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Dec 17, 2019

What are you doing for Christmas dinner?

Curious about what all of you do for Christmas dinner. We usually do KFC on Christmas Eve, but last year for Christmas dinner we just went to a local restaurant...I want to make some Christmas dinner traditions here, but the old "no oven" debacle comes up again. What do all of you cook for Christmas dinner, or do you just go out somewhere?

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Love to travel, interested in J-beauty products and consider myself a convenience store snack aficionado. Navigating the ever-present challenges of expat life, particularly about my TCK's (third culture kids).

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  • ReishiiTravels

    ReishiiTravels

    on Dec 17

    This is my first year here for Christmas. In my family, breakfast was always the most important, so I am going to attempt to make some homemade cinnamon rolls. As for dinner, I haven't decided yet. I was thinking about doing cheese fondue or going out for pasta. It really is hard without a real oven!

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  • BlueButterfly

    BlueButterfly

    on Dec 17

    Luckly our plans have changed and I can spend christmas eve with my husband and our kid. I´m planing to prepare some lamb chops with backed potato and vegetable. I´m lucky enough to own an oven. That´s why cooking a christmas dinner by myself if always the best option instead of going somewhere.

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  • edthethe

    edthethe

    on Dec 17

    My mom had a tradition of making a huge breakfast...for dinner. Biscuits(a bit flakier than scones but essentially the same thing), pancakes, eggs, sausage, and toast. She started it because we received a giant box of tiny jams and wanted an excuse to use it but us kids loved it so much she made it a tradition. My two daughters may or may not be here for christmas, and my husband will be working so I was thinking of steak for a treat, or searching the supermarket for a deal. I found some lobster halves that were on sale one year and added some candlesticks to make it feel fancy. It's not what you eat, but how you present it

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  • helloalissa

    helloalissa

    on Dec 18

    We're going to a Christmas buffet lunch at a Hilton hotel although it's technically for my husband's birthday. https://www.hiltonfukuokaseahawk.jp/plans/restaurants/buffet/seala_1911 We often just go to Sushirou!

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  • TonetoEdo

    TonetoEdo

    on Dec 18

    This year, Christmas is mid week, I'm on holiday, but my guy is working until the 27th. We usually do the Japanese version of Christmas so we will get dressed up for date night on Friday or Saturday and go to one of our favorite local izakaya.

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  • Bella

    Bella

    on Dec 19

    I usually travel to warm countries during xmas break so i could escape winter but this time we are staying and gonna travel around Yamagata and Miyagi. We are gonna go snowboarding and going to onsen :)

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  • TonetoEdo

    TonetoEdo

    on Dec 29

    @Bella I often escape to Thailand for a week during the end of year break. This year, I got away to one of the Izu Islands. They're warmer than Tokyo, snow and frost free, and not so far away.

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