed by drinks and then football and then more drinks.
Boxing day when I was growing up was Turkey Curry, it was a good way of using up the leftover turkey. Come to think of it, my mum must have bought a pretty big turkey every year to feed 7 on Xmas day then turkey sarnies that evening then a curry the next day and more sarnies that night!
Full on traditional turkey with all the trimmings.
Sprouts are an essential, as are roast parsnips and mashed swede. The rest of the veg is really based on whatever the majority favour (usually carrots, cauli-cheese and green beans).
Pud is pud..! accompanied by half a bottle of warmed brandy. Strike extra long match, ignite and stand well back (nearly set fire to the beams last year ). The more people that I have to cater for, the simpler the menu. We have warmed mince pies too, and there's ice cream for any of the nippers who don't like pud or pies.
I'm one of those who prefers Boxing Day food too; salt beef and my secret stash of pickled walnuts.
Ahh Cosmo has saved me a lot of typing
the same here - and a big yes to the pud - mince pies and brandy - best part of the meal 
I'm cooking for 4 people with very different tastes
I'm cooking for 11 with very different tastes:
One is diabetic
One is blind (so no fish, in case of bones)
One doesn't eat rice or pasta or red meat
One doesn't eat salad or any 'fancy' veg
One is vegetarian
One doesn't eat red meat or any form of beans
One doesn't eat red meat (and has a strange fetish that new potatoes should be peeled!)
My sister, her husband, their daughter and I am quite normal 
So, we are having turkey, ham, mashed and roast spuds, a million different veg which people can help themselves to, bread and cranberry sauces.
Christmas pud, mince pies and trifle.
Hopefully there will be enough left to feed us for the next week
Boxing day when I was growing up was Turkey Curry, it was a good way of using up the leftover turkey. Come to think of it, my mum must have bought a pretty big turkey every year to feed 7 on Xmas day then turkey sarnies that evening then a curry the next day and more sarnies that night!
We had turkey and chips and pickled onions or beetroot and turkey sarnies for tea. Mam always used to buy the right size turkey for just that amount for us all
I'm going to my niece's so I dunno what's on the menu
Full on traditional turkey with all the trimmings.
Sprouts are an essential, as are roast parsnips and mashed swede. The rest of the veg is really based on whatever the majority favour (usually carrots, cauli-cheese and green beans).
Pud is pud..! accompanied by half a bottle of warmed brandy. Strike extra long match, ignite and stand well back (nearly set fire to the beams last year ). The more people that I have to cater for, the simpler the menu. We have warmed mince pies too, and there's ice cream for any of the nippers who don't like pud or pies.
I'm one of those who prefers Boxing Day food too; salt beef and my secret stash of pickled walnuts.
Ahh Cosmo has saved me a lot of typing
the same here - and a big yes to the pud - mince pies and brandy - best part of the meal
You owe me one, MrsH 
Good point Baz I usually get left with the washing up though wherever I go
Good point Baz I usually get left with the washing up though wherever I go
Me too....
I may be drunk wiiing this year though I'll take my handset down to Joanne's
*put's down Sprout for the washing up* 
Savouries with cheese! And some harveys bristol creme! That's what I'm consuming now.
I will be doing dinner for twelve
Choice of starters ...........homemade pate, prawn/lobster cocktail, melon and parma ham, some kind of soup.
Turkey and Pork, Roasties, Mash taties, Sprouts, carrots, green beans, swede and cauliflower cheese.
Pigs in blankets and two types of stuffing and ..................................................if my arm is twisted - yorkie puds.
Christmas pudding, trifle, fresh fruit salad with panna cotta or lemon tart.
Cheese and biccies.
Everything will be hoovered up eventually - I have a house full for at least three days!
Funnily enough there is plenty of wine/port and bubbly too.
