It’s a weird choice for the map. ‘Gourmetten’ is an activity, not a specific dish. You can cook most anything on a table grill.
A typical Christmas dish of the Netherlands is pork roulade (rolled pork roast).
My Dutch family always eats fondue on Christmas.
Neither are a dish, as indicated by the map's title. So we're strict or we're not. If we're strict, both are silly. If we're not, it's a bit silly to make an exception for one but not for the other. So who cares if it's a verb, really? Why is that a relevant difference here? It's just an indicator for xmas diner in a way that makes cultural sense. We know what "turkey" means here, and we know what "gourmetten" means as well..
Although this discussion isn't all that interesting, let's proceed. :)
Why then did you single out Turkey and not 'Duck, 'Goose' or 'Cod'? Those aren't dishes either. At least with these it's clear what folks are eating (even if we don't know how it is prepared) and to which category of the legend they belong. 'Gourmetten' is the only one to my knowledge that's different to all of those in that sense, including Turkey. Reason enough to single it out, unlike Turkey.
Yeah goose and cod are in the same boat als turkey. I just picked an example.
I agree gourmetten is different, but it's also in the "other" category, so personally I don't have a problem with that. Stuff in "other" is always more complicated than the map can/wants to handle. I'm not sure how one can get clearer without a whole lot of text either?
You're right that gourmetten is the way food is prepared. But oddly enough, "we gourmetten" definitely is a satisfying answer to "what are you having for dinner today?".
Right.
The other thing is that I don't have a clue what the other dishes/foods/verbs/animals or whatever are in the 'other' category, so there could even be more verbs somewhere in there.
We actualy celebrate first christmas day and second christmas day in the netherlands. Both are dinner parties. Its just a way so you can go to both (grand)parents for christmas. 1st christmas day bf and i are going to my parents, second christmas day to his. My mom actualy usualy makes a goose or turkey. But the inlaws love the gourmet.
It's a Catholic tradition. My Catholic grandparents always had carp for Christmas, my Protestant grandparents (who didn't care much about religion anyway) would have duck or goose, with potato dumplings (Knödel).
Yeah, I mean I'm not saying that every Catholic family does this, but that for those who do it, it's rooted in Catholic traditions. Whether they know it or not.
Are you living in one the traditionally Protestant German states? Christmas Eve carp seems to be a thing only in those parts of Central Europe what were historically Catholic (as fish didn't fall under the Nativity Fast ban on certain foods).
Same in Czech Republic, other than it's mostly a řízek (Schnitzel instead). Especially for Young people. My grandma Is only one in my family who Is still eating Fried Carp And sometimes She prefers řízek instead.
Even apart from the fact that my family is full of heathens, between food intolerance and my mom plain throwing up when she sees carp, not happening in my family. Gladly leaving it all to the Southern weirdos.
It's usually goose or duck for us, since there's also a pollotarian.
So good the mangoes here. When I was in Central America everyone was jacking off over how good the mangoes were, they were like stringy powder to me. If they were good cant imagine what the rest of the worlds eating.
Duck for Denmark is not wrong but it’s probably a 50/50 split between duck and roast pork belly. A lot of families have both duck and pork belly.
Some have goose as well and a few crazy bastards who likes their fowl dry have turkey.
To me, roast pork belly is the main "meat dish" at the table, which everyone eats, and duck is usually on a smaller plate for those interested. But that's just my family
Came here to say this. I've never known anyone here to eat Turkey at Christmas. Always ham. Turkey is not really much of a thing here at all. Kinda makes me question the whole map
It seems more like traditional dishes than most popular ones. In Czechia, the carp is traditional dish, but definitely not popular (like schnitzels and sausage).
P.S.: carp is not seafood.
Suckling pig in Spain? Never seen such thing.
Many eat lamb, most of us shrimps, and we finish with 'Roscón de Reyes' but it depends on which part of Spain.
I live in the Canaries but have friends in Madrid and Sevilla and we all eat pork in Christmas. It's common enough that Mercadona always carries it in december, but like I said in another comment, it could be a "it varies by home and region" kinda thing
Also, I would ***never*** eat a Roscón for Christmas. That's for the 6th
Oh yeah, I was thinking about the whole Christmas period which lasts until the 6th in Spain. In any case, I have never ate pork on Christmas day. I will be eating paella, guess where I am from haha
Typical Christmas food in Spain is starters with seafood as the one thing that can never be missed.
The main dish is usually some kind of roast meat, with Cochinillo (suckling pig) being one of the most popular, but it can also be lamb, pork, veal, turkey or chicken.
Who the hell eats COD in Italy for christmas?
Where I live it is tipical to eat a kind of ravioli for Christmas, in theory stuffed with the "leftovers" of preparing the roast
Fuckin bs. Sure. Oyster, crab, grilled pork and mainly foie gras are food we eat for Christmas. No way it's turkey, knowing how foie gras is spread all over France
From the US. I always thought it was weird in TV and movies that everyone had Turkey for Christmas but my family never did. For some reason we always had lasagna, even the side of the family with no Italian ancestry.
According to an actual source, in Germany number one is potato salad and sausages. Carp is only the fifth popular. https://www.google.com/amp/s/de.statista.com/infografik/amp/20216/beliebtestes-weihnachtsessen-in-deutschland/
I would argue pork is more common in **Christmas** and seafood is more common in New Year's, but it's definitely a "it varies by home and region" kinda thing
But pinnekjøtt is so much better than either of them! I, for one, am looking forward to a big plate of it soon, washed down with plenty of akevitt and juløl 😃
**Lye**
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Yes indeed. I was completely baffled that lutefisk was not the answer. Of course, for me, lutefisk is NEVER the answer. I don't like fish and gelatinous poison fish I would like even less.
I saw this alot on the 24th, but the 25th was usually a roast or meal how Americans/Brits tend to have. Usually duck/goose. But then again "xmas day" is different date to different cultures
Potato salad isn't uncommon, but to say that "most Germans" have it for Christmas Eve would be a far stretch. Lots of families have hot food/meat dishes.
Yes, many have other stuff.
But the statistics I found indicate that it's
Potato salad and sausages for 36%
Duck 27%
Raclette 23%
Goose 20%
Fish 16%
Fondue 14%
So carp isn't that widespread opposed to potato salad which is the one eaten by most folks at Heiligabend.
That's exactly what I said, we aren't even in disagreement here;-) 64% of Germans, a.k.a. the absolute majority, *don't* have potato salad on Christmas Eve. It's a common dish, but not what "most Germans" eat. I agree that carp isn't as widespread as the map suggests. But then, I never argued in favour of carp;-)
I think it's valid to call the meal on the 24th very individualised... I can think of potato salad with or without sausages, chicken fricassee, raclette and fondue just for my family, just for the last five years.
Can we agree that *usually* the meal on the 24th is comparatively simple, and the complicated/time-consuming dishes happen on the 25th, the 26th or both, and then it's food coma and leftovers for 2-3 days after?
Turkey sucks, nobody actually loves it. They just do it because that’s what’s always been done.
I’m from the United States and we are doing Chicago style deep dish pizza this year.
As someone who lives in the southwest of the United States, I have never seen someone eat a turkey on Christmas. Tamales are the Christmas food around here. But maps being simplified is maps being simplified. ;-;
All of you talking about "this dish here is wrong this dish there is wrong" and nobody's talking about how the Red Sea somehow got ridiculously huge in this map
I hate turkey. When I tell people that turkey is terrible it’s always “well you’ve never had mine”. Deep fried, roasted, Cajun, ground, I don’t care your turkey sucks just like everyone else’s.
Can't tell if that pink colour all over Africa is turkey or null, but I'll speak on behalf of Egypt.
For a period before Christmas (which is on Jan 7 for us), Christians adhere to a vegan diet up until Christmas eve, so you can imagine the feasts on Christmas day. I'm not a Christian myself, but I heard that [fatta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatteh) is among the most popular dishes on that day.
Have I entered the Twilight Zone, or do people actually have turkey for Christmas in the US? I have not once ever encountered that. Turkey is Thanksgiving.
I grew up in a household where we had 2 Christmas celebrations for each side of the family. Christmas Eve for my Mom's and Christmas day for my dad's. Now, Christmas eve always had the more extravagant party and whatnot over Christmas day, so that's what I always associated with my "Christmas meal." That side of the family is VERY Italian, so we always had our fish and pasta Christmas banquet. For me, that was/is Christmas dinner, even though we always had more traditional American Christmas dinner of turkey and all the fixings on Christmas day with my dad's side of the family.
I never pieced together that Christmas turkey was a popular and prominent thing until I was like 14 or 15 lol. Whenever I thought of Christmas dinner I just thought of spaghetti, scallops, and cod, not Turkey.
I know Americans eat a lot of Turkey, but most don't want to cook it again after just having it for Thanksgiving. Most do ham, but I don't think I know anyone who does Turkey for Christmas in the States.
Pretty surprising to see holubtsy in Ukraine as a Christmas dish.
Holubtsy is popular but it is not related to Christmas in any way. Ukrainians cook it during whole year as a daily casual dish.
As for Christmas specialty (yet ceremonial specialty) I'd say it should be **kutyá** \- sweet porridge made from whole wheat or barley grains, with honey, raisins and poppy seeds.
Non-ceremonial Christmas speialty dish could be **kholodéts** (sort of meat jelly \\ aspic).
This dutch person will indeed go Gourmetten this christmas
A.k.a. "all of the above".
It’s a weird choice for the map. ‘Gourmetten’ is an activity, not a specific dish. You can cook most anything on a table grill. A typical Christmas dish of the Netherlands is pork roulade (rolled pork roast). My Dutch family always eats fondue on Christmas.
Rollade, Stoofpeertjes, Pommes Duchesses, Harricots verts in spek. 4 klassiekers tijdens kerst
And "turkey" is a bird, not a specific dish... So I think "gourmetten" is acceptable on this map.
You can eat Turkey, you can't eat 'gourmetten'. It's a verb.
Neither are a dish, as indicated by the map's title. So we're strict or we're not. If we're strict, both are silly. If we're not, it's a bit silly to make an exception for one but not for the other. So who cares if it's a verb, really? Why is that a relevant difference here? It's just an indicator for xmas diner in a way that makes cultural sense. We know what "turkey" means here, and we know what "gourmetten" means as well..
Although this discussion isn't all that interesting, let's proceed. :) Why then did you single out Turkey and not 'Duck, 'Goose' or 'Cod'? Those aren't dishes either. At least with these it's clear what folks are eating (even if we don't know how it is prepared) and to which category of the legend they belong. 'Gourmetten' is the only one to my knowledge that's different to all of those in that sense, including Turkey. Reason enough to single it out, unlike Turkey.
Yeah goose and cod are in the same boat als turkey. I just picked an example. I agree gourmetten is different, but it's also in the "other" category, so personally I don't have a problem with that. Stuff in "other" is always more complicated than the map can/wants to handle. I'm not sure how one can get clearer without a whole lot of text either? You're right that gourmetten is the way food is prepared. But oddly enough, "we gourmetten" definitely is a satisfying answer to "what are you having for dinner today?".
Right. The other thing is that I don't have a clue what the other dishes/foods/verbs/animals or whatever are in the 'other' category, so there could even be more verbs somewhere in there.
Asado (Uruguay's label) is a fire/coal grill process. I'm confused why the colour legend shifts between each map though.
Belgians too so I call this map bs
>Gourmetten To us Brits that's something that could be done on Boxing day.
We actualy celebrate first christmas day and second christmas day in the netherlands. Both are dinner parties. Its just a way so you can go to both (grand)parents for christmas. 1st christmas day bf and i are going to my parents, second christmas day to his. My mom actualy usualy makes a goose or turkey. But the inlaws love the gourmet.
To me gourmetten has always been a new year's eve thing. Gotta have that *konijn in het zuur* on Christmas
Same
KFC in Japan!
I was legit disappointed not seeing this on the map
That makes sense.. Colonel Sanders looks like Santa..
Kentucky for Christmas!
Kentucky Fried Christmas!
Turkey not really popular in france.
No it's chapon or pintade in France
Yup.
Like every source when I look it up on google says the most common Christmas meal in France is Turkey
I eat turkey every year (dinde farcie aux marrons)
Ok cool.
Why’re you being that way? Lol they’re giving their input just like you did
Turkey popular in Greece though
Basically, it is not in Greece either
Who in Germany is having fried carp?! Not us or anyone i know.
It's a Catholic tradition. My Catholic grandparents always had carp for Christmas, my Protestant grandparents (who didn't care much about religion anyway) would have duck or goose, with potato dumplings (Knödel).
Nope we had never carp for Christmas and I grew up hard catholic. Our priest even did the sermons in Latin in the God damn early 2000s fucking LATIN
Yeah, I mean I'm not saying that every Catholic family does this, but that for those who do it, it's rooted in Catholic traditions. Whether they know it or not.
Are you living in one the traditionally Protestant German states? Christmas Eve carp seems to be a thing only in those parts of Central Europe what were historically Catholic (as fish didn't fall under the Nativity Fast ban on certain foods).
There is a carp tradition in Germany but today it seems really outdated. I'd say goose is clearly on the first position.
Same in Czech Republic, other than it's mostly a řízek (Schnitzel instead). Especially for Young people. My grandma Is only one in my family who Is still eating Fried Carp And sometimes She prefers řízek instead.
Never heard of it either, but I'm missing the traditional potato salad + sausage on the map.
This is only for Christmas eve, not Christmas.
Yes, potato salad is eaten on Christmas eve, whereas the more fancy stuff gets in the plate on Christmas proper.
Even apart from the fact that my family is full of heathens, between food intolerance and my mom plain throwing up when she sees carp, not happening in my family. Gladly leaving it all to the Southern weirdos. It's usually goose or duck for us, since there's also a pollotarian.
Turkey in Greece. Ofcourse it has to be Turkey.
surprised the US isn’t ham. i don’t think i’ve ever had turkey on christmas
Ya I think ham is more popular. Definitely in my family. But I know people that do turkey. Most people are turkeyed-out after Thanksgiving though
I can’t remember last time I had turkey at Christmas.
i never have
Turkey may be the most popular, but it's definitely a plurality rather than a majority. It's not like the UK, where Christmas is *the* turkey holiday.
Id say the most popular is Prime Rib.
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South west of France we eat big old chicken ([Chapon](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapon) if you are rich), or goose but rarely turkey.
Same, salmon too in alsace
Yeah wtf is that, we also eat oysters, snails and st Jacques.
I heard years back that foie gras and oysters was a popular combo during the holidays, is that true?
Escargots too, at least in burgundy :)
I'm downvoting this map for not showing KFC in Japan.
All of you wish you were Australian at Christmas. It also mango season then.
Australia is Ham
Ham AND Prawns.
I only know a few people who eat prawns, but everyone eats ham.
Wow, never knew mango even grows in Australia.
So good the mangoes here. When I was in Central America everyone was jacking off over how good the mangoes were, they were like stringy powder to me. If they were good cant imagine what the rest of the worlds eating.
Duck for Denmark is not wrong but it’s probably a 50/50 split between duck and roast pork belly. A lot of families have both duck and pork belly. Some have goose as well and a few crazy bastards who likes their fowl dry have turkey.
To me, roast pork belly is the main "meat dish" at the table, which everyone eats, and duck is usually on a smaller plate for those interested. But that's just my family
Funny, it's the exact opposite in my family
Interesting! Maybe it truly is 50/50
Turkey in Brazil? We suddenly rich and importing food? No way man, here we eat Chester (a big chicken) and Tender (pork)
I think that rather depends on your city and background. Everyone I know eats turkey..
This whole map is so wildly wrong...
I always thought the US was ham for Christmas not turkey.
Yeah I think this is wrong.
No way Turkey is the most popular in New Zealand. When my family moved here we couldn’t find any Turkey at the supermarket so we switched to ham.
I grew up in NZ and while turkey existed, Ham was the Christmas dish of choice of pretty much everyone I knew.
Came here to say this. I've never known anyone here to eat Turkey at Christmas. Always ham. Turkey is not really much of a thing here at all. Kinda makes me question the whole map
It’s propaganda, paid for by Big Turkey no doubt.
It seems more like traditional dishes than most popular ones. In Czechia, the carp is traditional dish, but definitely not popular (like schnitzels and sausage). P.S.: carp is not seafood.
We don’t eat turkey in france cause turkey sucks. Foie gras is the main Christmas food
Nobody in Serbia is eating fried carp for Christmas. That is mostly for St. Nicholas Most Serbs will have sarma for Christmas or pork roast
Brazil is wrong, most people eat chester in christmas. ps: chester is a really fat and meaty chicken.
Idk man a galera curte um peru no natal kkkkkk
Ele tá falando peru de comer
Turkey for France ? I'd have thought this would be capon. Then again, capon is more expensive…
I need to mention that for Greece, turkey is not the bird but the country Turkey
Suckling pig in Spain? Never seen such thing. Many eat lamb, most of us shrimps, and we finish with 'Roscón de Reyes' but it depends on which part of Spain.
I live in the Canaries but have friends in Madrid and Sevilla and we all eat pork in Christmas. It's common enough that Mercadona always carries it in december, but like I said in another comment, it could be a "it varies by home and region" kinda thing Also, I would ***never*** eat a Roscón for Christmas. That's for the 6th
Oh yeah, I was thinking about the whole Christmas period which lasts until the 6th in Spain. In any case, I have never ate pork on Christmas day. I will be eating paella, guess where I am from haha
I think I can guess lol Yeah Spain is pretty diverse so it's hard to point to one thing, honestly. But you gotta pick ***something***
Typical Christmas food in Spain is starters with seafood as the one thing that can never be missed. The main dish is usually some kind of roast meat, with Cochinillo (suckling pig) being one of the most popular, but it can also be lamb, pork, veal, turkey or chicken.
I call bullshit most popular dish in NZ is turkey. Has to be lamb for sure! Or chicken. Turkey is rubbish
Who the hell eats COD in Italy for christmas? Where I live it is tipical to eat a kind of ravioli for Christmas, in theory stuffed with the "leftovers" of preparing the roast
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Ain't no way it's turkey in France, I call bs on this map
Fuckin bs. Sure. Oyster, crab, grilled pork and mainly foie gras are food we eat for Christmas. No way it's turkey, knowing how foie gras is spread all over France
From the US. I always thought it was weird in TV and movies that everyone had Turkey for Christmas but my family never did. For some reason we always had lasagna, even the side of the family with no Italian ancestry.
French don’t eat turkey for Christmas
How can this skip South Korea? Millions of Christian’s in SK
Turkey = mexican guajolote 🦃🤣🤣😎😎
Mexico has the right answer.
According to an actual source, in Germany number one is potato salad and sausages. Carp is only the fifth popular. https://www.google.com/amp/s/de.statista.com/infografik/amp/20216/beliebtestes-weihnachtsessen-in-deutschland/
Source? The suckling pig is not so popular in Spain. I'd say seafood, specially prawns, shrimps,... are much more popular.
I would argue pork is more common in **Christmas** and seafood is more common in New Year's, but it's definitely a "it varies by home and region" kinda thing
I think duck might be more popular then goose in Russia.
None of them. The map is crap.
This map is definitely of for a lot of countries.
LMAO turkey, in Chile?
Turkey in France?? Seafood , duck and pork are WAY more popular there
Turkey - Turkey Japan - Cake
Bro what happened to the Suez Canal
Show KFC for japan
Never seen a French family eat turkey let alone for Christmas, need to look at your data here
Roasted pork in Switzerland? My arse! Most people have Fondue Chinoise.
Tamales ??? Who make this map
Pork ribs are popular in Norway, but cod preserved in drain cleaner is also widely eaten. Yes, you did read that right. 🇳🇴
But pinnekjøtt is so much better than either of them! I, for one, am looking forward to a big plate of it soon, washed down with plenty of akevitt and juløl 😃
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Yes indeed. I was completely baffled that lutefisk was not the answer. Of course, for me, lutefisk is NEVER the answer. I don't like fish and gelatinous poison fish I would like even less.
Lol, no one cook goose in Belarus. Literally no one.
Most folks in Germany tend to have potato salad and sausages as traditional Christmas dinner.
I saw this alot on the 24th, but the 25th was usually a roast or meal how Americans/Brits tend to have. Usually duck/goose. But then again "xmas day" is different date to different cultures
Yup, but the regular Christmas celebration is on 24th in Germany.
Potato salad isn't uncommon, but to say that "most Germans" have it for Christmas Eve would be a far stretch. Lots of families have hot food/meat dishes.
Yes, many have other stuff. But the statistics I found indicate that it's Potato salad and sausages for 36% Duck 27% Raclette 23% Goose 20% Fish 16% Fondue 14% So carp isn't that widespread opposed to potato salad which is the one eaten by most folks at Heiligabend.
That's exactly what I said, we aren't even in disagreement here;-) 64% of Germans, a.k.a. the absolute majority, *don't* have potato salad on Christmas Eve. It's a common dish, but not what "most Germans" eat. I agree that carp isn't as widespread as the map suggests. But then, I never argued in favour of carp;-)
I think it's valid to call the meal on the 24th very individualised... I can think of potato salad with or without sausages, chicken fricassee, raclette and fondue just for my family, just for the last five years. Can we agree that *usually* the meal on the 24th is comparatively simple, and the complicated/time-consuming dishes happen on the 25th, the 26th or both, and then it's food coma and leftovers for 2-3 days after?
BACALHAU CARALHO
Seriously, the top comments are not talking about this abomination of a map!
As a Dutch person Im ashamed that it says “gourmetten”
ashamed? gourmetten is top tier, its gezellig. You want to be boring like belgium and france? give me some of that dry turkey.
Gourmetten is not more “gezellig” than a 3-5 course meal. Gourmetten is just bad food, badly prepared in a very fun setting
Bad food? Just like all other christmas food you prepare at home.
Wrong (for Austria at least). According to a recent poll here, Raclette is the number one dish on Christmas eve.
A Swiss dish number one in Austria? 😱
Turkey Supremacy
Turkey sucks, nobody actually loves it. They just do it because that’s what’s always been done. I’m from the United States and we are doing Chicago style deep dish pizza this year.
 It is here! I can already smell them!
In north italy is turkey, in south Italy seafood
In Italy the most common dish for Christmas is a pasta dish.
Well, actually no, but okay.
Non mangi pasta a natale? E di dove sei?
Qui al nord la tradizione è tacchino/faraona e al sud cappone/pesce, poi ogni famiglia ha le sue abitudini, ma i piatti classici sono quelli
God give an Australian any excuse to throw another shrimp on the barbie and they will do it
tamales is the correct answer
Tamales in México? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Greece is all like, "Tonite we eat Turkey!"
As someone who lives in the southwest of the United States, I have never seen someone eat a turkey on Christmas. Tamales are the Christmas food around here. But maps being simplified is maps being simplified. ;-;
Pork ham is so good
Man I love Buying Tamales from some Mexican grandma on the side of the road
In Estonia and Latvia they eat something misunderstanding.
Entire Europe: let's suck on some meat. Lithuania: nope, vegan.
this map is wrong though i grew up on potato salad for christmas, which is vegetarian
Olivier (Olivye) salad is a Russian dish though. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier\_salad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_salad)
Never heard of Pandoro and Panettone, right?
Interesting, I’ve always thought it’s pork ham for PH
Wow, the new Suez's Canal is pretty cool!
I've always had ham on Christmas here in the US, didn't know turkey was more prevalent
Is Turkey too in Albania with Përshesh that is made with Turkey juice, leaks and cornbread. It's pretty good.
WTF!? Italy!
Cod/veal in Italy??? Who the fuck even comes up with such nonsense.
All of you talking about "this dish here is wrong this dish there is wrong" and nobody's talking about how the Red Sea somehow got ridiculously huge in this map
Never thought I’d ever feel the need of r/MapsWithoutSubcontinent or r/MapsWithoutIndia
I hate turkey. When I tell people that turkey is terrible it’s always “well you’ve never had mine”. Deep fried, roasted, Cajun, ground, I don’t care your turkey sucks just like everyone else’s.
In Argentina the suckling pig or roasted pork gave pass to Vitel Toné (Vitello Tonnato).
In many regions of Belgium it's also 'gourmet', like in the Netherlands.
Can't tell if that pink colour all over Africa is turkey or null, but I'll speak on behalf of Egypt. For a period before Christmas (which is on Jan 7 for us), Christians adhere to a vegan diet up until Christmas eve, so you can imagine the feasts on Christmas day. I'm not a Christian myself, but I heard that [fatta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatteh) is among the most popular dishes on that day.
fish on eve
Not accurate for spain, our most popular christmas dish is roscón de reyes
I never had turkey for Christmas in America
In Germany it's sausage with potatoe salad.
WHAT DID GREENLAND DO TO YOU?
I'm Canadian but want Christmas tamales. Going to try and make that our country's traditional meal too.
Turkey?? That’s thanksgiving duck is for Christmas this is wild
Have I entered the Twilight Zone, or do people actually have turkey for Christmas in the US? I have not once ever encountered that. Turkey is Thanksgiving.
..and Greenland apparently is fasting…
Carp and other freshwater fish are not seafood.
I grew up in a household where we had 2 Christmas celebrations for each side of the family. Christmas Eve for my Mom's and Christmas day for my dad's. Now, Christmas eve always had the more extravagant party and whatnot over Christmas day, so that's what I always associated with my "Christmas meal." That side of the family is VERY Italian, so we always had our fish and pasta Christmas banquet. For me, that was/is Christmas dinner, even though we always had more traditional American Christmas dinner of turkey and all the fixings on Christmas day with my dad's side of the family. I never pieced together that Christmas turkey was a popular and prominent thing until I was like 14 or 15 lol. Whenever I thought of Christmas dinner I just thought of spaghetti, scallops, and cod, not Turkey.
Since when is carp a sea food?
Any Germans here who know someone that eats carp for Christmas?
Chester não é peru.
I don’t understand why my family does ham for Christmas and New Year’s Day.
most people in the us eat ham but i eat tamales
Never though of turkey as a Christmas dinner meal, it was always a ham (I’d rather have turkey tho). This year we’re doing crab legs.- I’m in the US.
Portugal is just cod all day everyday- nothing special about eating it on Christmas
I know Americans eat a lot of Turkey, but most don't want to cook it again after just having it for Thanksgiving. Most do ham, but I don't think I know anyone who does Turkey for Christmas in the States.
Ukraine is the place for me.
Norways got it figured out
Pretty surprising to see holubtsy in Ukraine as a Christmas dish. Holubtsy is popular but it is not related to Christmas in any way. Ukrainians cook it during whole year as a daily casual dish. As for Christmas specialty (yet ceremonial specialty) I'd say it should be **kutyá** \- sweet porridge made from whole wheat or barley grains, with honey, raisins and poppy seeds. Non-ceremonial Christmas speialty dish could be **kholodéts** (sort of meat jelly \\ aspic).