Ana Novikiene (Kauno S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno gimnazija, Lithuania)

On Christmas Eve all dishes are strictly meatless: Kūčiukai (small Christmas Eve cookies), mushroom-filled dumplings, herring and other fish, boiled potatoes, poppy seed milk, cranberry pudding

Filiz Ergin (60. Years Ataköy Secondary School)

Table design is very important for us (at home or outside). We pay close attention to the concept. Appropriate plates and napkins are used. Usually turkey or chicken is cooked. We have a special stuffed rice and the turkeys are filled with this chestnut stuffed rice. We definitely have olive oil appetizers. We prepare cheese plates and most importantly we make cookies. In the past, it was not so important, but now the new generation really pays attention to this visual feast.

Melita Todorović - Druga srednja škola Beli Manastir

Christmas Eve dishes

Agrupamento de Escolas Marinha Grande Nascente

At Christmas we usually eat cod or turkey. In the dessert pumpkin cakes and sweet rice and each family makes other delicacies according to their preferences.

Emma Tucciarone, Istituto Comprensivo Maria Montessori, Terracina (LT) Italy

In Italy traditional dishes are different from one region to another. We usually don't eat meat on Christmas eve, we have meat or vegatables and cakes of various kind. On Christmas day we have a big lunch with baked pasta, meat, potatoes and other vegetables. We finish lunch with dried fruit and cakes. Famous traditional Italian cakes are pandoro, panettone and nougat.

Charikleia Mamona, Akrata, Greece

Our Christmas dish is turkey stuffed with minced meat, rise, raisins, pine nuts and chestnut. The traditional Christmas sweets are melomakarona (baked with honey sirup and nuts) and kourambiedes (With almonds inside and powder sugar outside). There is no Christmas If all the houses and homes don't bake melomakarona and kourambiedes. And it is always a battle between people what is better. The Quesyion is melomakarona or kourabiedes?

Beste SOYPAK (Büyükmandıra Anatolian High School) Kırklareli/TURKEY

A healthy, healthy, light and delicious 'pumpkin dessert' prepared with seasonal pumpkins is eaten on the Christmas dinner. 'Pumpkin dessert' is the traditional Christmas meal.Served with tahini, molasses and walnuts.

The Romanian spongecake (Technical College "Traian Vuia", Oradea)

Emma Tucciarone, Istituto Comprensivo Maria Montessori, Terracina (LT) Italy

In Italy there is a huge variety of recipes for Christmas dinner and lunch. There are different plates in the various region of the country. We usually eat fish in the evening of the 24th december and meat at lunch on the 25th. Dinner and lunch are closed with fruit and a dessert. These are various but the most famous and eaten in all the country is panettone. It has its origin in Milan, in the North of Italy and it is a sort of sweet bread containing candied orange, citron, lemon zest and raisin. It takes several days to make a panettone but it's really delicious.

The Romanian spongecake (Technical College "Traian Vuia", Oradea)

The nuts or poppy seeds sponge cake are the most favourite types of sponge cakes chosen as desserts on the table for Christmas celebration.

Gül GÜLEÇ-Seyhan İsmet İnönü Mesleki Ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi

The most important thing for us is to be together and make chestnuts at night. For dinner, traditionally baked turkey, salads and appetizers are made. Sweet is an indispensable food. But the main hero of the day is the warm chestnut ...

Şehri Başol Özbilen-Seyhan İsmet İnönü Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi

Just days before the New Year, preparations for the New Year's menu started. Many people want to put a Christmas turkey on the table for New Year's Eve.

Ceylan ERDOĞAN (Şehit Adem Özen Anatolian High School, Gaziantep / Turkey)

On Christmas Eve we buy kilos of fruits especially mandarin. It is irreplaceable food for our special days.

Olivera Stojaković, Prva srednja škola Beli Manastir (Croatia)

There are small differences by regions whose roots we find in tradition.
Christmas Eve is most often celebrated with fasting meals, fish dishes and various salads. It is not an exaggeration, because the next day, on Christmas Day, a rich table awaits us, where you will usually find more sequences of dishes, with the inevitable baking and many types of fine cakes.

Burçin Taşkın (Esendere Çok Programlı Anadolu Lisesi)

We usually eat turkey on New Year's Eve. We make pumpkin dessert. We consume nuts.

Melita Todorović - Druga srednja škola Beli Manastir, Croatia

Christmas lunch
In Croatia, each region has its own characteristic dishes for Christmas, and in the area where I live, poultry, pork, French salad and cakes are prepared for Christmas.