Do you have ham or turkey or something else for Christmas dinner?

Christmas Tree Sandwiches Ingredients: For the dough: 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup milk 3/4 cup sugar For the filling: 1/4 cup Crisco shortening 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups powdered sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons milk green food coloring 1 tube brown decorating icing, with writing tip Directions: In large bowl with electric mixer, beat butter until creamy, about 1 minute. With mixer on low, alternately add flour, salt, and milk and beat until well blended. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 1/2 hours. Preheat oven to 375F. Spread sugar on a plate. On a floured surface, roll one third of the dough to 1/8" thick. Cut out tree shapes with a 2" cookie cutter. Press cookies into sugar to coat on both sides then place on ungreased cookie sheets. Pric each cookie all over with a fork, for decoration. Bake cookies 9 to 11 minutes until very lightly browned. Cool on sheets 2 minutes then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. While cookies are baking, prepare the filling. In a large bowl, beat shortening and butter until creamy with an electric mixer. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add powdered sugar and milk. Add food coloring to tint the filling pale green. Beat on high until the filling is light and fluffy; appx. 3 minutes. Spread filling on half of the cookies and sandwich with the remaining halves. Outline cookies with the decorating icing.

i think were having ham for this coming christmas, bec. turkey is expensive.

We actually have a breakfast or brunch. We used to have a sit down dinner, but after my sister passed away we felt the need to do something different. Our family is really small now anyway, so we have bagels and cream cheese and assorted pastries before we open our presents. No one has to cook or clean up. When we get hungry later, we just have some sandwiches or something similiar.

This looks an awful lot like my discussion from 6 days ago... http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/442503.aspx hmmm

Turkey is for Thanksgiving that is true and Ham is for Christmas. Lately spiral cut which is ever so popular now. One day we will raise our own pigs and have good ham on Christmas and Easter!

I am personally sick of turkey for the holiday meal. Last year we did cornish hens which have a gamier taste, and the year before we ordered in Chinese food. This year the hubby is insisting on turkey so I'll be off to the butchers in search of one this weekend. Cheers!

We usually have turkey for most holiday dinners but sometimes we do have ham from time to time or chicken. I am not sure what we are having this year but it will be either turkey, chicken or ham in addition to the other foods we have for christmas.

at my moms she is making a pork loin.

We usually have ham for Christmas Dinner. Not exactly sure why, but I think it has to do with that we just got done eating all the turkey leftovers and what something different.

Here in Ireland, most families have both roast stuffed turkey and ham, and that is what my mum always gave to us since as far back as I can remember. Once I had to spend Christmas in hospital, but the turkey and ham was on the dinner menu. I notice now that a few families are breaking from this tradition and having roast beef.

I will be definitely preparing turkey for the Christmas.Once in a year only we used to prepare turkey meat.

We have roast turkey with ham and stuffing. And we'll do Brussel sprouts, carrots, mash potato, roast potatos with that. There'll be gravy and cranberry sauce.

We always have ham at my house. My mom cooks roast beef at her house. My grandparents cook turky. Much variety in my family