PrintWhat do you eat for breakfast on holidays?
Do you skip or eat minimal amounts saving up calories & tummy room for the feast later that day? Fix your usual breakfast? Nibble on whatever you're preparing for the holiday dinner? Or do you plan & eat a breakfast that is equally as special as the main meal?
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22 Comments:
In my family, breakfast is the main event on Christmas. We're Japanese American, but for as long as I can remember, the siblings have all gathered at my mom's house for a meal of posole and tamales. There's always drama around finding fresh nix tamal (hominy) for the soup in the days leading up to Christmas breakfast. No hominy means no posole. And I don't even want to think about what no posole would mean.
coinoperatedheart at 10:08PM on 11/04/07
Since I'm usually cooking (let's take Thanksgiving, for example), I try and keep my tummy occupied so that I'm not constantly nibbling bad stuff (think handfuls of pecans) as I go along and ruining my appetite. But I still want to save calories for the main event. So I usually eat a light-ish breakfast like toast and cheese. I also try to keep bowls of raw veggies on hand to nibble while I'm cooking.
emily20008 at 10:40PM on 11/04/07
For Christmas breakfast my family always has, thin cut pork loin chops, eggs,toast etc. I don't remember the first time we had the pork, or why, but my father and I loved it and it became a mainstay after that.
One year I was at my in-laws Christmas morning and I missed the pork but they have their own tradition which is opening a bottle of vintage port 1st thing and drinking it while getting ready for the big party that happens in the afternoon.
On New years morning my wife and I have the tradition of mimosas. Usually we opened a bottle of bubbles the night before ( probally not the first) that we couldn't finish. The OJ covers up any problems it may have developed over night.
coolname at 10:54PM on 11/04/07
It's a strange tradition, but I usually fry up steak and eggs for breakfast on Thanksgiving. Christmas is usually leftover pastries from the big Christmas eve party. New Year's morning? I don't remember the last time I was in the mood to eat that early on New Year's Day!
Dominic
the zen kitchen
dvchurch at 11:36PM on 11/04/07
My husband generally makes waffles with fruit and whipped cream for the kids on Thanksgiving and Christmas. For New Year's, I insist on Eggs Benedict. I just love eggs with hollandaise and since we don't usually do anything special that day, it doesn't matter how long it takes or how much of a mess we make in the kitchen.
Library Lady at 8:54AM on 11/05/07
Thanksgiving breakfast is nothing special for me, since I'm usually cooking and snacking all day. On Christmas morning I like to eat something sweet, and I try to do something different every year - in the past I've made brioche, aebleskiver (Danish apple dumplings), as well as yeast waffles or plain old buttermilk pancakes. If I'm feeling lazy, I buy a big pastry from a Scandinavian bakery or an assortment of croissants and sticky buns and such. I also always make a fruit salad of oranges and strawberries. If I'm up for it on New Year's day, I make waffles again or something savory, like a frittata or omelette (though I usually I just go out for brunch).
emmab at 10:55AM on 11/05/07
My brother and I used to make the annual mistake of not eating breakfast on T-Giving. Our cousins always ate these tremendous breakfasts so they didn't care if we ate at 1:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. We knew the gorgefest T-Giving would be so we'd do our best to limit calorie intake early in the day. Eventually we gave in and usually did bagels on T-Giving. If we had to travel to T-Giving, we'd stop at a diner and have something on the road.
Now that I'm home for most T-Givings, I try to make a somewhat special breakfast, albeit not too heavy. A good quality French toast made with challah or brioche, maybe pancakes or maybe a quiche to share. (Even though F-Toast is not exactly "light" a slice or two does the trick.)
chiff0nade at 12:01PM on 11/05/07
We eat a light breakfast for T-giving (sometimes just toast, fruit) but we ALWAYS eat so our tummies don't shrink and won't hold all that great food! We eat T-giving dinner midday so we can have dessert later, followed by sandwiches and leftovers later for an even later "snack" (supper).
Christmas and New Year are a big breakfast or brunch, often with a bloody mary or Kahlúa coffee, but no particular menu. Whatever sounds good that year.
LoCo at 12:10PM on 11/05/07
My mom used to get the cinnamon roll tubes from the store, and we would have those for breakfast on either Thanksgiving or Christmas. On Christmas, we also would have Tom and Jerrys. I sure do like having a piece of pumpkin pie for breakfast the day after Thanksgiving!
Now that I'm married, my husband and I haven't developed any traditions for ourselves. But we pretty much go to my parents' place early enough on Christmas to have breakfast anyway.
misseditor at 12:44PM on 11/05/07
I eat cereal and fruit, same as usual. The rest of my family might do some sort of brunch - but I'm always too hungry to wait 3-4 hours before eating in the morning!
My mother grew up on a dairy farm, so she always holds her Thanksgiving dinner early - the traditional time after morning and before evening chores. If we get hungry again later, we have a light dinner (first leftovers) or pie. Pumpkin pie is the best Thanksgiving dinner.
KarynMC at 2:01PM on 11/05/07
Pie.
Kelly Spitzer at 4:19PM on 11/05/07
My mom has always made a cheesy sausage casserole for breakfast on Thanksgiving. And on Christmas morning it's usually Rotel & Velveeta dip with cocktail weenies wrapped in store bought croissants. Not the classiest, but it's SO sinfully good!
kendraburt at 5:00PM on 11/05/07
My family has a giant cinnamon bun tradition on Christmas morning, if that's the kind of holiday you mean. I'm also partial to "banana split waffles" on vacation. They actually don't have ice cream. But they do have a lot of whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
lisbear18 at 6:21PM on 11/05/07
Christmas morning has always been grapefruit halves with honey, scrambled eggs, toasted english muffins with butter and jam, panettone, bacon, and Kippers, or Scottish smoked herring steamed in a plastic bag, orange juice, tea and coffee. .This hasn't changed once for as long as I can remember and it's alway made in the morning, before any presents could be opened.
sqtip at 6:48PM on 11/05/07
Angel biscuits, spicy sausage and hot chocolate for christmas breakfast.
pbisNOTmyname at 8:03PM on 11/05/07
On thanksgiving I don't eat breakfast because I know I am going to nosh all day on the food I am cooking for the main event.
But on Christmas, I eat normally. It's the breakfasts after Thanksgiving and Christmas that are my special breakfasts. I always have a big hunk of Pumpkin Pie or leftovers!
StudentStomach at 8:23PM on 11/05/07
I try to start the day virtuously, with my usual homemade fruit & yogurt shake with a few TBSP protein powder, telling myself it'll hold me til the Big Dinner Thing, but knowing deep in my heart that I am deluding myself.
When my relatives get together for holiday eating- and may I mention they're Polish - you can't get away with just a shake til dinner. These are people for whom the word "punczki" - (a jelly-filled donut) - is a personal term of endearment, which they utter while pinching your cheek with great affection.
moibec at 9:30PM on 11/05/07
For Thanksgiving, usually some sort of homemade muffin with scrambled eggs, though one year I made mini quiches the day before instead of scrambled eggs. Always, I make hot spiced apple cider.
For Christmas, I've started making my own panettone, along with scrambled eggs and hot spiced apple cider.
ChristinaINP at 9:39PM on 11/05/07
I like to start out with steaming hot mugs of spiced apple cider (make it in a big coffee urn) and hot cocoa with homemade marshmallows and homemade cinnamon rolls while we are opening gifts (BIG family event-around 25+ people). Then for the actual sit-down breakfast we have eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and grits-the whole Southern deal.
We don't eat until around 7 or 8 in the evening on Christmas day so I like to make a hearty breakfast. We eat earlier on Thanksgiving and New Years, so it's usually just homemade cinnamon rolls/yeast rolls and hot cider/cocoa for breakfast.
elderberry44 at 11:28PM on 11/05/07
Thanks for sharing comments on your holiday breakfast fixings :) I prepare our traditional Christmas brunch after gifts are opened---menu varies from year to year as the grandkids grow & tastes change. Hot chocolate is always a must, tho'
JEP at 5:33AM on 11/06/07
nothing special for Thanksgiving but Christmas morning is croisant bread pudding. totally decadent and bad for me but yummy!
huney_bumper at 3:41PM on 11/07/07
My mother made several beautifully decorated fruit, nut stollens every year for Christmas breakfast. We would have that nuked or toasted prior to opening gifts. Afterward, we'd have a more traditional eggs and bacon or sausage breakfast. If one of her children couldn't be with the rest of us for the holidays, she'd make their's earlier and mail. If she was staying with me, I'd know that she'd be in the kitchen most of Christmas Eve, making a mess. Secretly, we all thought they weren't quite worth the effort, and were on the dry side. Mom is gone now, and I wish I knew how to make her beautiful, delicious stollen. Even more, I wish she were here to mess up my kitchen.
PerkyMac at 4:23PM on 11/08/07