tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post5578941872368345688..comments2023-11-02T09:52:53.436+00:00Comments on Domestic Sluttery: Keeping the peace: Christmas DinnerSian Meadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536919654548369387noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-7527681410393046812011-12-07T23:20:29.874+00:002011-12-07T23:20:29.874+00:00These are all great ideas, especially sending ever...These are all great ideas, especially sending everyone out on a walk before dinner. A nice way to avoid hovering and repetitions of "Is it ready yet?" and "When can we eeeeeeeat?"<br /><br />Of course, maybe that's just in my house... the last two years I've cooked Christmas Eve dinner (and Christmas Day breakfast, and Christmas Day lunch... because apparently I'm a sadomasochist) and it always ends up taking SO much longer than I thought it would. This year I've written out the most detailed, anal-retentive list of things that must be done (seriously fine-grain, down to "take plates out of cupboard...") and written people's names next to each item so that I can play kitchen commander and maybe, just maybe, get dinner on the table in a timely fashion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-20553277062591751242011-12-07T15:27:47.281+00:002011-12-07T15:27:47.281+00:00I actually really like the prep part of Christmas ...I actually really like the prep part of Christmas lunch! We've got it down to a fine art in my family - stockings in the morning, then breakfast, then it's off to visit relatives for an hour or so (putting the turkey in the oven before we go) and when we get home the champers is poured, a few festive nibbles come out, and we all get cracking on the veg. Then, when everything's cooking away, we open our presents. Perfect!Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745478548107834033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-41125761177966938042011-12-07T15:16:34.528+00:002011-12-07T15:16:34.528+00:00I think prepping the veg the day before is an exce...I think prepping the veg the day before is an excellent suggestion. I seem to spend hours of my Christmas day doing prep when I should be downing Baileys.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02862308713806887109noreply@blogger.com