List of Christmas dishes

Albania and Kosovo

• Baklava
• Gjel deti me përshesh
• Trelece

  Andorra

• Sopa de Galets
• Trinxat

  American Samoa (U.S.), Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu

• Puaa umu

  Argentina and Uruguay

• Vitel toné
• Turrón
• Pan dulce
• Asado
• Clericó, a sangria-like beverage that combines wine with chopped fruit.
• Cider and sparkling wine
• Budín
• Salads
• * Russian salad
• * Waldorf salad
• * Fruit salad
• Pionono
• Matambre
• Lengua a la vinagreta
• Garrapiñadas, dried fruits and comfits
• Mantecol
• Sandwiches de miga
• Pavita

  Australia

• White Christmas, a sweet slice made of copha and mixed fruit
• Cold ham and cold turkey
• Seafood and salads
• Roast chicken, ham and turkey
• Stuffing
• Christmas cake or Christmas pudding
• Custard
• Gingerbread in Christmas shapes
• Christmas damper – in wreath or star shape, served with butter, jam, honey or golden syrup. Made in the Australian bush in the 19th century.
• Lollies, such as rocky road; rum balls; candy canes
• Champagne
• Eggnog
• Trifle
• Pavlova
• Prawns
• Mince pie
• Christmas cookies

  Austria and Liechtenstein

• Bock
• Bratwurst
• Christmas carp
• Christmas goose
• Glühwein
• Kaiserschmarrn
• Knödel
• Linzer torte
• Red cabbage
• Vanillekipferl

  Bangladesh

• Pitha
• Nankhatai
• Pulao
• Rôst
• Musallam
• Cha
• Homemade Christmas cake
• Shobji
• Mishti
• Nakshi Pitha
• Chunga pitha
• Patishapta Pith
• Bhapa pitha
• Tel pitha

  Belarus

• Borscht
• Kutya

  Belgium

• Cougnou, sweet bread in the form of the infant Jesus

  Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua

• Tamales
• Ponche
• pavo
• Buñuelos
• chicken

  Bolivia and Peru

• Apple cider
• Buñuelo
• Roasted chicken
• Cuy Chactado
• Potato salad
• Roast pork
• Roast turkey
• Christmas hot chocolate

  Brazil

• Lombo à Califórnia – pork loins
• Rabanada – French toast
• Leitão assado – roasted piglet
• Peru – roast turkey
• Farofa
• Pavê – trifle
• Ham
• Bacalhau – codfish
• Brazil nut
• Arroz à grega
• Potato salad
• Salpicão – chicken salad with raisins
• Panettone
• Crème caramel
• Mousse
• Cider
• Grape juice
• Wine

  Canada

• Bûche de Noël
• Butter tarts
• Candy canes
• Christmas pudding
• Eggnog
• Fruitcake
• Mince pie
• Cranberry sauce
• Roasted turkey
• Brussels Sprouts
• Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
• Shortbread
• Stuffing
• Trifle
• Tourtière
• Ragoût de Boulettes
• Ragoût de Pattes de Cochon
• Salted Beef
• Fish and Brewis
• Gingerbread cookies
• Figgy duff
• Christmas slush
• Roasted chestnuts
• Christmas cookies
• Snowball dessert
• Nanaimo Bar
• Mulled Wine
• Christmas Ham
• Tarte au sucre
• Hot chocolate
• Gingerbread house
• Sweet potatoes or Yam
• Hot Apple cider
• Raw Caribou, Seal meat, and Muktuk
• Arctic char

  Chile

• Cola de mono – a Chilean Christmas beverage, with aguardiente, milk, coffee, and flavoured with vanilla and cloves
• Pan de Pascua – Chilean Christmas sponge cake flavoured with cloves and with bits of candied fruits, raisins, walnuts and almonds.
• Roasted turkey
• Ponche a la romana – eggnog-style beverage made of champagne and pineapple-flavoured icecream.

  China and Taiwan

• Char siu
• Crispy fried chicken
• Crossing-the-bridge noodles
• Hotpot
• Jiaozi
• Lamian
• Peking duck

  Colombia

• Buñuelos
• Natilla
• Manjar blanco
• Hojaldres
• Brevas
• Christmas cookies
• Sweet bread filled with fruits like raisins and raspberries.
• Lechona
• Tamales
• Ponqué envinado
• Turkey
• Pernil de Cerdo
• Potato salad
• Panettone

  Cuba

• Crema De Vie – Eggnog made with rum, lemon rind, and spices.
• Majarete – A pudding made with corn, cornstarch, milk, lemon rind, spices, and sugar
• Platillo Moros y Cristianos
• Lechon asado
• Turrón

  Czech Republic and Slovakia

• Kapustnica – Christmas cabbage soup
• Fish soup
• Christmas carp
• Potato salad with mayonnaise, hard-boiled eggs and boiled vegetables
• Kuba – groats and mushrooms
• Grilled white sausage
• Vánoční cukroví – Christmas cookies
• Christmas bread
• Fruitcake
• Gingerbread

Denmark

• Æbleskiver – traditional Danish dough ball made in a special pan, sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with raspberry or strawberry jam
• Sylte – a form of head cheese, a terrine or meat jelly made from pork, traditionally pig's head was used
• Julesild – spiced pickled herring often flavoured with Christmas spices such as cloves and allspice
• Boiled whole potatoes
• Brun sovs – a traditional dark gravy, used to cover meat dishes like roasted pork and duck and the boiled potato
• Brunede kartofler – caramelised potatoes
• Julebryg – Christmas beer
• Gløgg – mulled red wine combined with spices, sugar, raisins and chopped almonds typically served warm
• Risalamande – rice pudding. A dish made from rice, whipped cream and almonds, served cold with cherry sauce
• Flæskesteg – roast pork with cracklings
• Andesteg – roast duck with apple and prune stuffing
• Rødkål – red cabbage pickled, sweet-sour red cabbage served hot as a side dish
• Christmas cookies – Vaniljekranse, klejner, jødekager, pebernødder, honningkager, brunkager and finskbrød
• Konfekt, marzipan, caramelised fruits, nougat and chocolate-covered nuts
• Ground nuts

  Dominican Republic

• Croquette
• Empanada
• Ensalada Rusa – Olivier salad
• Ensalada verde – iceberg lettuce, onions, cucumber, and tomatoes salad
• Moro de guandules con coco – rice with pigeon peas and coconut milk
• Pasteles de hojas – Puerto Rican tamales
• Pastelon – casserole
• Pig roast
• Pollo al horno – roasted chicken
• Telera – Dominican bread similar to Mexican sandwich rolls

• Anisette – anise-flavored liquor
• Guavaberry – a drink from the Lesser Antilles historic Saint Martin natives now a part of the Dominican Republics Christmas tradition
• Ponche crema – eggnog
• Jengibre – ginger tea with spices and lemon
• Mandarin Liqueur – Mandarin peels fermented with rum and sugar

• Buñuelos – fried cassava dough balls covered in spiced flavored syrup
• Turrón – honey and almond nougat. Tradition from Spain
• Vaniljekranse – Danish butter cookies
• Fruits and nuts – a variety of nuts, fresh, and dried fruit

  Estonia

• Hapukapsas
• Mulgi kapsad
• Piparkook
• Sült
• Verivorst

  Finland

• Christmas ham with mustard
• Freshly salted salmon and whitefish graavisiika
• Pickled herring in various forms
• Rosolli
• Lutefisk and Béchamel sauce
• Whitefish and pikeperch
• Potato casserole
• Boiled potatoes
• Carrot casserole
• Rutabaga casserole
• Various sauces
• Assortment of cheese, most commonly and Aura
• Christmas bread, usually sweet bread
• Karelian pasties, rice pasties, served with egg-butter

• Karelian hot pot, traditional meat stew originating from the region of Karelia

• Rice pudding or rice porridge topped with cinnamon, sugar and cold milk or with mixed fruit soup
• Joulutorttu, traditionally a star-shaped piece of puff-pastry with prune marmalade in the middle
• Gingerbread, sometimes in the form of a gingerbread house or gingerbread man
• Mixed fruit soup or prune soup, kissel

• Glögg or mulled wine
• Christmas beer ; local manufacturers produce Christmas varieties
• "Home beer"

  France and Monaco

• Oysters
• Foie gras
• Smoked salmon
• Scallops
• Champagne
• Crêpes
• Chapon
• Dinde aux Marrons
• Ganzeltopf
• Goose
• Bûche de Noël
• Kouglof
• Thirteen desserts : The thirteen desserts are the traditional Christmas dessert in the French region of Provence. The Christmas supper ends with 13 dessert items, representing Jesus Christ and the 12 apostles. The desserts are traditionally set out Christmas Eve and remain on the table three days until December 27.
• Walnut
• Quince cheese
• Almond
• Raisin
• Calisson of Aix-en-Provence
• Nougat blanc
• Nougat noir au miel
• Apple
• Pear
• Orange
• Winter melon
• Fougasse

  Germany

• Christstollen – Stollen is a fruitcake with bits of candied fruits, raisins, walnuts and almonds and spices such as cardamom and cinnamon; sprinkled with confectioners sugar. Often there's also a core of marzipan.
• Pflaumentoffel
• Christmas carp
• Pfefferkuchenhaus – a gingerbread house decorated with candies, sweets and sugar icing
• Printen
• Oblaten Lebkuchen
• Springerle
• Weihnachtsplätzchen
• Roast goose, often paired with kartoffelklosse
• Venison – e.g. meat of roe deer usually served with red cabbage, brussels sprout and lingonberry sauce
• Herring salad – salad of pickled or soused herring, beetroot, potatoes, apple
• Kartoffelsalat with Wurst is traditionally eaten in northern Germany for supper on Christmas Eve
• Schäufele usually served with potato salad in southern Germany for dinner on Christmas Eve
• Weisswurst – sausages with veal and bacon, usually flavored with parsley, lemon, mace, onions, ginger and cardamom
• Feuerzangenbowle
• Glühwein