Christmas Dinner Menu

We like to have a fancy meal at Christmas. But rather than be cooking all day on Christmas day, I like to have this meal on Christmas Eve. This isn’t quite as involved as Thanksgiving, but I like it to be something special and out of the ordinary. The dishes may be simple, but they have an elegant taste when you put them all together.

All the images will click through to the recipes. Merry Christmas!!

Ham Glaze (Cranberries on top are optional and is not part of this recipe!! That is just one of my new favorite ways to eat ham). — **Ham Glaze** (Cranberries on top are optional and is not part of this recipe!! That is just one of my new favorite ways to eat ham).

Creamed Corn. How crazy that this was the dish my kids were the most excited about of all that is planned? — **Creamed Corn**. How crazy that this was the dish my kids were the most excited about of all that is planned?

Our famous Dinner Rolls — Our famous **Dinner Rolls**

Cranberry sauce. Those of you who made this for Thanksgiving know how wonderful it is! — **Cranberry sauce.** Those of you who made this for Thanksgiving know how wonderful it is!

Red Potatoes Roasted with Rosemary. These are wonderful all year long. — **Red Potatoes Roasted with Rosemary.** These are wonderful all year long.

We had some really fun podcasts this Christmas season. We heard some heart changing insights from both Merrilee Boyack and Paula Wood about making Jesus Christ the center of their focus for the season. Then Mariah Leeson from Giggles Galore gave us some great entertaining ideas. I hope you really enjoy listening to all of these.

Listen to how Paula used to feel the urge to throw up at the sound of Christmas music and now has created a joyful, giving family culture to replace it with.

Andes Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake. Whipped cream is optional. Also tasty served with ice cream- especially if it’s Blue Bell. — **Andes Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake**. Whipped cream is optional. Also tasty served with ice cream- especially if it’s Blue Bell.

Merrilee has written two wonderful Christmas books that teach us how Jesus Christ can be the center of our Christmas season.

One of the best things we did this season was to have a family council at the beginning of December to talk about what traditions were the most important to everyone. We were able to calendar the important stuff and let go of the activities that weren’t on the top of our list. To read a bit more about this, check out the post below. Pin it for next year!