Tis the season of badwill!

[Indigo]

While I don't think I would do pizza for Christmas dinner, my family actually doesn't sit down for a real dinner on Christmas. Mom said that she wanted to spend the day with us, not in the kitchen so our tradition is to make a veggie tray, a summer sausage and cheese tray, a vat of potato soup and a vat of chili. It allows us to graze throughout the day and no one has to worry about cooking.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

We don't do Christmas dinner in the Freleigh family. Christmas Eve we just graze on various finger food/snack items like taco salad, veggie pizza, chicken wings, and so forth.

Christmas Day is generally the same unless we're having company. Then we just have snacks.

[wraiths_crono]

This makes me think an elephant gun was involved.

Love the pizza woman. Wow, Mom, takeout pizza for Christmas dinner! Hope it wasn't too much bother!

Heh for me I picture the OP using Vanish-Doom combo but... I am a nerd so there.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Boxing Day for me is cold turkey and snacks. We have it all planned out. XD

Even if you don't have a turkey dinner for Christmas Day, you still have planned it all out beforehand, right? You didn't leave it til the day before to ring round?

[MoonCat]

We only do turkey on Thanksgiving (and I'd change that sometimes but my sister likes the traditional dinner best). For Christmas we used to have ham. This year we're thinking lasagna! Sometime different anyway.

But if we forget to buy any of the ingredients, we're not going to go to the store and scream at the employees.

[Lala]

We do the non-traditional Christmas dinner, too, at least with the extended family (30+ people). Thanksgiving is all out traditional with turkey and ham. Christmas is always something different. One year was Mexican food, and my uncle’s wife (who is Mexican) made homemade tortillas and salsa. Once we made dozens of baked potatoes with at least a dozen different toppings, and last year we had about 6 different homemade soups with different rolls and cornbread. It’s much simpler, and everyone’s burned out after 2 Thanksgiving dinners (with extended family the weekend before, then one with in-laws or at home the day of) and a Christmas dinner with the in-laws.

Of course, we’re smart enough to plan ahead. Everyone has their task/contribution. And if something’s forgot, we do without or try to find a place open. It’s no ones fault but our own if we forget something.

[LadyAndreca]

My husband and I have started a tradition of cooking things we otherwise wouldn't think of trying during the year. We don't have kids yet, so it's nice to spend the time cooking together. The first year we just wanted to have duck instead of turkey, but I went shopping late and on Christmas Eve they were sold out...and then I noticed that the store had rabbit. A tradition was born! Last year, we intended to actually get the duck, but were distracted by pheasant. I don't know if we'll try for duck again this year, or just say "screw it" and see what kind of uncommon meat we can find. (I'm hoping for uncommon, myself.)

[chainedbarista]

*thinks indigo's mom is a wise woman* i like this idea greatly. i can sit back, graze and watch movies with...zombies.

[morgana]

Going to have a nontraditional Christmas dinner myself, this year. Not going to the relatives; too far to drive with brand-new carpal tunnel surgery.

Having Dairy Queen, ham salad, chips, and cookies. And maybe pizza.

But I promise to get them all BEFORE the day.

[KingOfAllSocks]

My god, what is it about these idiots that think the people that serve them aren't entitled to their own lives?

[PepperElf]

For the Americans on the board, Boxing Day is what we call the day after Christmas.

my first instinct was to say "There's Americans who don't know that?" but then I remembered some of the SCs here are pretty nutty.

personally though, I knew what Boxing Day was because of M*A*S*H* season 10 episode 9 "'Twas the Day After Christmas" (showing my age which reminds me i have to go color my hair soon heh)

[GreySergal]

...

I'm going to see if my mother wants pizza for christmas dinner this year...

[Lace Neil Singer]

My god, what is it about these idiots that think the people that serve them aren't entitled to their own lives?

An entitlement factor the size of the entire United States.

Also, if you have had the joy of ruining an SC's Christmas, there's a handy little group here for you to join. XD