90 Perfect Christmas Dinner Ideas, from Easy to Unforgettable
Celebrate the season with the ones you love by sharing a real feast.
Christmas dinner is typically the last big, over-the-top feast of the year. It's when the whole family (and all the friends who are also family) come over and gather around a table decorated just so. You serve a Christmas cocktail (and a nonalcoholic drink for kids and those who want it). People dress up in their favorite ugly Christmas sweaters, keeping warm despite the cold outside, listening to Christmas music and enjoying the company, while the dinner finishes cooking.
Then everyone gathers around a well-decorated table to say grace and dig into a hearty, wholesome feast.
It's really a moment we live for, perhaps even more than wrapping the presents or opening them.
This year, give your family (and any guests) a meal to remember with these Christmas dinner ideas. We've filled this list with main dishes, sides, desserts, snacks, and drinks galore. From a traditional British style feasts(turkey and pudding!) to innovative and smart winter ideas like colorful Holiday salsa with tree-shaped tortilla chips, a festive wreath cake, and much more, you're sure to find exactly what you're looking for. And all of these recipes are tested, so you know they work, they taste good, and they're not too complicated.
Plan out your Christmas dinner menu now, and you should be able to prep a good bit of it a day or two ahead of time. That way you can spend more time on Christmas clinking glasses and laughing with family, and less of it in the kitchen.
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