Are you having something non-traditional for Christmas meal?

I am. I'm fixing my brother's favorite casserole that my mom used to make, Hamburger Italiano. Pasta, hamburger, green peppers, mushrooms, onions, tomato,tomato soup, Worchestershire Sauce, stuff like that. It involves lots of chopping. Tastes great reheated too.

But it sure isn't the usual ham or turkey.

I'm also throwing in my mom's shrimp salad as well, as my brother loves that too. And a loaf of Italian bread.

It's the all-carb diet.

Anyone else having something other than the usual Xmas meal?

...x-mas is just another day for us....:shrug:

It's like saying that Halloween is just another day if you don't believe in pagan stuff.

Just as Halloween is "dress funny and get candy day" I don't quite get why Christmas can't be "get free stuff, eat like a pig and watch sports" day. Half of the traditions are barely Christian. In fact, many are actually sorta druidic.

You know?

Easter too. Ya think the Easter Bunny is ANYWHERE in the Bible? So why can't Christmas be like that for non-Christians?

Worship the fat dude who brings free stuff.

Well, he's not mentioned directly. But it's certainly possible that Mary Magdalene could have been hunting for eggs when she noticed the stone had rolled away from the tomb.

...since the Christians ripped off the feast of Saturnalia, and assigned it to the birthday of "Jesus", I guess I should celebrate the feast of Saturnalia. At least it would be more authentic....Thanks for the suggestion!...:hi:

I thought that was Mithras, actually, not Saturnilia. Or is that just the Roman name for the same dude.

And yeah, the Christians bogarted a pagan festival day to be, as far as I understand, a direct competion for it. "Hey gang, come to OUR party. It's way cooler. We've got some of the same stuff. See?"

Here's an interesting article on the non-Christian origins of some of our Christian traditions:
http://paganwiccan.about.com/cs/aboutyule/a/paganxmas.htm

And I looked up Mithras. I don't see Christmas in his history, except for a birthday of Dec. 25th that led me to believe it was his festival the Christians bogarted. I also see some of his mythology is similar to what we've been told about Jesus.

As a believer, I sometimes wonder how much pagan stuff crept in before Jesus' history was written down finally. When the Gentiles were introduced to Christianity, I wonder if they added a few things. I think I got that idea from a book I read about the historical-critical method of interpretation of the Bible.

Something for me to think about anyway.

...I respect ALL viewpoints, even if I disagree. If you want to discuss the origins of Christianity, feel free to PM me....:hi:

Peace.

I don't think I've ever had it though, unless I was a puppy at the time.

It is nice, just sit at the table and linger food.

But I also like Korean BBQ (the restaurants that have the little grills in the center of the table, so you cook your own stuff.)

but BREAKFAST is. Mom always makes this hash brown/sausage/egg/cheese casserole for breakfast on xmas day :9

Can I come over?

somehow find my town, somehow find my rural road, find my house, which is a mile off the road, and get up my driveway (which requires a humvee in warm, dry weather), then sure, you're welcome to come over :D

My little brother (now 20 years old!) makes sure of that.

Santa usually brings us a bunch of oranges, so that's what I usually eat when I get peckish while we're sitting around the Christmas tree.

This year, though, my mom and I made some cinnamon rolls and froze them. I think we're probably going to heat those up for Christmas breakfast.

I'm 20, and my sister's 18. So, about 10am, mom and dad wake US up, and drag us downstairs (i'm a nightowl, and don't do mornings well). then we do stocking stuff, then eat, then presents. in my mind, the presents aren't going to run away, so might as well eat first :)

My brother comes running into my room and scares me half to death, saying, "It's Christmas! Come on, get up! It's morning, get up!" (By the way, he's secretly confided to me that he can no longer count on his youthful enthusiasm to wake him up on Christmas morning so he has to set an alarm to get up at an unreasonable hour). I groggily brush my teeth and hair while he looks antsy and paces or jumps around. Then I follow him down the hallway to my parents' room, where he wakes them up. My dad takes as long as is humanly possible just to irritate my brother. I talk to my mom while my brother tries to hurry my dad up. By this time I'm getting excited, too. Finally, everyone's ready and we descend on the living room. We linger over the presents, and the sun usually comes up about the time we're winding down.

:)

but that DOES give you more time to play with your new stuff :D

Fish on Christmas and ham on New Year's Day
or
Ham on Christmas and fish on New Year's Day.

I'm leaning toward ham on Christmas and fish on New Year's Day.

Hmmm, herring...

Oh, and black-eye peas.

Sounds good to me.

vending machine at work

I think that's non-traditional enough.

Featuring seafood burros, garlic guacamole and some badass margaritas.

....and walnut pie for dessert. :9

MMMMMMMMMM

rock cornish game hens, latkes, matzo ball soup, green bean casserole and lots of red wine

and a couple of Tsing Tao beers.

We will be having Cadillac stew, popovers and little else besides dessert, a side or two may turn up at the last minute, but I doubt it. Like I said, we are weird.