Is Spaghetti a somewhat traditional Christams Meal

[Kitty 34]

Never heard of it for Christmas but it sounds real good so I'm making it tonight for dinner.

 

[DawnM]

I have never heard of spaghetti.

We have turkey and ham.

 

[Vijoge]

I'm making enchiladas, tamales, pollo guisada, carne guisada, rice, beans, queso and guacamole. On Christmas we eat what we love!

Tamales go with everything and they're never out of place.

 

[BLAZEY]

DH family is Italian and have a big Spaghetti meal on Christmas Eve. It's a quick easy meal to prepare for a large gathering. My family has Tourtiere on Christmas Eve.

 

[North of Mouse]

I say yes, as long as you have other stuff. I now lots of people who have Spaghetti for a Christmas meal, but when I mention it to some people they look at me like I have 3 eyes (the red sauce is Christmas Color)

Not traditional at all - at least to anyone I've ever known - never heard of Mexican food either - most people I have ever been around have a dinner similar to Thanksgiving, but usually with a ham. Know lots of Texas folks, but not any that serve tacos and tamales for christmas dinner. When we have a spaghetti dinner, it's a main dish with garlic bread and salad, never a side dish.

Tamales going with 'everything' and never out of place?? Guess it would depend on what you were raised up with or your nationality. Have only tasted them a couple times - guess just not my thing.

But, 'anyone' can have 'their own' traditions!

 

[Hikergirl]

Growing up we always had baked ziti or lasagna as part of our Christmas meal, along with ham or turkey, and other dishes. Its traditional for me.

 

[Minnesota!]

Traditional = boring.

We switch things up every year because of that.

 

[manning]

If you like spaghetti, why not.

 

[Jennasis]

We also just decided to do a big thing of chili on Christmas Eve. Will let the crock pot do its work and then enjoy Christmas movies with chips and all the fixins.

 

[MataHari22]

Can be for some, depends on your ethnic background. My father's side is Sicilian and growing up in NYC, we had some type of pasta every holiday. Or, as we Italian-American NYers would say, some type of macaroni. (We never used the term "pasta", macaroni was the catch-all term.) There were always a lot of courses. Some of the ever present dishes would be, antipasto (usually roasted red peppers, fresh mozzarella, prosciutto, sopressatta, olives, marinated mushrooms, provolone, and on one of the trays, anchovies, because not everyone liked them), stuffed artichokes, then we would have the soup with the little meatballs (tiny veal meatballs in a lovely broth with escarole), and then our macaroni of some kind. Usually with meat sauce. The rich tomato sauce was loaded with meatballs, pieces of beef, sausage, pork neck bones, and either beef brascoile or pork cotenne (Sicilians say, agodina instead of cotenne and with us IA NYers, it sounds like agoudina.) The latter two are rolled and stuffed meats. The beef braciole is just like thin cut of normal beef, like flank steak or something, but the pork contenne is actually pig skin. We would have spaghetti or some other short macaroni, and then have a meat ball and or some other pieces of meat. Sometimes, instead of the spaghetti or other macaroni, my great grandmother would make lasagna, or ravioli, or even more rare, manacotti. These days, carrying on some traditions, my father usually always makes the antipasto and lasagna and the meat sauce every holiday now. (Sometimes not all that meat, in the sauce though. He may just use leftover sauce and make the lasagna) But he does a ham (Xmas) or a turkey (usually Thanksgiving), too. He will make me rack of lamb on Easter in addition to ham, if I ask nicely and bat my big brown eyes, cause he likes lamb, too. I think it's just the two of us though.

Christmas Eve, we would also usually do some pasta. But there was a lot of fish. Which is very traditional for Italians. We would do linguini and clams and maybe some fishcakes, as an early dinner. Then later at night, like after mass, at midnight I also remember they would make a ring of Italian sausage. It was so good. Also remember them making the fish salad on Xmas Eve. Had shrimp, calamari, scungilli, scallops, mussels, clams and octopus.

 

[Vijoge]

Can be for some, depends on your ethnic background. My father's side is Sicilian and growing up in NYC, we had some type of pasta every holiday. Or, as we Italian-American NYers would say, some type of macaroni. (We never used the term "pasta", macaroni was the catch-all term.) There were always a lot of courses. Some of the ever present dishes would be, antipasto (usually roasted red peppers, fresh mozzarella, prosciutto, sopressatta, olives, marinated mushrooms, provolone, and on one of the trays, anchovies, because not everyone liked them), stuffed artichokes, then we would have the soup with the little meatballs (tiny veal meatballs in a lovely broth with escarole), and then our macaroni of some kind. Usually with meat sauce. The rich tomato sauce was loaded with meatballs, pieces of beef, sausage, pork neck bones, and either beef brascoile or pork cotenne (Sicilians say, agodina instead of cotenne and with us IA NYers, it sounds like agoudina.) The latter two are rolled and stuffed meats. The beef braciole is just like thin cut of normal beef, like flank steak or something, but the pork contenne is actually pig skin. We would have spaghetti or some other short macaroni, and then have a meat ball and or some other pieces of meat. Sometimes, instead of the spaghetti or other macaroni, my great grandmother would make lasagna, or ravioli, or even more rare, manacotti. These days, carrying on some traditions, my father usually always makes the antipasto and lasagna and the meat sauce every holiday now. (Sometimes not all that meat, in the sauce though. He may just use leftover sauce and make the lasagna) But he does a ham (Xmas) or a turkey (usually Thanksgiving), too. He will make me rack of lamb on Easter in addition to ham, if I ask nicely and bat my big brown eyes, cause he likes lamb, too. I think it's just the two of us though.

Christmas Eve, we would also usually do some pasta. But there was a lot of fish. Which is very traditional for Italians. We would do linguini and clams and maybe some fishcakes, as an early dinner. Then later at night, like after mass, at midnight I also remember they would make a ring of Italian sausage. It was so good. Also remember them making the fish salad on Xmas Eve. Had shrimp, calamari, scungilli, scallops, mussels, clams and octopus.

And now I am so hungry. . .

 

[Melissakay1q]

My family never had a tradition for Christmas Eve so last year I decided to start making fajitas and margaritas for everyone! It was a lot of fun. This year I'm going to try to fix a homemade (non-velveeta) queso, too.

 

[scrapquitler]

I say yes, as long as you have other stuff. I now lots of people who have Spaghetti for a Christmas meal, but when I mention it to some people they look at me like I have 3 eyes (the red sauce is Christmas Color)

We usually have lasagna as one of the foods we eat on Christmas Eve, but I don't think of spaghetti as a Christmas dish.

 

[DisneyRobin]

No it's too simple. Pasta should be something like lasagna or baked ziti for a holiday. Then, whatever else you're serving.

 

[AustinTink]

Tamales go with everything and they're never out of place.

True! We always have them on Christmas and New Year's for sure.

 

[Capang]

Absolutely in my family it is a holiday staple. My dad is from Italy and we have a homemade sauce that we make. Sometimes for holidays even homemade noodles. It all depends on who you ask.

 

[Ciao Mickey]

I say yes, as long as you have other stuff. I now lots of people who have Spaghetti for a Christmas meal, but when I mention it to some people they look at me like I have 3 eyes (the red sauce is Christmas Color)

It's traditional for our family to make Spaghetti Aglio E Olio (spaghetti with garlic and oil) along with numerous fish dishes for Christmas Eve and to have lasagna as the second course on Christmas Day.

 

[MinnieMouse84]

Who cares? Spaghetti is wonderful anytime.

 

[monorailsilver]

Always had pasta growing up (Italian family). Christmas Eve spaghetti had 2 sauce options...red aka gravy with squingele (sp) or oil/garlic with shrimp. I got just spaghetti with gravy aka sauce as I wouldn't and still won't eat shrimp or squid.

Christmas Day (thanksgiving and Easter too) included pasta a salad course #2. It wasn't spaghetti though, either homemade ravioli or homemade cavateli/gnocchi. Oh how I miss those days.

My family has shrunk...cousins eat with their family's, deaths, etc...so now we just do antipasto and some kind of pasta for later or something with gravy aka sauce.

 

[disneychrista]

In my family it always was for Christmas Eve. We always had extra family to feed and it was easy to do so with a big pot of Spaghetti.