We hosted my wife's families annual party on Christmas Eve. We made 10 lbs. of sloppy Joes,10 lbs. of scalloped potatoes, a 10 lb. honey baked ham and baked beans. Others brought lasagna, mac and cheese, chicken wings, veggie trays, sausage and cheese trays, chips, pretzels, dips, cheesecakes, doughnuts, cookies, candy and pecan caramel pumpkin pie. I have developed a theory that if twenty people are having a party and everyone brings something and each thinks they need to feed twenty people you actually end up with enough food to feed 400 people.
    For Christmas dinner we always have roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Turkey is for Thanksgiving and ham is for sndwiches. This years sides included an onion soup made with chicken broth instead of the more common beef broth. It was a huge hit with everyone, even our 18 month old grandson who kept smacking his lips and saying mo mommy.
We also featured my wife's super smashed potatoes (I think she got it from Rachel Ray). She mashes them with cream cheese, sour cream, butter and chives. I glazed some carrots, baked homemade biscuits and the Yorkshire pudding in a muffin tin for individual servings.
Dessert was Mom's fruitcake as well as all the ones left over from the night before.