Christmas food(圣诞大餐)


The traditional Christmas and food go together; most people, when asked what they will eat at Christmas, say ‘too much!’. For the majority of people this usually means lots of very calorific, naughty and sometimes expensive food and drink. Jimmy Burns from Halifax said he would be eating ‘very little healthy food and too much of everything else’.
The traditional Christmas Day dinner is one of the focal points of Christmas when the whole family sits down to roast turkey, vegetables and potatoes followed by Christmas pudding with brandy butter. However, in recent years some new Christmas food trends have appeared.
　

圣诞大餐
　 正像中国人过春节吃年饭一样，欧美人过圣诞节也很注重全家人围坐在圣诞树下，共进节日美餐。圣诞大餐吃火鸡的习俗始于1620年。这种风俗盛于美国。英国人的圣诞大餐是烤鹅，而非火鸡。奥大利人爱在平安夜里，全家老小约上亲友成群结队地到餐馆去吃一顿圣诞大餐，其中，火鸡、腊鸡、烧牛仔肉和猪腿必不可少，同时伴以名酒，吃得大家欢天喜地。