Winter Holiday Celebrations — Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year, plus plus

(US) Thanksgiving is “late” this year (as you may have noticed from the atmospheric music that has been playing in stores for the past month plus to jump-start the shopping season).

What planning is afoot for holiday celebrations for the remainder of the year?

Special food? Drinks? Snacks & food gifts?

(May all your efforts be well-rewarded, but, just in case, the Mishaps thread is here :grin:)

2025 Leftovers thread is here

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Related:
2025 Holiday Treats
2025 Holiday Baking
2024 Holiday Treats
2024 Christmas
2023 Christmas
2023 New Year

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We’re going away for 4 nights over Xmas, so will be letting the hotel fuss about all that food. In the period before and after, I think we’ll just be having "normal " food.

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Somewhere warm?

Nope. The “Lake District” in northwest England - a couple of hours drive north for us. Twice we’ve stayed in the winter. Twice we’ve ended up getting snowed in. Snow, log fires, lots of nice food cooked by someone else - just about a classic Christmas. I’ll have to write to Father Christmas to tell him we won’t be at home for his delivery.

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A wintry holiday has many charms.

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I had Manx kippers for breakfast at Windermere. delicious

I dont know what I’m doing next week.

We’ll figure out Christmas dinner about Dec 18th.

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What’s next week? Did I miss a winter holiday before Thxgiving?

Hehehe…no…just that I only rarely plan more than a few days in advance.

Next week is a trade show, so I actually do know what I’m doing for part of next week.

There are folks who plan ahead and like to chat about it, and there are those who aren’t.

Not everyone understands the point of a weekly menu planning thread, but it exists and it’s active :joy:.

(Nor the point of telling everyone what they ate for dinner or lunch or breakfast or even dessert, never mind all of those, but those are all active threads too :joy:.)

See you around Dec 18!

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Day of the Dead is coming up soon. I guess it’s technically fall, but then again Thanksgiving, Saint Nicholas Day and St Lucia Day fall in the Fall, too!

.https://fwtx.com/eat-drink/eight-traditional-dia-de-los-muertos-recipes/

I was thinking of making this for Halloween

https://www.ireland.ie/en/visit/halloween/bairin-breac-a-traditional-irish-halloween-recipe/

Well, you already had your Thanksgiving, so I guess you’re not holding your breath for an American holiday — any more than the rest of the world is :joy:.

(Also, I forgot about Halloween till you mentioned it — which I will not share with my nephew whose favorite “holiday” it is :rofl:)

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I have had 4 peanut butter cups today LOL

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