just me and dd5 for xmas, poss sister coming over. DD doesnt eat much, i am vegie, so thinking of ordering indian the night b4 and having on xmas day instead pmsl!!!

[pirategirl]

Convention is fast going out the window since this xmas seems that its going to be very quiet.

[themoon66]

Sounds good to me. How old is your DD5?

[legalalien]

about 5 years ago DH and I (pre child) went to the Lahore Kebab House in east London for Xmas lunch. We had a fantastic time - I say go for it!

[pirategirl]

dd5 is 5

well i was thinking of getting chinese in, but it doesnt re heat very well!! esp as being a veggie i tend to have lots of 'veggies' !

DD only eats tuna sandwiches as a rule!! If carnivocre sis comes she'd have to bring meat, so i might suggest to her we order indian the night before and do that. i rarely get indian food, as there is a minimum order fee. Thats just the way it is!!

I just dont think i'd be missing out, as there is a pub near us which does a fantastic carvery, including a veggie option, which we will prob go to the sunday before. So I think i'll be parsnip'd out.!

[stleger]

Can I come? I hate Christmas dinner.

[pirategirl]

bloody more than welcome!!!

[stleger]

We did Marks and Spencer Indian food for years until the kids moaned too much. Now dh does a turkey thing, and is always convinced they will have food poisoning. I am veggie too, and know nothing about roasting things.

[TrinityRhino]

we are getting some m $ s turkey breasts so as not to have the hassle of cooking the whole, huge turkey. we will be at my parents so the being to gether of family is much more important to us asthey so far away

[Mercy]

Wow, I'd forgotten all about the Lahore Kebab House, what a great place!

Pirategirl, I'd rather have Indian food than a roast tbh.

[chopchopbusybusy]

I think that sounds great.

Christmas day should be about enjoying time with your DD, not about spending hours stressing over food that neither of you wants to eat.

[eandh]

I was going to ask about your other 4 dd's (dd5 normally indicates that she is your 5th daughter ie ds2 is 2nd son etc etc) but realise you mean she is 5.

Well sounds a great plan we used to have a huge fry up christmas morning and then just have a cold meat/salad/potatos buffet thing in the evening so my Mum didnt have to spend all day cooking was great (think I was about 7 at time then when I was around 10 til I was 16 we went away on holiday every christmas with loads of family/friemds so noones mum did the cooking used to overtake a resturant on christmas day (there were around 35 of us) and had a real laugh/giggle with the staff)