Christmas feast - Traditional roast or Aussie seafood?

[Sequoia]

We have both! Freshly cooked marron and prawns, along with roast lamb and pork and all the trimmings, that way everyone can eat what they like!

[mrsmac]

We usually do cold seafood but this year I really want to do a roast so we have decided to do that and have prawns too.

[Astrid]

We have a cold Christmans lunch, but rarely do we have seafood. Sometime DH does like to get prawns if he can. We have a good ham, smoked turkey breast, salads and trifle. The only thing hot is the Christmas pudding.

My mum used to do the roast turkey with all the trimmings. I find it easier to not really have to cook on the day. We can prepare a lot the day before, but really there is not much to do. DH makes the trifle, so I do not have to worry about that. I wouldn't mind adding a pav to the day.

[Rouge]

We do both. Seafood for starters and then BBQ roast meats and all the trimmings! DH is a sucker for turkey so he'd die if we didn't have it!

[Spring Angel]

Seafood here. I looove seafood and luckily so do my family. I am going to be at mum and Dad's for Christmas this year so they will lay on a huge spread. Whole baked barrimundi (sp) prawns, crabs yummo. We usually also have a ham and heaps of salads and my favourite stone fruit.

Everyone is usually too full for sweets but mum makes a mean fruit cake with brandy custard or another fav is pavlova.

I'm drooling just thinking about it.

Oh and another must is lots of bubbly.....

[Jaycee]

We have always done the traditional roast pork, turkey, chicken with all the trimmings but do have prawn ****tails for entree and usually a bit of seafood brought out for dinner!

[Aimz]

Great idea for a thread!

My family has always done a cold Christmas lunch i.e. seafood, cold cuts, salads and fruit. DH's family have always done the traditional hot roast.

Last year we celebrated Christmas at our house so I decided to do a cold lunch, as this was my family tradition and I was the one doing all the cooking. Should have seen the look on MIL's face when I told her there was no turkey....

Oh I forgot to add.. Mum and I ALWAYS cook a ham on Christmas Eve which we eat cold over the Xmas/New Year week. We've done it every year since I can remember!