Talk:Christmas dinner

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[edit] First paragrpah

I have deleted the reference to turkey and Christmas crackers in the first paragraph because it duplicated the various descriptions that follow. I also am not sure what Christmas crackers are. If they are a British dish they should probably go under the appropriate subheading.

JPSheridan (talk) 16:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] "peacock?"

Peacock in Medieval England for Christmas? A peahen is an Asiatic bird. If this is supposed to mean a pheasant, specify it as such. "Peacock" generally refers to the Indian variety with the nice feathers. -Jackmont, Dec 24 2006.

[edit] Christmas Foods around the World

Needs more information on Christmas foods around the world. Bastie 05:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC) Doesnt say how this tradition has come about

I expanded it with info about 5 nations. I wanted to detail France's traditions as well, but found no real good sources for it. France, Italy, and Russian Christmas dinners are missing. Those three nations are very important. Aaрон Кинни (t) 17:58, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] chistmas

christmas in england —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.190.227.254 (talk) 07:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC).


[edit] Wha?

Many Christmas customs that take place in the United States have been adopted from those in the United Kingdom.[4] As such, the mainstays of the English table are much the same in the United States; cranberry sauce, turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and green beans are all very common. This conflicts a little/lot with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_dishes#United_Kingdom.2F_Ireland I'm especially suspicious of the cranberry and pumpkin allegations. ;) Can someone English weigh in? Thanks. jengod 21:24, 15 December 2006 (UTC) The pumpkin pie and green beans part is not true for England. --APW 11:16, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I can think of a few customs that are observed in Britain and some mroe recent former colonies but not in the United States: Christmas mince pies and plum pudding are not normally eaten in America except by cultural Anglophiles, and turkey is not as essential to American Christmas tables as during the Thanksgiving. The Christmas dinner habits in the US has diverged from Britain far more than, say, New Zealand because of it being independently developed for 230 years vis-a-vis 60 years, a majority of Caucasian/white populations not being British or Irish in descents, and these British customs developed after the US already became independent. Still, the American customs probably remain relatively close to British than, for example, French customs.--JNZ (talk) 19:49, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Northern Englanders" ?

The article claims that these strangely named people (no one from England is called an Englander except by Nazis in old war comics!) commonly eat a standing rib roast, with Yorkshire Pudding. As a northerner myself, I have never even heard the term standing rib roast and I've also never heard of anyone having it for Christmas dinner. Northerners have the same Christmas dinner as Southerners. I have removed this bit from the article. --APW 11:16, 16 June 2007 (UTC)