Help!

[dimestore-hippy.livejournal.com]

I need some help! 

I want to write a Briley fic about Christmas and dinner and Patrick and all that, but I've never had a traditional Christmas dinner. Or at least, the last time my family had one I was like 6.

So ideas people?

Also, ideas may be used in my Transformers fic as well . I'm doing lots of christmas themed stories for the season, but dinner and relatives? I've no idea what's traditionally made or discussed or anything.

....That makes me feel kinda sad.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Sorry if this isn't allowed (since it's not ONLY for Ben/Riley....) You can delet if it isn't. I just didn't have anyone else to ask. My friends would think I'm a bit weird for asking, really. They would. They know nothing of my fanfic writing haha.

Hopefully if I can get some tales of Christmas with family the Briley will be written in the next week or so and posted as a Christmas present for you all!

Thank you!

Comments

[onduril.livejournal.com]

Well, your idea sounds interesting. But I can only describe a german christmas dinner. If you want that I will gladly help you.

[rose-sparrow.livejournal.com]

My family's Christmases aren't quite what you'd call traditional, but we've had a few that were maybe a little.

Basically, we put up the tree together (my stepmom likes to play Christmas music while we do) and fight over who gets to put the star on top. Usually, I don't get involved in the cooking area, because I'm dangerous with a stove, but we have rolls, potatoes, ham and stuffing, or we did, at least, once. (But I think that's a pretty traditional meal.) Most of the time, it's not really all that formal, but that's the best I've got. Hope it helps.

[dark-dreymer.livejournal.com]

My dad always cooks Christmas dinner and he starts about lunch-time while everyone else is busy lazing around and trying out their presents; he'll normally have it finished within a few hours. Rather than dish everything out he simply places each food item in a seperate dish and then gives everyone an empty plate so we can all take as much as we want. Normal food includes: Chicken/Turkey (varies from year to year), potatoes (Both roast and boiled), brocoli, carrots, parsnips and of course gravy (We also have brussel sprouts and yorkshire puddings, but I think they're both a bit too British to be included in your fics.) There's always WAY too much and a bunch gets leftover so we put it in the fridge and slowly eat through it over the next few days. Normally afterwards everyone will just sit around in the lounge and we'll either put a new DVD on or just chat.

Hope this helped, but this might be a traditional British christmas and differ greatly from an American christmas so it might be best to wait for a few more replies and compare notes ^^

[zxully.livejournal.com]

If it helps, a traditional Polish Christmas contain this fish - carp, I guess - and also a couple of Polish dishes which don't have names in English, like bigos or barszcz. There should be twelve dishes, we share wafer, listen to carols and usually gather together, the whole family (in my case, it's four people), talk, eat, and all that stuff...

But I'm pretty sure the Christmas in USA looks totally different, there's probably some turkey or I don't know... Have you tried Wikipedia for help? I know it's not as helpful as actual people but it can put some light on the case. :)

[chwheeler.livejournal.com]

At my house, our Christmas dinner is usually pretty similar to our Thanksgiving dinner. We just usually make a ham along with a turkey. So that means mashed potatoes, corn (and other veggies), stuffing (although we're wierd and don't put the stuffing in the turkey), yams, rolls, cranberries, and pie. Lots of pie for dessert! We actually eat around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. We open our presents really early in the morning, after which I'll help my mom cook. (And then, as our own family tradition, we go to the movies. :D But I would call that a normal "tradition".)

I like what someone else said, that Patrick would be fairly historical about Christmas.

[dreidan.livejournal.com]

justin bartha is jewish so i dont know if he would celebrate xmas though.

[dreidan.livejournal.com]

oh yeah thats true