The most awaited Christmas season has finally knocked our doors with a reason to eat, party and have unlimited fun. It also gives us a chance to explore Christmas delicacies across the world. Let us hace a look on this in alphabetical manner.
Australia: Australians love to have a Christmas lunch which is often barbequed prawns, steak and chicken with ice cream or sorbet for desert.
Brazil: Christmas meal could be chicken, turkey, ham, rice, salad, pork, fresh and dried fruits, often with beer. Poorer people will just have chicken and rice.
China: Chinese believe to have everything as a whole. Dishes that are served as whole are who;e fish, or whole chicken or duck, this is to keep away from bad connotations.
Czech Republic: In Czech republic, the Christmas tree is not lit before Christmas Eve when they have a big dinner of fish soup, salads, eggs and carp. Also, the number of people at the table must be even ensuring that each one has a partner.
France: Traditional Christmas food followed in France is a family meal with good meat and the best wine.
Germany: The favored Christmas meal of Germany is Roast Goose, accompanied by potatoes, cabbage, carrots, parsnip and pickles. The meal is usually eaten on Christmas Eve.
Hungary: A Hungarian Christmas meal is a fresh fish usually with rice or potatoes and homemade pastries as dessert.
Italy: Seven courses including antipasto, a small portion of pasta, roast meat, two salads, two sweet puddings, fruit, brandy and chocolates together make an Italian Christmas food.
Jamaica: In Jamaica, Christmas dinner usually consists of rice, pigeon peas chicken, ox tail and curried goat.
Korea: Korean Christmas doesn’t include any turkeys or hams, but plenty of Kimchi, hot peppers and bean paste.
Latvia: The special Latvian Christmas Day meal is cooked brown peas with bacon sauce, small pies, cabbage and sausage.
Mexico: In Mexico people like to have traditional food like tamales, Romeritos with mole, Bacalao (a fish dish originated in the Veracruz state and influenced by Spain cuisine) and Pozole (made with corn grains, pork, chicken and beef stew, red chiles)
Norway: The Christmas meal for coastal regions is traditionally cod, haddock and lutefisk. Inland pork chops, Christmas meatloaf and special sausages are eaten.
Poland: The traditional Christmas Eve supper consists of 12 non-meat dishes, representing the months of the year and featuring fish such as pike, herring and carp.
Russia: The traditional Russian Christmas food includes cakes, pies and meat dumplings.
South Africa: Christmas is during the hot summer season but the traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings is eaten at Christmas.
United Kingdom: Christmas Pudding and Mince Pies are top grub. Mince pies, which are the first sign of Christmas in the UK and served with mulled wine, start popping up everywhere, from workplace canteens and coffee corners to the local Starbucks.
USA: Christmas lunch is often in small town and rural America goose, turkey, a variety of vegetables, squash, and pumpkin pie are traditionally eaten .
