Christmas Dinner is around the corner.....

Christmas menu for me is: turkey, stuffing (not exactly like the ones you do in the US), mashed or roasted potatoes, salad and gravy. Dessert will be the same as every year made-from-scratch tres leches cake.
My family will probably have some tamales too....no....not like the ones you buy in the supermarket but delicious honduran homemade tamales -different from mexican-.
I'll miss the tamales...my grandma always makes tamales since a lot of people like to send her tamales overseas or to the US and they always call to see if she's making some.

Christmas will be whatever my MIL decides. Usually turkey or Prime Rib. There will be fruits, veggie tray, and then it will go downhill from there to traditional family specialties. There will also be pies, homemade, excellent pies. I will start of with the fruits and veggies and then eat until I am comfortable like I did for Thanksgiving. I will be over, but not horribly.

going all out with excercise the day before and after. as for the dinner enjoy and not stress.

We (and by 'we' I really mean 'I') cook: Turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberries, mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, cauliflower and broccoli, cabbage with cheese sauce (my hubby's family insists -blehhh) and of course buns. For dessert we'll probably have 'broken glass dessert' which is jell-o, and cool whip on a graham crust.
I will eat what I want, but I won't indulge in non-noliday food. Like mashed potatoes... It doesn't have to be a holiday for me to make them for my family so I could eat them on any day so I'll skip them on Christmas. (I don't eat potatoes anymore anyhow and have discovered that I don't even like them... they were just a more acceptable way to transport butter or gravy to my mouth) So I will probably also forgo the gravy, since I don't like it on the turkey... I'll make sure I have mulitgrain buns along with the white ones the family insists upon, and I will have dessert if I feel like it.
My problem is the leftovers!!!! I LOVE turkey sandwiches -and I don't mean a slice of turkey with lettuce and tomato between hard as a rock whole grain bread... It will be a real trial to not make a turkey, mayo, cranberries and stuffin' sammy on WHITE bread while all the family is indulging on boxing day!
I plan to take the dogs for long serious walks on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and Christmas Day... This will help me get in some cardio and help the kids burn off some excitement and keep the dogs on an even keel...
Now... if only I can stick to my grand plan!!!
Good Luck everyone!

To be honest the actual Christmas meal isn't the problem for me as not a great fan of Turkey (which we have)... It's the amount of alcohol consumed and snacks and choccies over the festive period that will up my calorie intake! But hey... when you haven't seen friends and family for nearly a year you need to enjoy yourself and join in the party! and why the hell not!

We will have roast, some great sides and some yummy appetizers. I can go back to watching what I eat on the 26th :-)