Christmas Eve ...it just has to be fish and chips for lunch, so we found some of the good stuff in Abergavenny. I'm just back to eating properly again after a stomach bug, so I avoided the batter!
Christmas Day - champagne mid morning with the presents, then a fishy starter (having smoked salmon this year) followed by roast fowl (this year, only having the older end of the family, we're branching out with a Marks & Spencer "ballotine" of turkey, duck and chicken). I'm happy to avoid sprouts myself so the veg will be roast spuds, roast parsnips, carrots, cabbage and runner beans. Trio of desserts as listed under the home baking thread - trifle, mince pies and Queen Charlotte's Tart (think orange and lemon meringue pie).
Then we sit and groan over tea, coffee and whatever else we can eat (probably not a lot) before driving the 20 miles to see my sister who has plans to feed us turkey sandwiches ....
Normally Boxing Day is cold cuts, baked spuds and salads but this year I suspect it's roast beef, this time cooked by my Mum. I'm beginning to regret the quantity of food I have in the fridge.
You're all welcome for New Year's Eve, by the way!

Anne