re: Who retires the the traditional Thanksgiving meal once the leftovers

Chinese restaurant for Christmas

Our Christmas dinner is roughly the same as Thanksgiving minus a few small changes. Turkey, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, stuffing, Hawaiian rolls, and black eyed peas all stay.

Instead of ham as the second meat it's a tenderloin, instead of pumpkin pie it's buttermilk, instead of greens it's creamed spinach, and instead of mac and cheese it's crab cakes.

I only get turkey, stuffing, and green bean casserole twice a year so it's not like it's overkill to do something similar to T-Day just a month later.

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that takes about 16 hours and costs about $150 a quart...but its very very very good.

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Sure, okay.

We'll do spaghetti and fried chicken for our family (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) Christmas gathering and then I'll do a prime rib for Christmas dinner.

We used to traditional christmas, but last year switched it it up to a Feliz Navidad instead. Fajita and Taco bar, homemade salsa, fresh queso, tequila, the works...

None of us are anywhere near hispanic, just tired of the same stuff we just ate at Thanksgiving and the whole next week.

Chicken & Sausage gumbo for Christmas, along with a ham and some finger foods