By: Nayeli Anahi Ruiz
Christmas is right around the corner and everyone in every culture that celebrates it is getting very excited. We’re all excited about all the family and friends we’re going to see, all the presents we’re going to exchange, and all the food we’re going to eat. Everyone has special memories surrounding food, and with Christmas being “the most wonderful time of the year,” you can imagine how happy people are to eat the traditional food they eat every Christmas. Different cultures eat different types of food, so here’s a few:
Americans typically eat turkey, mashed potatoes with or without gravy, and cranberry sauce. Desserts including, pumpkin or apple pie, Christmas pudding, and fruitcake. I also asked some American friends of mine about what they usually eat for Christmas dinner. It seems all families have their own traditions, which applies to every family. One family makes homemade noodles, homemade stuffing, turkey, and a lot of fruit, while another family, has Chinese food as a tradition. Another family doesn’t have special dinners, but they have a special breakfast where they eat homemade pancakes.
Mexicans eat things like tamales, menudo or pozole (which are both traditional soups however menudo is made with beef and pozole is made with pork), and taquitos. Desserts include buñelos(which is fried dough either in ball shape or flat pancake shape), flan, or churros. As I did before, I asked some friends. My family, like many Mexican families in the US that mix traditions, eats tamales or pozole and pumpkin pie. Other families seem to have the same thing plus mole, or flan for dessert.
Indians eat things such as aloo gobi (a cuisine dish made with potatoes, cauliflower and Indian spices), kachumber (a salad dish in Indian cuisine consisting of fresh chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and sometimes, chili peppers), or jeera pulao. But I got the most information from a friend called Jasveer. Her family eats chapatis, and for dessert eat gulab jamun and barfi (is a dense milk based sweet confectionery from the Indian Subcontinent, a type of mithai).
It was really interesting to learn of what all families do during this special time. And I hope you have a very happy Merry Christmas!
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