My friend Cupcake Julie had her Christmas party this past weekend.
You may remember her gorgeous sugar-themed decorations.
Stuff like this.
(Here’s the post from last year if you want to see visions of sugar plums dancing in your head for the next few days. Make sure you check out the kids play bakery, too. It’s incredible.)
It’s hard to imagine, but this year was even more beautiful than last.
Colonel Cupcake was there again this year.
And so was this guy.
And this one.
And this little one. These guys were all over the place.
You may also remember seeing them from the Toronto Book Signing Post.
Teatro Verde is the only store I’ve actually seen them sold in. It made me happy to see them on display.
Anyway, I love ’em. So festive and sweet.
As a surprise for Julie, I made a few cake pops inspired by them to bring to the party.
Wanna see?
Cupcake Nutcracker guys.
She squealed. I smiled.
They’re double decker cake pops, too. Tricky and a little over the top, but I couldn’t resist.
I also made some Christmas Tree cake pops.
Much easier. But instead of doing them in green, I kept them in her holiday color scheme.
I really like them like this.
Speaking of trees, Julie’s party decorations this year also included two new ones.
This cheerful pink one covered in snowmen.
And this whimsical upside down tree.
Amazing, huh.
But that’s Julie.
Here’s her dessert table. Filled with tons of treats.
Cookies and candy.
Cake Pops, of course.
Mini cupcakes from Crumb in New York.
Macarons and much, much more.
Completely lovely. I wish you could have been there with me.
But since you weren’t … how about a couple of cute guys to keep you company?
I just so happen to know of two that are about ten inches tall.
I thought I’d part with these to share them with one of you.
Enter for a chance to win these two sweet soldiers.
- Simply leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite thing to eat on Christmas. Real food this time. Something non-sweet. I was on sugar overload this weekend and I need some ideas. I know you guys will have some great ones.
- Deadline to enter is Tuesday, December 21 at 7:00 pm ET. TIME’S UP. Winner announced below.
- One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Tuesday evening.
P.S. – If you know another store that sells them too, I’d love to hear.
Good Luck!
And the winner is………
YAY Amanda V! Hope you will enjoy them.
I love a beautiful plate of different cheese, fruits and artisan breads! Yummm….
I love to eat cheesy egg casserole on christmas morning all snuggled up on the couch in front of the tree. The casserole is so easy and you can add sausage or bacon or veggies and make it your own. As long as there are eggs and cheese your good to go!!
My family is Japanese and we usually do Okonomiyaki (fried vegetable pancake, literally “how you like it”) and mine always has cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, zucchini, and green peas. We also do tempura vegetables from time to time. I think our family really loves fried vegetables! :D
My favorite savory Christmas-time treat is always my mom’s cheese balls!
I love stuffing…I only get it twice a year and I absolutely can’t wait. YUM!
We don’t do the traditional Christmas dinners since I’m Vietnamese. My mom usually makes chicken curry. :-) but since I’m married now, at the in-laws we have a variety of foods from Vietnamese noodle soups, to fried rice, eggrolls, springrolls, and I make the desserts :-)
ps I love your blog!
Having to pick something non-sweet is hard… mashed potatoes!
WE have a family tradition for serving a traditional Polish meal. Pierogi ( homemade by us !), Kielbasa, sauerkraut, crepes. Yummy. It’s the only time of year we splurge and do it all homemade and in abundance ! Merry Christmas !!
Real food for the holidays has to include stuffing for me! I made a real good cornbread and sausage stuffing for Thanksgiving I’ve had the taste for ever since so it looks like I’ll be making it again for next weekend! And have to say that I’m in love with those cupcake soldiers, sorry I can’t be much help, sooo wish I knew where else to get them too!
My absolute favorite is HAM! I just can’t get enough around the Holidays!
Pierogi and kielbasa! Can’t wait!
My fav is homemade manicotti… mmmm cheesy goodness! Love the toy soldier pops… my daughter collects nutcracker and would be gaga over those!
I’ve started a new tradition of cheesy broccoli soup and am loving it. Had never had it before until a few years back and craved it one random day when I was pregnant. Thank you, baby! :)
We do a Christmas Eve Brunch at my aunts and she always has french toast. LOVE IT!
I love Christmas and especially the food. I am from Finland but live in Sweden so we eat kind of mixed Chrismas food. My favourite is ham, potatoes and gravy. To this I just have to have peas and finnish carrotcassarole. Very yummy!
Seasons greeting!
I don’t know how you do it? I always like to unplug from everything to a normal mode and light the old fireplace, listen to some relaxing music while watching it snow. I plan on doing my slow cooked wine braised Pot Roast with all the fixings. Talk about..Dig a LIng!
I love waking up to delicious cinnamon rolls for breakfast!!
Definitely the noodles….only fix these during the holidays so I indulge!
We do the seafood thing at Christmas. Love some shrimp and crab legs!
Shrimp cocktail and a meat–prime rib!
You just get better and better! The wooden soldier cake pops are spectacular!
I have Italian food for Christmas, from antipasto to salad to pasta.
Homemade tomato sauce – a recipe carried for generations and raviolis – my favorite part of the meal, but it’s really the entire meal from beginning to end.
Merry Christmas, Bakerella – You Rock!
is there anything other than sweets to eat at Christamas?! ;) Ok, I guess my favorite non-sweet would be my Grandma’s walnut stuffing– it is so good!
Homemade noodles are awesome! Although, it took me forever to think of something non-sweet! I would love to come to your friend’s party too! Hmmm, maybe next year that should be the giveaway! An invite to this beautiful party! :)
My favorite Christmas food is baked French Toast. I make it every Christmas Eve and then bake it Christmas morning for breakfast…Ahhhhmazing!! Now, we also collect nutcrackers (I have 20 so far) and these would be awesome to add to my collection…actually, my kids collection. I don’t have any of my own yet.
Merry Christmas!!
If we’re going for non-sweet, good ol’ turkey dinner is my favourite! i’m extra looking forward to it this year, as I’m in residence at University right now, and i can’t wait to get home and have “real food”! I’ve been thinking of trying my hand at Cake Pops as well!!
I enjoy Christmas dinner usually baked ham, mashed potatoes and other things, but….. my most favorite is breakfast. After opening gifts I make eggnog texas style french toast with thick slab bacon. We usually eat organic stuff so Christmas morning here is a real treat! Merry Christmas everyone.
After sweets I would say a delicious appetizer like all of the variations of a baked brie!
We are Italian and often have pasta with different types of sauces to drench the pasta in. My favorites are a tomato based clam sauce as well as the white wine one. YUMMY!!!
Turkey with all the trimmings is our family’s favorite dinner.
This year we will add several different cake pops to our desert table. I can’t wait to start baking.
My favorite is Spiral ham and Tamales.
Ham! one of those big juicy spiral cut ones.
I’m from the Gulf Coast – so Fried Shrimp!!!
My mom’s recipe for a cheese ball! It is the best ever!
We always do a simple dinner of soup and bread on Christmas day (to counteract overdoing the sweets all day).
My favorite is a pig roast, Cuban style. It’s an all day event but the end result is amazing.
My brother-in-laws prime rib! Can’t wait my mouth is watering g!
Beef Tenderloin with Ree’s French Onion Soup Stuffed Mushrooms :)
My favortie thing to have at Christmas is Duck . I Love duck with oragne sauce yummy !
Honey baked Ham!
Ham, I think! Yummy! But let me think of ham while i cross my fingers tighter then ever before to win these two nutcrackers. Her house is just what I wish our basement would look like… a childhood dream for kids!
We love ham on Christmas Eve. I plan to make ham, green beans, and potatoes with the leftovers…not sure if that’s a family dish or regional, but it’s yummy!
Bean Junk – I usually don’t like beans – but this mix of beans and bacon from my grandma is delightful!
My favorite food for Christmas is what ever the wonderful hostess puts on the table that I am invited to. I am thankful for the opportunity to sit at someone else’s table and share their traditions.
My favorite non sweet food is my husband’s prime rib he makes for XMAS dinner. The best I ever had.
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is my Aunt’s homemade chip dip. I know it sounds crazy and I know the recipe to make it myself, but it is always 10 times better when she makes it!
I am hosting the family on Christmas morning, and I’m going to make brunch-food! I am excited to make two varieties of quiche, silver-dollar pancakes, and I’m craving something like monkey bread, but with apples in it. Still hunting for the perfect recipe there.
My family has a tradition to eat pizza on Christmas Eve! Looking forward to that!
I think my favorite dish would have to be the good old brown sugar sweet potatoes. I am happy to have those for any holiday.
Merry Christmas! Favorite food at Christmas with my family would be Lamb chops with amazing scallop potatoes and green garlic beans. Ho Ho Ho~!
Oh my! Julie is amazing!!
I think tamales are my favorite Christmas food. Yum.
TURKEY!!!!!! I was going to say pumpkin pie but that was sweet and I needed to play by the rules…bring on the bird!
Wow, amazing pics! And the cake pops are fantastic, as usual! I’ve been raving about your site for so long and then my mom saw you making Snowman cake pops on tv the other morning and she was so delighted. Except she wasn’t sure she could eat something so cute!
Everyone’s goodies sound so good! I think my favorite is our yearly “coal” in our stockings! Mom takes our favorite goodie (candy or cookie) and wraps it in black tissue paper or napkins and puts it in our stockings. So we all get coal in our stockings! ;)
My favorite is all the seafood on christmas eve! Lobster tails, seafood salad & mussels are the best!
Yorkshire puddings..or stuffing, although I enjoy the whole meal :D Delicious!
My favorite thing to eat at Christmas is honey baked ham! sweet but savory and ohhhh so good!
Happy Holidays!
p.s. I got a bakelove T-shirt for Christmas from my lovely niece! Yay! she knows how much I love this site!!!
My favorite is hashbrown casserole. Yum! What great pictures. Sounds like a fun party. Your cakepops are adorable!
roasted brussel sprouts with mustard
Once again your cake pops are over the top!!! absolutely beautiful! My favorite non sweet holiday treat is Sausage Balls. Love them!
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is Sugar Muffins!!! They are a family tradition and they are yummy!!! The decorations at your party were amazing! So so beautiful!
we ALWAYS have sausage balls and Evergreen punch on Christmas..and I can’t wait!! :)
Yumm! Spinach Au Gratin!
My favorite food at Christmas is pierogi, served with sour cream, and kielbasa, dipped in bourbon sauce….love our traditional Polish treats!
Growing up we always had Holy Supper on Christmas Eve and that was the only time of year mum would make homemade Perogies. Everyone looked forward to that dinner. It still holds special memories.
I am ready for some smoked turkey!
One of my favorite christmas foods is ham with mashed potatoes, freshly baked rolls and hot veggies!
my family tradition, and my favorite thing for the holidays, is shrimp fondue with french bread.
My favorite Christmas sidedish is my mom’s Broccoli souffle. It was her mom’s recipe and we have it once a year on Christmas! I look forward to it every year!
I love Cupcake Julie’s house! Does she have a blog too? I would love to bookmark it if she does.
Our family tradition is brunch at my parents house. My favorite dish my mom makes is Apple French Toast – it is wonderful!!
My favorite non-sweet thing to eat is my mom’s stuffing. She puts it in this brown crock dish to cook it and I swear, the dish is magic. It makes it crispy on the outside and mushy on the inside. It’s the best!
My favorite thing to eat for Christmas is Honey Baked Ham! Mmmm … so good!!
My mom and her sisters get together and make pierogi from scratch each year for our family Christmas Eve party. I look forward to them every year. Things like that make me love being Polish!
I live in Kentucky, so country cooking is what we indulge with at the holidays.
Mac and Cheese, Green beans, mashed potatoes, stuffing, biscuits and gravy…
The list goes on!
I have a recipe for a coffee cake that my Mom made every year for Christmas. That is my favorite thing!
My Mom’s twice baked mashed potatoes and ham! I look forward to Christmas dinner all year, and my mom is the best cook! Merry Christmas Bakerella! Thanks for sharing all your fabulous creations with us all year!
I am a traditional girl and love those tried and true favorites that my mother and grandmother made every year. However, I have added a new favorite: Maple-Dill Carrot Souffle…it is so, so delicious (I almost hate to say the word carrot in the title. Even if you are carrot phobic, you will LOVE this dish!)
every year, without fail we always have homemade quiche for breakfast. its so simple and yet so delicious. since we are a big family we usually do the big meal at breakfast and a smaller one for dinner.
My favorite food is my homemade spaghetti and meatballs – i stopped doing the turkey thing so I could have more fun playing my daughters new toys:”)
I absolutely love the green beans we eat for Christmas dinner:
French cut green beans blanched and cooled. The beans are then tossed with toasted almond slivers, olive oil, fresh pressed orange juice, and coarse ground black pepper. I like to toss a handful or so of dried cranberries in as well, but there is an on going debate in the family as to whether or not this is legal.
Prime Rib with horseradish sauce – oh and the yorkshire puddings to go along with it!
Christmas morning means my mom makes her egg and sausage casserole. It’s wonderful, savory and filling. It wouldn’t be Christmas without it!
Oysters. Yum I cannot wait to have them
the thing i love to eat are my mom’s pop overs made from the crackel of the roast beef so yummy! I just love them!!
Everything looked so beautiful….love the white tree cake pops.
My favorite thing to eat for Christmas is Turkey and Dressing with Giblet Gravy with a big dallop of WholeBerry Cranberry Sauce on top. This is what I’d go back for seconds for!
I’m looking forward to eating my spoon bread made with my grandmother’s receipe.
First and foremost, those cake pops are absolutely adorable! How could you eat them? We traditionally have fondue for Christmas Eve and I can’t wait. One year we had a beef tenderloin with a cornichon sauce that I still think about. However, you most likely find me sneaking bites from the roast green bean, portobello, sweet onion and goat cheese casserole all day long. It is hard to get past the cookies, candies and the cream cheese filled monkey bread that graces our Christmas morning breakfast table but I do try:)
Artichokes!
It wouldn’t be Christmas without my Grandmother’s yeast rolls. She’s been gone for almost 20 years, but it’s the first thing everyone reaches for at the dinner table. We went one year without them and have never lived it down. The recipe has been handed down for several generations. I have three daughters and I can only hope the keep this going…….
I love to eat appetizers…hanky pankies are tops!
Pick Me I must have them.
Cha Cha
One of my favorite things to eat at Christmas are Ham Delights. I am sure you have had them before, everyone just calls them something different. You mix ham, butter, poppy seeds, mustard, and swiss cheese then spread it over hawaiian rolls and bake. Yum. Yum. Yum.
I love oyster stuffing!!!! Yummmmy.
Oh my goodness!!!! This is too beautiful…what talent and how yummy this is!!!!
Meat jelly. I’m not a such big fan of (Finnish) Christmas food’s – last year I even made noodles, much better meal – but meat jelly is quite ok.
My grandpa makes these candies by melting chocolate and mixing it with ice cream. We call them “ice cream candies” (creative, right?), and you have to be really strong to get all of the ice cream mixed in before the chocolate sets.
Aremenian Christmas pudding. I have to have it!
my favorite is baked brie wrapped in a dough served on crackers along with the before dinner spread
Honey baked ham!! Yum…and still kind if sweet. Love the soldiers and her house!
My sister-in-law’s homemade rolls. And my mom’s turkey and dressing.
My grandmothers cornbread. I know that is boring but she was an amazing cook and shared her recipes with me. Making it every year makes me smile thinking of her:)
One of my favorite things to make to bring to my in-laws for Christmas is kielbasa. I take 2 packages of kielbasa and cut it up into tons of bite size circles and throw it in the crock pot with a bag of brown sugar. I let it sit on low overnight and the next day it is a wonderful mess of awesomeness lol. The family devours it everytime, infact I think this year I’ll need 2 batches! :D
Beef Wellington!! It’s something that is only served at Christmas….not that we couldn’t have it at other times of the year. But we like to save it for a special time like Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
This is a hard one, I think It would be ham. Merry Christmas
turkeyyy! and cranberry sauce and gravy of course!
We do a combination of a traditional turkey dinner with an Asian flair of adding sushi and of course rice.
I would have to say that my favorite dish at Christmas is all the appetizers we make. One traditional Portuguese appetizer is callled “Bolinhos de Bacalhau” (Codfish Fritters). Bacalha is salted cod fish which is soaked for a few days to remove the salt. Then boiled and mixed together with mashed potatoes, eggs, onions and parsley. They are then shaped into an egg shape and deep fried.
How cute is that upside down Christmas tree!!
I love the snacky foods before our Christmas meal, cheeseballs and dips!
Definitely ham and potato salad! Yum
I love to sit around the fire with my family eating cheese fondue. It’s easy, and the kids love it! I don’t want to be stuck in the kitchen all day…So finger foods are also a must..
For sure I have to say Prime Rib- we make it once a year…just for Christmas dinner and everyone waits for it…with mashed potatoes and gravy!
my favorite thing to eat at christmas is homemade chex mix.
We always have shrimp on christmas eve and there is usually some left over for me to eat the next day. Not your traditional holiday breakfast but in our house Christmas is an eat what you like day.
green bean casserole?
smoked turkey?
Left overs?
smoked turkey crammed into a roll with mayo and cranberry sauce and a sprinkle of salt!
That’s it!
My husband makes THE best prime rib with horseradish, my mouth is watering thinking of it…..
Have the merriest Christmas!!
My dad makes the most scrumptious seafood casserole. It’s to die for! Fresh scallops, lobster, shrimp and fish in all it’s buttery goodness! It wasn’t the holidays until Dad puts that on the table!
Good ole homemade raviolis. . .just like grandma use to make!
My favorite thing to eat are these Christmas Biscuits my mom makes every Christmas morning. They are these little dinner rolls, packed with ham and swiss cheese with a mustard/poppy seed spread. They are then baked so the cheese is ooey gooey…best thing to eat (along with a nice cup of hot chocolate!
I love beef tenderloin with gorgonzola cheese sauce!
Honey Baked Ham!!
You seriously amaze me!!!
I love to have mashed potatoes and ham on Christmas! Traditional, but oh so yum! :o)
My favorite thing to eat is a breakfast casserole on Christmas morning!!!
My mom always steams shrimp on Christmas Eve and we always look forward to it.
I love the non-traditional foods. This yr I am making Braised Duck with Sweet Potato Gnocchi and mushroom sauce. and Im trying a pineapple cranberry sauce.
I cant wait
Smoked Ham with a glaze made from brown sugar and beer, ( you don’t taste the beer – it cooks out )
Yum!
Fondue for Christmas is my favorite. :-)
Would have to be Turkey on christmas day, then leftovers for the week, can’t get enough since we have to switch off from turkey to ham, and hubby always seems to win with his ham the rest of the year!
It’s got to be my mums yorkshire puddings. She makes them from scratch and they are the lightest and puffiest things ever! I’d happily eat them all day every day :)
we always have ham for Christmas dinner.
I love stuffing and cranberry sauce. Unless I make it, this is the only time of year I get it homemade.
Christmas Eve we nibble our way through hot tamales, boiled shrimp, hot artichoke and crab dip, the many cookies and sweets I’ve baked, chips and dips, etc. The two consistencies are the hot tamales and boiled shrimp. Christmas morning I get up and make hot chocolate, coffee, and Mimosas…and we open packages…then we have a huge breakfast and send our kids on their way to their other parents to enjoy Christmas day and dinner. Our ex-spouses agreed to this nearly 20 years ago and the tradition has stuck.
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is my grandma’s spinach pie. Everytime I have it I feel like I am a kid again and can smell her home cooking. She really is the best cook I know…just don’t tell my mother or husband :)
We do an Italian feast for Christmas and my fab is yummo eggplant parmesan from scratch! Hope you have a great holiday!
I LOVE to make mac-n-cheese! I always try out a totally brand new recipe on Christmas!
my sis in law’s famous italian cooking! Anything she makes is to die for, so i don’t even compete ;)
My favorite would be dressing, candied yams and cranberry sauce. It’s just not Christmas without those 3. YUM. In fact I can’t wait to start cooking.
Breakfast Casserole is my favorite. We only make it on Christmas morning. The count down begins……
p.s. My friend picked up quite a few of the cupcake nutcrackers at Home Goods. She got them early in the season….I think when they were gone they didn’t get any more shipments.
We always have cream of crab soup on Christmas eve!!! YUMMMMMMM!
Typically, since we host I am lucky to sit down and eat, but when I do I enjoy eatinf the prime rib cooked by my wonderful husband
I have a sweet tooth – love the cookies best of all.
We love a good beef wellington with great asparagus on the side!
Turkey and prawns. Not necessarily in that order =)
Every year we have shrimp. Yummy!!
Your Cupcake Nutcrackers are absolutely delightful! You are a true artisan! Please relay to “Cupcake Julie” that she should charge admission!!!
We are very traditional at our home (and our 9 year old is the one who keeps it going), so we have a Honey Ham…which I do love! We are also very southern so we have all the southern things that go along with that – collard greens, baked beans, potato salad = )….I think I need to go eat breakfast now = )….Thanks for the “fun”….Love love love the cake pops (I think Santa has your book under my tree….)
Merry Christmas!!!
I like good old-fashioned mashed potatoes!
I love stuffed french onion mushrooms, but also looking forward to home made bread and stuffed jalepenos!!!! Merry Christmas, Bakerella!!!
Honestly, I just LOVE that spiral ham… put some mashed sweet potatoes with it and I’m in heaven! It’s all I need….
As long as there is family, any Christmas meal works for me :)
Probably squash, so many types and they are all so delicious.
My sister-in-law makes this salad: mixed greens, red onions, pecans, strawberries, mandarin oranges and garlic/parmesan croutons. She tosses it with a citrus vinaigrette just before she serves it. I could make a meal on this salad!
Eggs Benedict. Its our family tradition to have Eggs Benedict Christmas morning!!!
Merry Christmas to you!!!
I started a tradition over 20 years ago that we would have these to eat during our “Tree Trimming Party” and they have always been a hit, because they help with all the sweets that are being served. They are my “Tasty Little Pizza Snacks”. When I serve them to guests I’m always giving out the recipe. They are so simple to . Their made on coctail breads and can be frozen to pull out as you need them to. Theres sausage and peppers and loads of motzerella cheese….YUM! Let me know if your interested in the recipe.Happy Holidays!!!!
Spiral-sliced honey-glazed ham. (only partially non-sweet) and again, I love cupcake Julie’s spread. She (and you) are so talented, I can’t stand it.
Chicago Beef Sandwiches! They’re so delicious and easy…and our guests love them!
I just went into a SUGAR COMA…..My favorite Christmas food is Ham and a Brocolli/Cheese Casserole….thank you for so many inspiring ideas…and Julie…omg…..how incredible…I also gave your book as a gift to my niece this weekend and she was so excited!
My MiL makes us all “egg mcmuffins” on Christmas Eve, to eat on Christmas morning. Bacon, egg, cheese & an english muffin. Microwaved for 1 min for the adults, a little less for the kids. It’s just not Christmas without them!
Definitely turkey with all the trimmings.
My favorite is the delicious lasagna that one of our guests, Florence Caruso of Brooklyn, NY, brings with her to Connecticut (all the way on the train!).
Tamales!
thank you for that lovely tour, i was taken away for a moment. wouldn’t it be fun to be a fairy flying around in this beautiful setting! love it
lois
That set up is completely amazing. I can’t believe how cute and delicious everything looks! Seeing such fun decorations really makes me miss the States and all those great party and decoration shops!
I love my mom’s homemade pizza!
Prime rib is the best!
My favourite thing to eat on Christmas day is shrimp cocktail. In order to save out appetite for the big dinner we just have a light lunch of shrimp. By far my most favourite tradition!
My favorite were the miniature sandwich loaves with tiny salami’s & cheeses my Mom would put out on Christmas Eve. We thought it was so cool to make our own tiny, little sandwiches! (Thanks, Mom!)
My favorite thing to eat at Christmas is ham, pineapple stuffing (sorry, but it’s VERY sweet) and homemade macaroni and cheese with stewed tomatoes on top. Yum!
PS. I wish I knew how to get on Cupcake Julie’s guest list, everything looks so beautiful and delicious!
I love shredded scalloped potatoes; we actually call them “potato candy” in our family because we love it so much. Potato, cheese, onions and butter with the cooked potatoes grated and then all of it baked in a casserole dish – outstanding!!!
I love my Mom’s Bisquick sausage balls. She made them every year when I was growing up as an appetizer and I’ve managed to keep the tradition going :)
My husband makes us smoked salmon and cream cheese omelets, yum!!
Gumbo is a Christmas Eve tradition all over south Louisiana – its a huge pot of love ’cause no one is turned away when they “drop in” to wish your family Happy Holidays!
My favorite is my moms enchiladas. so good!! :)
beef tenderloin for dinner with roasted potatoes and spinach au gratin. YUM!
I love to eat garlic crusted prime rib and shrimp on Christmas Eve….can’t wait. Thanks for sharing the pics from her party, they are simply beautiful.
Oops that was me, number 617. That’s what I get for trying to do that from the iphone!!! Sorry!
My favorite Christmas dish is beef tenderloin but my family wants to have turkey this year.
seafood chowder
My husband is Italian and we celebrate Christmas Eve with his family. We always have pasta or lasagna. This year we are going back to the traditional Spaghetti and Meatballs with homemade garlic toast. Always look forward to that!!! Have a very Merry Christmas Angie!!
There are these hash brown potatoes that my sister makes for Christmas that are simple and easy that I love. They go great with the ham and baked beans.
my favourite thing to eat over christmas is roast turkey. i love it so much, yet i only cook it on thanksgiving and christmas. must start making it more often!
My dad’s fried potatoes for Christmas morning breakfast – they are the best!
Anything my Nan cooks. She makes the best Turkey dinner, turkey soup, cabbage rolls….I could go on and on. She is the best cook ever….doesn’t get much better than that.
So cute!!! We have had Christmas strata for breakfast every year since I was a kid…Mmm, can’t wait! (it’s layers of cheese & bread soaked in eggs & mustard & seasonings) w/ some bits of sausage thrown in there
I love Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese frosting, it’s a Christmas Must have! Also those “magic” 7 layer cookie bars with coconut and eaglebrand milk and chocolate and graham cracker crumbs, those are a must as well. Oh yes and fruitcake cookies, I don’t care for the cake but the cookies are heavenly!! Thanks so much for sharing all those lovely holiday photos!
My favorite food at Christmas is the Prime Rib.
I always prepare strombolis in advance and put them in the oven while we open gifts, I put pepperoni, ham, and mozzarella in mine. We nibble on them all morning, nice break from sweets!
Love the photos, you guys are just TOO creative!!!!! Thanks for sharing, and Merry Christmas!!!
Best, Kelly
Cornbread dressing…my mom’s! It is the best covered with gravy!
My favorite thing to eat for Christmas is casserole – heat and eat – anything quick and easy. Usually something with pasta and cheese. Comfort food. This year I am thinking lasagna! I need my time free to watch the 24-hour “A Christmas Story” marathon!
Christmas Day Brunch, at my home, every year. :o) I make omelets, sausage, bacon, bagels, sticky buns, fresh fruit, mimosas, etc. I’m not sure if it’s the food or the company of family, but this is my favorite part of Christmas, and my favorite meal!
My favourite thing to eat at Christmas is my mom’s homemade bread and sausage stuffing. The best stuffing I have ever eaten. :)
Merry Christmas!
sausage balls! the only time of year i get to eat them!(which is silly since they arent hard to make—-but then they wouldnt be as special!) merry christmas!
My fave thing to eat is my Gramma’s pierogies! YUM!
And, these sweet trees are over the top!!!!
My favorite thing to eat is memaw’s pecan pie…..I can never get it tasting as good as hers does………..
My favorite is Lamb Chops! With mashed potatoes, roasted green beans….yum yum yum!
When the day is over and the kids are in bed I LOVE to sit down in front of the fire with a turkey/ham/stuffing sandwich washed down with a soda.
My favorite food to eat on Christmas is my husbands skillet potatoes he makes for breakfast every year. Yum!
My favorite food item for the holidays is smoked Turkey. Just love it.
Merry Christmas……
Hard to pick something that isn’t sweet on christmas! We make everyone’s favorite food and set it out as a buffet and graze while we open presents. My pick is a cheese ball made with dried beef chips. Thanks Bakerella-Merry Christmas!
well, turkey is our traditional, but this year we’re going for individual stuffed Cornish Game Hens, with cranberry sausage stuffing. I can’t wait!
I’m from Brazil, and there the tradition is to eat salted cod fish!! My mom or my aunt used to made with potatoes, onions,tomatos and olive oil!! It’s veery Yummy!!!!
I love to eat turkey, just like a Thanksgiving day.
On Christmas morning we have an egg casserole baked in pie crusts. I look forward to it every year!