Eating Christmas dinner twice within a couple hours of each other with the same people.  Which is a tradition that has been carried on down many generations. 

You have your normal meal you know the one you stuff yourself fuller then the turkey was with stuffing. You don’t put away your plates of silverware. All the food is packed up for 2 hours and then it’s all reheated. You eat dinner again. I’m not sure who started it. 

Anyone who has joined the table has often said that was kind of strange but  they are not saying no to more great food. A few hours after that you get to have pie. 

I think the side of the family that does it really struggled at one point in the family tree long before I was  even born. I think Christmas might be one of the only times they really went all out for even as something basic like food. I just know buying a “small” size turkey is not something that will be permitted. it has to be BIG even if it’s not all going get eaten. After that you eat turkey for about a week. Till you swear you never want have turkey again.

 It gets put into everything from breakfast omelets, what is called “slop” (the not so great parts that are left over it is cooked until very tender in the gravy and poured out onto bread), sandwiches, and where ever they can hid it! Because its always way to much food.