This page is a list of Christmas dishes as eaten around the world.

Belgium

• Cougnou (or cougnolle), sweet bread in the form of the infant Jesus

Canada

• Apple cider
• Beignes (powdered donuts)
• Candy canes
• Eggnog
• Fruitcake
• Gingerbread, often in the form of a Gingerbread house or Gingerbread man
• Christmas pudding
• Pâté à la viande
• Tourtière

Czech Republic

Main article: Cuisine of the Czech Republic

The traditional meal (served as the dinner on the Christmas Eve) consists of fish soup and fried fish (most often, carp) served with potato salad. It should be the first food consumed that day.

Before the Christmas holidays, many kinds of sweet biscuits are prepared.

Denmark

Main article:



Cuisine of Denmark

• Apple dumplings (Æbleskiver) sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with strawberry marmalade
• Boiled potatoes
• Brown sauce (Brun sovs)
• Browned potatoes (Brunede kartofler)
• Christmas beer (Juleøl)
• Glogg (Gløg)
• Rice pudding with almonds (Risalamande) served with cherry sauce (kirsebærsauce)
• Roast duck (Andesteg) served with apples and prunes
• Red cabbage (Rødkål)

Finland

Main article: Cuisine of Finland

• Freshly salted salmon (Lohi)
• Rosolli salad of pickled herring and boiled vegetables (Rosolli)
• Baked ham with mustard (Kinkku)
• Turkey (Kalkkuna)
• Raw-pickled slightly salted salmon (Lohi)
• Carrot Casserole (Porkkanalaatikko)
• Potato Casserole (Perunalaatikko or tuuvinki)
• Swede pudding, rutabaga casserole (Lanttulaatikko)
• Liver Casserole (Maksalaatikko)
• Mixed fruit soup or prune soup (Sekahedelmäkiisseli, luumukiisseli)
• Rice pudding or rice porridge with cinnamon, sugar and cold milk or with mixed fruit soup (Riisipuuro)
• Glogg or mulled wine (Glögi)
• Prune jam pastries (Joulutortut)
• Gingerbread, sometimes in the form of a Gingerbread house or Gingerbread man (Piparkakut)

France

• Bûche de Noël
• Foie gras
• Nougat noir au miel
• Kouglof traditionnel
• Ganzeltopf
• Berauwecka

Germany

• Pfeffernüsse
• Glühwein (Bavaria)
• Lebkuchen (Bavaria)
• Christstollen

Italy

Main article: Italian cuisine

• Panettone (Milan)

Japan

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  - Different from a U.K. Christmas cake or American fruitcake, the Japanese Christmas cake is usually sponge cake frosted with whipped cream, and topped with strawberries.

Contrary to popular myth and KFC advertisements, chicken karaage (fried chicken) is not a traditional Christmas meal in Japan. The Christmas holiday in Japan is akin to the Valentine's Day holiday in countries like America, often celebrated by couples with meals in upscale restaurants. As such, there is no specific traditional meal.

Lithuania

12-dishes Christmas Eve Supper plays the main role in Lithuanian Christmas tradition. Thus the traditional dishes are served on December 24th.

• Poppy milk (aguonų pienas)
• Slizikai (šližikai')
• Auselės (Deep fried dumplings)
• Herring with carrots (silkė su morkomis')
• Herring with mushrooms (silkė su grybais')

New Zealand

• Pavlova

Norway

• Gløgg (drink)
• Julepølse
• Lutefisk
• Pinnekjøtt
• Svineribbe

Poland

• Kutia

Serbia

Main article: Serbian cuisine

• Fish soup (for the Christmas Eve)
• Koljivo
• Česnica

Spain

• Turron

Sweden

• Köttbullar - Swedish meatballs
• Julskinka - Christmas ham
• Inlagd sill - Pickled herring
• Julbord - Christmas smorgasbord
• Rödkål - Sweet and sour red cabbage
• Julmust - A traditional very sweet stout-like, Christmas soft drink
• Glögg - Mulled wine
• Knäck - Christmas toffee
• Prinskorv - Small sausages

United Kingdom

Main article: British cuisine

In the United Kingdom, the traditional meal consists of roast turkey or goose, served with roast potatoes and other vegetables, followed by Christmas pudding, a heavy boiled pudding made with dried fruit (traditionally plums) and flour.

• Brandy butter
• Chocolate yule log
• Christmas cake
• Christmas pudding
• Dundee cake
• Mince pie
• Roast turkey
• Snap-dragons
• Stuffing
• Gravy
• roast beef
• roast duck
• roast goose

United States

• Apple cider
• Candy canes
• Champagne, or sparkling apple cider
• Christmas cookies
• Cranberry sauce
• Eggnog
• Fruitcake
• Gingerbread, often in the form of a Gingerbread house or Gingerbread man
• Honey ham
• Hot chocolate
• Marzipan
• Pie
  • Apple pie
  • Pecan pie
  • Pumpkin pie
• Roast turkey, less often roast duck or roast goose
• Stuffing

See also: Thanksgiving (the dishes tend to be similar)