Are your holidays "Ethnic"?

[gottadance]

I was trying to think of the tradiations we have in Ireland and i cant think of any LOL.

Christmas eve the presents are put round the tree and with great ceremony a tray is left for santa and rudolph, there is a carrot for rudolph, a mince pie for santa, and a glass of Jamesons or budweiser for santa.

Christmas morning we all get up to see if santa had his food and drink the night before and to see whatever he left, while the kids play DH makes a huge fried breakfast, rashers, sausage, eggs, beans, mushrooms, black pudding and white pudding. after we have troughed all that then we all sit round the tree for present opening.


In the evenings we would eat - if we have any space left LOL, Mice pies and brandy cream. In the last few years the TV will not go on as we have huge scrabble/monopoly tournaments

What are rashers and mice pie?

[gottadance]

We are transplants from the eastern Caribbean islands.
Christmas on my island is a celebration that starts on the eve of Christmas with lots of caroling, shopping, and friends dropping by to spread cheer (and arguably, to eat cake and get a spot of rum!).
Then everyone goes to church at midnight to celebrate the birth of Christ.
After church, the city is swarmed with people, DJ's playing music, steel-drums playing pan melodies, lots of dancing in the streets and meeting up with friends/family. It is very noisy and festive.

We usually get home just before dawn to breakfast of boiled eggs, spicy sauteed codfish, boiled spinach infused with okra, tomatoes and lettuce.

How do you stay up all night!?!

[gottadance]

My family on my mom's side is Slovenian and so on Xmas day we have Slovenian sausage as an appetizer cut into pieces with a sweet n spicy horseradish dip. We also have potica. Potica is a type of rolled dessert bread but it is also used as sandwich bread with ham (so you get the sweet and the salty). The traditional potica is walnut with spices and sugar, but I really like the cream cheese. I made the cream cheese potica once - it's a lot of work -lots of layers, etc. Now I order it from a bakery.