Do any of you have something at Christmas that is a family tradition?

[chips-and-brown-gravy]

When I was a child we always had a blackberry and apple pie on Boxing Day and I still do it.

This was back in the days before freezers were common and you couldn't get unseasonal fruit at Christmas.

The Bramleys were from the tree in the garden, individually wrapped in newspaper and stored in boxes in the loft and the blackberries had been  picked in the Autumn and mum preserved them in kilner jars.

The smell of the pie cooking always takes me straight back to childhood Christmas.

[ed_blackadder_1]

My mum has always made a blackforrest gateaux for my son, since he was about 3 so that is nearly 20 years he loves it. We never have it at any other time.

[ilove2patch]

Scratch cards in the crackers. My mum started this & we do it every year. Bubble & Squeak on Boxing Day. Tiddy Oggies (mini pasties) on Boxing Day too. Mine aren't a patch on my mums though!

[tintinthegingertomcat]

Always have my vegetarian chestnut stuffing (which is why it is prepared on the 23rd December as it takes me hours to boil and take the chestnuts out of the shell). I cook enough to enable me to have some on christmas day and anything left over is frozen. Only have the fresh chestnuts on christmas day and that is something that makes my lunch special. I cannot remember a year when this has not been on the christmas plate.

I do sometimes use the canned/precooked chestnuts in the year though but nothing like the fresh ones.

In fact, this has become a tradition with my own son - helping me to get the chestnuts out of the shell.

[calibra101]

What I always remember is my mams homemade yorkshire pud in a biggish tin..althouh I am Welsh I loved it 🙂

[captainbovine]

trifle on Christmas day, with a flake crumbled on the top of the cream.

bubble and sqeak on Boxing day, but we won't be doing either this year!!!!!

[stan3502]

Always bucks fizz and croissants for brekkie xmas day and always a chocolate,hazelnut and raspberry roulade for pudd in the evening (though my nain's was always far superior to either mine or mum's)

[dr-whos-assistant]

We always have a nice box of choccie biscuits on christmas morning with hot chocolate.

[mikelayuk]

Half a grapefruit with sugar on for breakfast on Christmas morning.

[wizilizi]

Didn't have any 'traditions' in my childhood family really

Some years ago son got up one Christmas morning & made Jamie Oliver recipe pancakes (& a huge bombsite of the kitchen  ) for us all - yummy!!

Every year he does this now - & we have all sorts of things on them, savoury & sweet, & the kitchen doesn't get in quite such a mess these days

It's a good tradition because then it doesn't matter if Christmas dinner is late 

When he starts going elsewhere for Christmas/perhaps has own family we will miss those there pancakes

Still, OH makes superb omelettes - I'm sure he'd turn his hand to pancakes 

[rose2008-2008]

I always remember my mum or dad boiling up a big Ham!!!!!!!!!!!. I never really liked it back then. I miss my family traditions with my mum and dad very much and i never thought i would say that. I loved Christmas at home but life changes and i have my memories. So many of them are about Christmas time.