We do tamales also ...finger foods. Something easy to start the wind down of the Holidays.

No special menu for Eve but big meal Christmas Day. I do find I put all the casseroles and such together on Eve bc it helps make easier the next day!

Christmas Eve will be light. I will be eating fabulous meals this weekend. Christmas dinner will be a beef tenderloin.

christmas eve is usually spent snacking on veggie platters and small meals. we go all out for christmas though. home cooked prime rib, crab legs, shrimp, we had lobster one year, salad good wine....i can't wait!

My sister in law has taken it upon herself to have everyone in the family meet up at Oisie's Table in River Oaks, which I am not too keen about. I don't think that is an appropriate place for a 2 and 5 year old, and I doubt there is anything that they will eat at that place. I would much rather stay home and eat some tamales. My 2 year old is at that stage where eating at any restaurant is not very fun, so I am not happy.

@LittlegooI see chicken tenders, buttered pasta, grilled cheese - not too bad. I always used to still take puffs, cheerios and apple sauce at that age because it takes them a while to eat them. I do really remember sitting with little ones at fancier restaurants and thinking this.is.just.not.fun. Lots of extra walking around in the parking lot and stuff.

I might just happen to have a "stomach flu" or something on Christmas Eve, and volunteer to stay home with the kiddos.

Littlegoo - Great food and location, but you are correct - not a place for young children.

we just go to Luby's... the meatloaf last year wuz da bomb!