Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about meal. For the song by Peter, Paul and Mary, see Peter, Paul and Mommy. Many christmas lunch enjoy dessert after the main course.
Here, a Christmas pudding is set aflame after brandy has been poured on it. Christmas dinner is a meal traditionally eaten at Christmas. This meal can take place any time from the evening of Christmas Eve to the evening of Christmas Day itself. The actual meal consumed varies in different parts of the world with regional cuisines and local traditions. In countries without a lengthy Christian tradition, the Christmas meal may be more heavily influenced by popular culture.
An example of this is Japan, where a KFC order is traditionally consumed. You can help by adding to it. Indian people cook a variety of foods, including biryani with chicken or mutton, chicken and mutton curry, followed by cake or sweets like kheer. Japanese Christmas cake, a white sponge cake covered with cream and decorated with strawberries, is often consumed, and Stollen cake, either imported or made locally, is widely available. A successful advertising campaign in the 1970s made eating at KFC around Christmas a national custom. The feast, usually on the night of the 24th and lunch on the 25th, is a big one.