For weeks I’ve been querying friends about their family traditions around Christmas Eve and Day. Family food traditions around the holiday season are remarkably enduring, with many families carrying on traditions started by great-great grandparents. “My daughter-in-law is Portuguese, and has brought great seafood dishes and a custard tart that the Chinese side of the family shares as well. But on Christmas Eve, the tradition is creamed chicken, a dish “I grew up with at my grandmother’s annual Christmas Eve parties , and she is still the one making it even though it’s just her and my family now. I knew then and there I had to figure out how to weasel my way into being invited for Christmas Eve.

Source: Daily Sun December 24, 2025 05:52 UTC