"Sky" > wrote in message
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> For Christmas day, it was a tradition to have boiled shrimp & cocktail
> sauce (aka 'shrimp cocktail') as munchies while the gifts & presents
> around the Christmas tree were opened sometime later morning. That
> 'snack' was to tide everyone over until the big Christmas dinner feast was
> served, usually around 1 to 2pm. For Christmas Eve, KFC was usually
> brought home No cooking for dinner was done on Christmas Eve since
> everything was mostly reserved for the next day's big family feast.
>
> Sky

Christmas Eve - Good quality cold cuts & all kinds of olives cheeses etc.
from the local Italian Deli

Dimitri