we chose to just buy

Well at least you wont get tired that much. As you said that the foods you bought are as tasty and delicious as the one you cooked so it will be just okay. I am the one who made the graham cakes, the one with fruit cocktail that my sister bought and the cookies and cream one that I experiment. I am also be the one who will cook the spaghetti which I used to cook every year. I guess one of my speciality. Have a great Noche Buena with your family and a Merry Christmas.

Hi there christmas in tonight here and we do the same too we are going to cook some and other food is just going to be warm up in the oven haha I'm sure they do taste the same and we all going to enjoy the Christmas dinner with family;-)

I used to do a huge buffet feast for 40...but now...it will just be me and my daughter and grand daughter. She specifically asked for NO big meal...she loves my spaghetti so she said to make that. So I am! And I bought Texas Toast with garlic to toast. I didnt' even bake cookies.. and that is so not normal for me! I am not having a very happy holiday this year, so things just aren't that great. I did want to have snack foods during the day...so I splurged and got Velveta cheese and will make a cheese dip, I deep fried 5 dozen corn tortillas for chips and will make my famouse bean dip. Doesn't sound to happy or festive, but it is what she wanted so...that is what she gets! But hey, no reason you have to make/bake everything. Years ago I did.. literally baked everything! 2 meats, 3 veges, 2 salads, 2 sides like potatoes, 2 breads and a bakery of baked goods. I did all that work, but enjoyed it, but I also did all the serving and cleaning up...literally ...no one helped me! They were all in the living room visiting while I did clean up and all! I finally got fed up and started making people bring something and that way, I didn't have to work the entire day and they were there to help clean up cause they had to make sure they got their dish back!

Hello there. We really don't cook much on christmas eve. We too just had fruit salad last night and sandwiches. It is on New Year that we cook extra foods. I don't know if you're observing it, but having plenty table means more blessings to come for us for the new year. Besides, I was busy too this year selling fruits and vegetables infront of our place. I have a business here at the side of the market. I decided to try selling this year so that other sellers will not sell here in my frontage. It is just this year that my kids are teeners already. Last night, they are busy with their friends going to the church and they just hang around chatting almost all night. Merry Christmas!

A nice relaxing Holiday is always nice too. I enjoy making things from scratch for my family and knowing everything I put in, but there are some store bought things I really enjoy eating as well.

Hello SIMPLYD! There's nothing wrong with store bought food. As you have said, they are as good as our cooking. I too just made chicken macaroni salad, baked carrot cake, and baked the ham I bought......since we're not that hungry after the mass, we just had a light Noche Buena of ham sandwich, macaroni salad, and carrot cake for dessert. Here's a tip if you're going to have a store bought food on the table, to make it your own, just add a couple of ingridients and voila! ....you have a new dish. :)

For me, I will choose the kind of foods that benefit me a lot and not to risk my health condition.