What German eats on Christmas Eve

[@blackmuzunguu4525]

This is giving “If you donate just €1 today, a German family can have a real Christmas dinner” 😂😂

[@Lazurde13]

😂😂😂😂

[@heidiroman2573]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Gaby-rs2uk]

I think it‘s a pretty pragmatic thing. Kids are excited the whole day, you still have lots to do, the following day there will be ton of food, so this is the perfect meal for such a day, which you can prepare in advance, serve within minutes, isliked by all family members and does not force kids tobspebd too long at the table :-)

[@cynthiafritze7418]

😂😂😂😂 It looks awful doesn't it?

[@rozaleos]

😂😂😂😂

[@Orangenkraft]

Worthy to point out, this can VASTLY differ by region AND personal family tradition.

[@hannaR_]

My thoughts exactly!

[@user-zc6ug3qh3z]

I agree, in the Netherlands, at least my family only does a Christmas day brunch😅

[@Orangenkraft]

In fact, I should have said it DOES vastly differ. I don't think I could name two families I know who eat exactly the same dish on Christmas

[@Zagy015]

True, in my family it's usually some type of fish the day before Christmas and then after midnight roasted pig

[@goldenhourss]

thank u i was worrying 😂

[@Mandyx3HDL]

I‘m german but i have to admit, your boyfriends family are a next level germans.

[@AynaDrame]

😂😂😭😭😂

[@AynaDrame]

😂😂😂😂😭😭

[@nadieadie8351]

AS A GERMAN, I do know that this is a typical meal for Christmas Eve and in some regions (like mine) this was tradition for a long time…but I do NOT know a single person that actually likes this as a dish on sich a special day😂 and all of the old people that grew up with this are actually glad the times of sad potato salad and sausage are finally over! 😅

[@User-vz4xm]

I guess some people still “stick” to the tradition 😅

[@Alexseya]

Nothing about this tradition is bad? Either you eat big on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. No one is eating like a king 3 days in a row. So I don't get why people freak out and Christmas Eve food is kept simple. We always eat big on Christmas Eve, but not really the days afterwards. It's not better or worse

[@User-vz4xm]

@Alexseya I mean you can eat simple but noodle salad and potato salad are typically eaten in the summer these days. It’s already weird to eat these in the middle of winter. Even more weird to eat these on the Christmas Eve. There are many simple things one can make for Christmas Eve from some warm soups that prepared before hand to simple pasta to even frozen pizza if the family is real lazy.

[@Alexseya]

@User-vz4xm omfg this is not about being lazy and it's literally just the traditional dish

[@User-vz4xm]

@Alexseya ok, holding on the tradition that doesn’t make sense any more

[@dodgro8342]

I know exactly what she´s really thinking.

[@miqolysa]

Please enlight us with your wisdom

[@Chee235]

@@miqolysa “no hassle, no effort. This is gross”. Hope that helps.

[@Tomes23]

I’m thinking it.

[@Coolshark24]

It's not filling? I was thinking that 😅

[@laufa4511]

​@Coolshark24 not filling ? Potatoes, sausages and cookies ? 😅

[@cindypoblano6874]

The slight shade in “that’s it. 45 minutes for a whole Christmas dinner” 😂😂😂

[@Dragondynasty888]

😂😂

[@Angel-hm9so]

As someone who just put 2 days into a very simple christmas dinner from the middle of Canada, I saw it as a full burn.

[@folkehoffmann1198]

​@@Angel-hm9so That's just our Christmas Eve dinner though. Our Christmas Day dinners are usually much more fancy.

[@catherinekilgour2563]

​@Angel-hm9so I plan our Christmas dinner so it's the best meal possible with as little effort possible. This year we slow cooked lamb, boiled some new potatoes, and reheated a supermarket cooked chicken purchased Christmas Eve. Obviously there was other food but that was the only "cooking" we did. It's possible to eat well without spending days in the kitchen prepping.

[@whybrch]

now I'm curious :) what did you make? ​@@Angel-hm9so

[@leko8398]

As a german, this is the weirdest christmas dinner i ever saw. Might just be me.

[@nikaa2282]

To me it’s quite literally appalling

[@hannaR_]

Same 😊

[@Karfunkelfuchs]

Same xD

[@sigawof]

*Christmas Eve dinner

[@lyn0083]

But its very common. Kartoffelsalat mit Würstchen is pretty popular.

[@AnjaliDandriyal]

If this is what was in store for Christmas, I wouldn't celebrate it either 😂😂😂

[@jasmine22104]

fr

[@LeonardNemoy]

The only thing Germans ever celebrate are increases in efficiency

[@ViriKyla]

commercial christmas*

[@Ricardorhino88]

Usally in the USA potatoe salad or pasta salad is served with BBQ😂 like smoked brisket or pulled pork ,ribs , cheddar jalapeño sausage 😋with a side of potatoes salad, mac n cheese ,a roll or bread ,and some baked beans

[@Zanji1234]

once again: - the 24. Decmeber is not holiday here - the BIG family dinner is done on the 25. and 26 December ALSO the 24th Decmber is a fasting day (if you are a christian)

[@TheoWasHere2]

as a german, this is the weirdest christmas dinner ever. That's what we eat in summer lol

[@oOIIIMIIIOo]

Am Silvesterabend verschiedene Salate und/oder zu anderen Parties.

[@garderork339]

It's for Christmas Eve, so 24th where many people have to work, not for 25th/26th. I'm not sure what festival meal you would cook after work and I don't mean some bureau job with 3 hours work and 5 hours talking, but one you would be worked up after.

[@lzstyler4545]

Kartoffelsalat mit Würstchen ist schon normal an Heiligabend

[@oOIIIMIIIOo]

@@lzstyler4545 Ja, für Leute, die das so machen, aber wie es so ist im Leben, so lange niemand zu Schaden kommt, kann jeder es machen wie er will. 😄

[@perseverance6630]

Well in the United States we have to damn work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day unless you're lucky and you work in an industry where you don't take care of people 24/7 at your job..

[@mille_fiori]

But as a German, I have to say: the pasta salad looks very sad...

[@AlEgorova]

Even in Soviet Union era we didn’t eat so simple noodle salad in holiday 😅

[@mille_fiori]

@@AlEgorova This is not the case in all families - but for some, this “simple meal” is only the meal for the 24th of December. The “festive meal” is usually served on 25.12. and 26.12. But even the pasta salad looks sad.

[@AlEgorova]

@@mille_fiori I see 👌

[@Unotch]

Yea, we in Switzerland mainly eat "Hörndlisalat" but that stuff is loaded. This on the other hand looks like something straight from a SIberian gulag.

[@Chee235]

I was beginning to feel sorry for the Germans.

[@ThePanMan11]

That looks so sad... And I am Dutch... I thought we had the saddest food.

[@famwowa8545]

Well that‘s just on Dezember 24th and only in some families. We eat roast on the other days

[@dutchgamer842]

​@@famwowa8545December with a Z for the holidays?

[@Ink_25]

Don't worry, the saddest food is on the other side of the Channel.

[@marvin2678]

This isnt really represative of German food

[@justaponyyy]

she p much never shoes good food only the bad and then compares it to homecooked meals... like how is a sad supermarket bread with cheap sliced supermarket cheese the best they can do the "europeans dont have tasty food" thing is just not funny

[@fleischsalat318]

You've got yourself THE MOST German guy😂❤

[@Mighty265]

Traditionally, only simple dishes that can be prepared quickly are eaten on December 24th, as it was a fast day and people fasted until Christmas mass in the late evening. Afterwards there was a quick meal. The big feast then takes place on December 25. Even though very few people still fast at Christmas and many don't go to church, simple meals on December 24th have become a tradition in many families.

[@lenamarisol6670]

This should be a whole another short Video, explaining why food is more simple on the 24, people who are not Religious

[@Tessa_Gr]

Even this vastly varies by region. My mom is from the North (Schleswig-Holstein) and said that she grew up with a big Christmas feast on the 24th. Because the farmers around that area treated their staff to a big feast on the 24th traditionally. But many locals in Bavaria seem to eat a simple dish, especially sausages. So that tracks with your explanation

[@olgahein4384]

@@Tessa_Gr Well, Bavaria is inherently far more extreme catholic, and the majority of the locals too. Even though nowadays the younger people might not be as extreme religious, the traditions that come from that though are still very much ingrained. And this is exactly one of these very catholic traditions.

[@Lucifurion]

Not in my family. We’re originally from Bad Kreuznach and we’ve always done our big roast dinner feast and gifts on Christmas Eve, even at least as far back as 100 years ago.

[@beatricegrant3853]

Exactly what I was thinking! I live in England and observe the Advent fast before Christmas, so yesterday we had a ‘humble’ meal but on the 25th you go all out 😂

[@rainbows_and_i]

There is no typical German meal for Christmas Eve. 😅 Some of us eat Nudelsalat and Würstchen, some of us make Raclette, others have Gans mit Rotkohl or a Braten and we prefer Pastetchen. 🤗 Frohe Weihnachten everyone 🎄❤️🎄

[@Daddy_Ogg]

First time I hear Germans doing Raclette for Christmas. It was my Christmas dinner every year growing up here in Zurich. Raclette with a hot stone where you could put some meats and veggies on it 😊 Schöni Wiehnachte wünsch ich vo Züri her.

[@pho_is_not_interesting]

In Austria typically Raclette is for New Year's

[@Daddy_Ogg]

@pho_is_not_interesting Also a great thing for New Years eve. It's special but it doesn't need much work. Also, you can buy all what's needed a few days in advance.

[@rainbows_and_i]

@pho_is_not_interesting We have it at Silvesterabend, not for Christmas but I know many families around us who have it traditionally on Christmas Eve. 😊

[@rainbows_and_i]

@@Daddy_Ogg Ich glaube, dass viele Familien ihre eigenen Traditionen haben und das finde ich schön. Dir auch schöne Feiertage ❤️🎄

[@singenstattatmen5096]

Should be mentioned that while this is a traditional meal on the 24th (my family has had potato salad and sausages that day for as long as I can remember), we do whip out the fancy meals on the 25th and sometimes 26th!!! A bird like duck or goose with potatoes and red cabbage and a delicious sauce/gravy is the go-to for many. ❤ Which is what I will have today, can't wait! 🤤

[@juliehock6059]

The goose and Rotkraut was a big disappointment for me and the Kloss were a shock - I really didn’t like them.

[@oguzakkaya4720]

"fancy meals" and still mentions potatoes and cabbage. 😂🤮

[@AlexandraVioletta]

@oguzakkaya4720 I don't want to know what you don't like. Tell me your favorite dish.

[@vivekapihl5179]

​​@@oguzakkaya4720this is Europe. Potatoes and cabbage are a big part of nostalgic traditional food. What makes it fancy is the festive choice of meat and gravy, and different side dishes.

[@MyC-mw6mg]

Vegetables are expensive..people should be grateful to have something to eat. I bet you eat at a Michelin star restaurants every day.​@@oguzakkaya4720

[@giangboo]

Giving up Viet food to marry into German cuisine is the real sacrifice😂

[@chrissylibertyk9]

This looks like something Josh and momma would enjoy😂

[@SJ-ni6iy]

I think you just traced back their roots😂

[@LovinglfDesigns]

Omg yes. I thought of momma when I saw the mayonnaise.

[@sewiener]

fr, sausages served in the boiled water, thinly sliced potatoes soaked in chicken stock... uyen has a lot to cope with here.

[@ambernicholle6344]

ahahaha!! why are you SO correct??!!

[@25zeenat25]

I just watched Josh and momma and seeing this comment makes me laugh😂😂😂.

[@moent00]

I'm Polish and the difference is crazy to me. I will now appreciate our beautiful 12 traditional dishes and big celebration on 24th.

[@MsKleinlaut]

Most couples work a full day on the 24th. Who is going to cook a huge spread of food? Maybe you have servants? 12 traditional dishes after working all day at the office? If I start preparing meals at 6pm, we'd be lucky to have it done at 2 or 3am.

[@reprogramyourself2708]

@@MsKleinlautI love in USA now . Many people work that day as well we still have time to prepare a nice meal. Not pasta with pickles 🤢

[@Grammapama]

Or you can plan ahead

[@shadowwolf6205]

Don't listen to her. I am from the south and we get a stuffed chicken and make salads and stuff. Definitely not this. This is kinda sad and definitely not representing a normal German Christmas.

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

​@@shadowwolf6205 Depends on the region. My grandparents would have a simple dinner of potato salad and sausage on the 24th and save the big lavish family meal for the 25th.

[@mxghnaa]

The food looks so sad, I would cry if someone served me boiled sausages on Christmas 😢

[@heinzelmadchen7896]

That's not German christmas dinner. She needs to stop acting like his family represents Germany.

[@WE__BTS]

​@heinzelmadchen7896 She never said it was Christmas dinner. Read the captions again. She's talking about Christmas Eve

[@heinzelmadchen7896]

@@WE__BTS that is Christmas dinner lmao all dinners around Christmas are Christmas dinners tf

[@t1nkl3d1ng]

@heinzelmadchen7896 she specifically said in the video 'my boyfriends family likes to keep the dinner simple', emphasis on 'boyfriends family'

[@heinzelmadchen7896]

@t1nkl3d1ng she didn't in the damn caption now did she? She always speaks this way, thinking her husband represents all Germans and spreading misinformation to people who wouldn't know otherwise and believe her.

[@rominabeni1989]

Wir sind deutsche und essen eine gebratene Ente immer zu Weihnachten mit Hackfleischfüllung, Buttergemüse, Nudeln, Kroketten und soße. So lecker. 😋🇩🇪🎄

Those cookies made my tummy RUMBLE 💀

[@Jeet-k2h]

So true

[@Walter_Hartwell_White-w2p]

bot

[@Jeet-k2h]

@Walter_Hartwell_White-w2p who blt you bot

[@AABBCC890]

The main part is the FAMILY eating together, and NO hassle 👍🏻😄❤️ Merry Christmas 🤶🏼🎅🏼🎄

[@immyownperson1375]

Yup not the most creative dishes but hey if the family likes it and at least they're together on Christmas. What's a feast if you're lonely.

[@beckypetersen2680]

I totally get it. It's work day- why does it have to be huge? They have big meals on the 25th which is actually Christmas Day.

[@annapatricio3725]

👏👏👏

[@tizzy1337]

For a north German (around Hamburg), this is the weirdest Christmas dinner I saw, I only know it with long baked and sometimes filled duck, goose or turkey, with croquettes or potato dumplings with apple red cabbage and gravy Edit: okay I have been told by a parent that they had it too but only once, it is different in region and family, otherwise we also know it like this: 24th.: kale, mettenden (idk if it has an english name ^^') and pork and on 25th.: stuffed duck or turkey and how i descripted it earlier ^^

[@jennoq1311]

Is the apple red cabbage made together? Somebody made something like this for me once and it was so delicious. How do you make it please?

[@Ka_Janssen]

Duck is not at 24.12. Thats the dinner for 25.12. In Berlin, in Munich and Frankfurt...

[@masterchief-vd1xs]

Nope. Bavarian here. Duck is totally on the 24th. ​@@Ka_Janssen

[@TheSarahskaninchen]

My father is from Essen, and potato salad was the Classic Christmas Eve food in His childhood. Nowadays people often have more fancy food to Go together with "Bescherung", but traditionally Christmas Eve Had simple food

[@tezzanoia]

Nothern of Hamburg here, we used to always have fondue (the oil and meat version) when I was a child, but switched over to raclette when I went vegetarian ~ 10 years ago and did that ever since. This year my dad also prepared some wild boar steaks, mainly ecuase of my grandpa liking them and having had some rough months recently Edit to add: also, my other grandparents just went with potato salad and sausages, not sure if they do that every year or only did it this year, they're nnot originally bother Germans, opa grew up near Düsseldorf and oma grew up near Dresden I think

[@giulia537]

As an italian, the pasta salad almost makes me cry

[@ryerye6587]

Pasta is originally Chinese noodles. Stop acting like you invented the thing

[@baronyto7677]

@@ryerye6587its not. Pasta was invented way way back. So maybe stop coping urself and respect culture wich invented dishes.

[@xOSolomonOx]

​@@ryerye6587Different populations can develop similar behaviours and culture INDEPENDENTLY without coming into contact with each other. Convergent cultural evolution.

[@urchinese]

As a German makes me also cry

[@annam.k1207]

Give over...Italians thinks they own "patent " over pasta..You can talk your fairytale to Americans but not to the rest of the European countries...Greetings from your neighbours in Croatia...🎉

[@hellowilson5335]

This is why none of the German side of my families recipes survived lmao

[@ducklingscap897]

Honestly I feel like German boyfriends family is just not really interested in cooking (or good at it 😅) which is fine but it does give German food a bit of a bad reputation on her channel 😂 A lot of people do eat potato salad with sausages on the 24th because they have to work that day. The fancy meals are usually cooked on the following days. But even this salad looks kinda sad tbh

[@Dandandadadanda]

😂

[@l.g.6375]

It's the living proof why there are barely any German restaurants around the world, lol

[@heinzelmadchen7896]

This is proof that you need to stop believing what you see online. She falsely represents German culture

[@sleuwe3878]

@heinzelmadchen7896 she does. it is getting annoying

[@KatjaSiebert-x4p]

Oh my gosh! I‘m German too but me and my family would never eat that on Christmas Eve 😂

[@birdylove24]

Nun, Kartoffelsalat ist in vielen Teilen Deutschlands ein ganz klassisches Gericht für Heiligabend. Es ist ein ganz einfaches Essen in Erinnerung daran, dass die heilige Familie sehr arm war und auch kein Festmahl zum essen hatte. Außerdem kann man es gut vorbereiten, damit auch die Menschen, die das Essen zubereiten, Zeit haben, in die Kirche zu gehen.

[@terrirandilee5239]

What do you eat? ❤

[@jasmine.lavender]

@@birdylove24It’s so different to the potato salad most people make in Australia. Ours is boiled potato’s (until they’re soft, but not Mashable). They are cooled down in the fridge and then we mix in cooked bacon and chopped boiled eggs, and the sauce is a mixture of sour cream and mayonnaise. Some people add onions or spring onions, and not everyone adds bacon or eggs. But yeah, for us it’s a cold dish!

[@birdylove24]

@jasmine.lavender Hello Jasmine, in our family we have a similar receipe like yours, also with mayonnaise, sour creme, boiled eggs and spring onions. But I also put little apple peaces into the salad and some parsley. The salad with broth is made in south germany, but I like the mayonnaise-one more! Greetings to you and the beautiful birds of australia! 💖

[@dicedrice7216]

This video made me think maybe I was spoiled because my German grandmother laid out a banquet on Christmas Eve.

[@Lanamanalana]

I come from Germany and have to say that I have never seen a Christmas dinner like this 😅♥️

[@0oOxeniaOo0]

Es ist ja auch Heiligabend-Essen. Viele Familien machen das so, denn wie sie schon gesagt hat, ist der 24. ein halber Arbeitstag. Wer danach noch die Muße hat sich stundenlang in die Küche zu stellen, dann Respekt. Man sollte Leute für ihr Heiligabend-Essen nicht verurteilen. Am 25. kommt dann das große Weihnachtsessen.

[@Натал20]

Man sollte generell niemanden verurteilen, weil er Weihnachten nicht so feiert, wie man das gerne hätte. Ganz schrecklich diese Überheblichkeit und der Druck 🙄

[@User-vz4xm]

@@jilsephony8403many Germans in the comments say the same. Maybe you should not over react

[@jilsephony8403]

@@User-vz4xm if a compatriot laughs in a condescent way about the tradition of the majority claiming to not even have heard of this "poor" tradition deserves all comments ^^. Someone who mixes up christmas eve with christmas and feels superior while doing so is an ignorant. Maybe it is you who should not overreact ^^.

[@User-vz4xm]

@ no one is condescending. They just share their own experience. And no one mixes up Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Most families celebrate Christmas Eve as well as Christmas Day. Plus no one eat those in the winter anyway. Noodle salad and potato salad are summer dishes. Maybe you are the ignorant one who doesn’t even live in Germany and likes to go on internet and bark like a dog. 😅

[@drejurado759]

Im from the southern region but our dinner looks so different. My Oma would usually serve goose with red cabbage, Semmelknödel, and other sides. Interesting how vastly things can differ.

[@Zanji1234]

also from Southern Germany (Franconia) and this is served the next day :D

[@ChusainGorci]

Im from niederbayern And food Is same + wine sauce

[@masterchief-vd1xs]

We do it completely different. We have Serviettenknödel instead of Semmelknödel 😁 Best dinner all year long

[@saschalausen3198]

It's not like that in every state. I was at my mother's yesterday and she made duck with red cabbage, potatoes and a nice sauce. Wow, it was delicious.

[@thorkil123]

Is that in northern Germany?

[@xSoulhunterDKx]

It doesnt matter where you live. Each Family does their own thing

[@byler.3ndgame]

We ate the same thing😭

[@carola-lifeinparis]

that sounds more like a 25th dec lunch food

[@slwrabbits]

oooh, duck! cabbage, RED cabbage, even! very nice.

[@Mismatched_Bethany]

Canadian here, but my Oma immigrated from Germany in the 50’s. We still eat potato salad with egg and pickles and the boiled sausages for dinner on Christmas Eve. And pickles purple cabbage with cloves. My mum’s potato salad made that way is the only potato salad I enjoy haha!

[@kittysantos-eisenberg1895]

This explains so much! My mom often made potato salad and or pasta salad with sausage. I always thought it was a Southern thing, as she was raised there. But her father was a German immigrant and he raised her. Now I get it. Mom passed away years ago, so I didn't know to ask these questions. Thank you Uyen, so much for filling in the holes in my knowledge of my heritage. 😊

[@carlasilva1774]

This was so lovely to read, I'm glad you're still learning and understanding new things about your family history 😊

[@WakandaleezaRazz]

Nobody eats this in the southern U.S…. That’s just you

[@cheri2cute21]

Southern = indigenous American....you never thought this because you never seen American make such foolishness 😒

[@Karenpayne47]

@@WakandaleezaRazz. That’s other people too. Just not you 😂

[@WakandaleezaRazz]

@@Karenpayne47 Huh? Learn to read. I said it’s not southern food. Cope.

[@klaudiatwarowska6281]

After seeing this, I'm really happy to be Polish even though we have a lot of preparations for the Christmas Eve but it's worth it. Tradition is very important to us

[@guano1274]

Potato salad and sausage IS tradition here for the 24th. Just what they eat is very, very sad versions of... everything (and pasta "salad" is no tradition). Here the big meals come on 25th and 26th.

[@peggyblue51]

We have 12 traditional meals on the table and there shall be little bit of hay under the tablecloth in Poland. We share with Christmas wafer wishing each other all the best. We have Christmas tree (hemlock tree) or vase with twigs of hemlock tree. There are gifts under the Christmas tree and we sing as many Christmas carols as we know. It is a time to spend with family and friends. There is even tradition that this is so specific time in a year that there is always one empty plate and one empty chair at the table for unknown guest that would've knock at the door at Christmas Eve. Some homes keep this tradition alived still even today.,

[@theurshula]

I love our Polish traditions, they're beautiful ❤ Wesołych Świąt!

[@angelareimann6433]

Hay? Because of the stable birth? Interesting! I'm from the Barossa Valley in Australia, and our ancestors came from the Polish region.

[@theurshula]

@ This tradition has pre-Christian roots, but of course the Church took over this custom and began to explain it this way

[@peggyblue51]

@@angelareimann6433 probably you are right, keep yourself safe and well so far away. Wesołych Świąt Wszystkim i Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku! :D

[@Random-xw1fg]

I love everything about Poland

[@BasileosHerodou]

THAT'S HIS FAMILY THAT'S HIS FAMILY THAT'S HIS FAMILY GERMANS DO HAVE GOOD FOOD

[@wwgagaggagagg]

LMAO

[@vash47]

nah

[@beautiful_saturn_]

I'm German and we DO NOT eat that for Christmas 😭

[@maureengreen8695]

My mom came to the USA from Munich at 34. Her “German potato salad” is not only my favorite of all time, but now it’s my children’s favorite too. This Christmas Eve meal video makes me miss her very much. ❤

[@anthonygarcia-xc8je]

From a french cook : Always be proud for what you cook as simple is it And if you fail do it again and again till you do'nt Joyeux Noël a tous 😊

[@yasmine4754]

Merci! This is so very true!

[@moederloeder]

Best comment ❤

[@alidamonti6555]

A che l’ho rifacciano ancora e ancora… di questo siamo certi😂😂😅 non conoscono molto altro altrettanto qui in Svizzera ❤

[@bamgbose3309]

Merry Christmas Neighbour

[@dennisengelen2517]

It's always funny how chauvinistic French are about food while Belgium has the best French cuisine (most provinces belonged to France for centuries).

[@paulaheinrich6588]

It’s crazy how much it varies by person and region! My family always eats Knödel, stag, red cabbage and Brussels sprouts with gravy! And on the 25th we always have fondue (meat in hot oil that is, not cheese fondue)❤️😊

[@leslieharrison4230]

Venison?

[@slwrabbits]

what's stag? not familiar with that

[@feyrune3205]

gabs bei uns auch, mega lecker, knödel mit rotkohl, beer gehts nicht

[@ZekeBittersweet]

My family are Germans, Austrians, and Swiss living in Canada, and we've always had red cabbage, brussel sprouts, and gravy too. We make a ham and often other dishes like beets, broccoli, stuffing, yams, sometimes a turkey with cranberry sauce as well, potato salad, and sometimes regular potatoes. And Austrian cookies and sometimes Austrian cake for dessert. We do a meat fondue for New Years! It's mostly my Austrian part of the family that cooks and bakes though.

[@joceery]

why do all our parents make the brussel sprouts on christmas 😂

[@principessa5144]

OMG, what a Christmas 🎄 controversy this has turned into! My sister-in-law is German, and she introduced this tradition to our family. Her potato salad is super yummy, and I absolutely love the sausages! But honestly, the most important thing is being with family, and anyway, the next day, we’ll just go back to eating even more food! ❤

[@Jayzjac]

Are you European

[@aishikpanja3931]

germans are eating like the ww2 is still going on

[@Yo_Yuriiii]

I am German and Ive Never seen a Family eat things like that on Christmas! We always eat Rotkohl, Kartoffeln, Sauerkraut, entweder Ente oder anderes Fleisch aber keine Würstchen, Kassler und Soße at Home and my friends family’s eat the same thing or something similar ❤

[@Miyuyume]

Yes we always eat Ente, Kartoffeln, Rotkohl and Apfelmus

[@sheaulle]

Kartoffelsalat mit Würstchen is quite common in my region (Rhineland) on Christmas Eve. The real Christmas meals are taking place on 25th and 26th.

[@berlinbeachkat4878]

@Babymonstet I guess that varies from region and from family. My grandmother had to work on Christmas Eve and just it home in time to celebrate. So yes, we ate something simple that easily was prepared a day ahead. Potato salad and Wiener Würstchen. Goose or Ente was always prepared on the 1. Christmas Day and only for family. The second day was for friends and extended family. Coffee and cake! Enough cooking and eating 😂😂. When you prepared a goose yourself you know it is an all day activity.

[@Krizzel-k9i]

Ich feier einfach, wie der Halbe Satz deutsch ist and the other sentence is english.😂

[@bennolenn]

@@Krizzel-k9idenglisch is perfectly gut

[@thepax1291]

I love the explanation that since 24th in Germany is not a holiday people like to keep the dishes easy and fast. Meanwhile here in Poland where I am for Christmas 24th is also not a holiday, yet people whip up the most elaborate 12-course suppers😁

[@MintySomething]

Literally the most elaborate "humble" fast-day dinner anyone could come up with lmao

[@jayjo-00]

I'm also from Germany and in our family there is no Christmas without at least three courses and that always includes a juicy roast or a goose, red cabbage, dumplings, salad, pudding... only since I've been living in the north have I realized that other people only eat sausage and potato salad at Christmas haha

[@SxdHxrmony]

@@jayjo-00 do you know why this is on the 24th instead of the 25th? if the 25th is not a recognized holiday, but neither is the 24th, why not aim for the 25???

[@AndNowIJustSitInSilence]

It's not a public holiday, but most people are already on leave on the 24th depending on their job of course

[@annachase6036]

We typically do thar on the 25th and 26th since those are holidays. The simple meal on the 24th is tradition because people work that day and after work they go to church. So a simple meal is all that's needed be ause the 24th will mostly be remembered because of the gifts, not the food

[@NoGo1581]

Das haben wir noch nie an Heilig Abend gegessen, wir schmausen bis zum Koma😂 Braten, Rouladen, Fondue, Gans, Raclette,Klöße,Krokettem, Rohtkohl etc Die Salate gibt es im Sommer zum Grillen, aber da muss noch Fleichwurst rein. 😁

[@gabrielegener7331]

Heiligabend sind würstchen und Kartoffelsalat Pflicht. Am 1. Feiertag dann Pute mit allem drum und drsnk und am 2. Feiertag irgendwas was noch im Haus ist. kann d dran keine Plätzchen mehr sehen.

[@germainelytle9272]

Yes! My German family made enough food to feed the neighborhood for a week!!

[@ducklingscap897]

Dann müsst ihr Heiligabend vermutlich nicht arbeiten oder? Wenn du erst um 15 Ihr von der Arbeit kommst, kriegst du so viel nicht auf den Tisch bis 18 Uhr 😂 Deshalb ist das das Weihnachtsessen vieler Familien. Das Koma essen gibt’s dann an den nächsten Tagen. Zumindest bei uns.

[@NoGo1581]

@@ducklingscap897 wer bis Nachtmittags/Abends Arbeiten muss ist von den Vorbereitungen ausgenommen- ich melde mich dann z.B. fürs abspülen😁 Am 2. Tag gibt es Reste, dann können sich alle ausruhen

[@ErikaRogers-p2b]

Rouladen was my fav

[@star_7776]

Germans have more than one style to make their Christmas dinner, they are really nice, I particularly like Raclette 🎉

[@danika9411]

As a german I never ate that for christmas and never will if I can avoid it 😂 But I heard that's what people eat in some regions. It's rare though. Traditional dinner is "Klöße" ( a type of potato dumpling ) with stuffed duck/goose and red and green cabbage.

[@alessandraprosperi9491]

As an italian, that "noodle salad" is a crime.

[@stefanogreco2661]

It is already a crime calling pasta as noodles 😅

[@Owl_bee]

So was Italy’s position in WW2, but you don’t hear anyone griping about that. Also, Italian as in Italian, or Italian as in “I call my great grandmother Nonna in my hideous American accent…”?

[@elih6087]

noodle salad is a normal dish

[@chiarasceusa7220]

@@Owl_bee pipe down fratm

[@Ehrle6969]

Italy was german food soldies😂​@@Owl_bee

[@urbruise]

It is different in every German household! For me, this Christmas dinner is absolutely weird. I never ate noodle salad or potatoe salad like this and also never at Christmas eve. My family actually brings up a fancy dinner and we all cook together. There's nice fancy table setting and we have salad, an appetiter, main course and dessert. In our family christmas cookies are eaten before Christmas in advent season 😊

[@ines4242]

Bei mir in der Familie essen wir immer Kartoffelsalat an heilig Abend aber nicht so wie im Video. Wir sind aber auch keine Deutschen/ sind nicht aus Deutschland.

[@Lv_1vi]

​@@ines4242ja wir auch erst an den 1 Weihnachtstag gibt es ein Weihnachts Essen

[@ducklingscap897]

Laut Umfragen ist das tatsächlich das meist gegessene Essen an Weihnachten. Aber das liegt auch daran, dass der 24te nur ein halber Feiertag ist. Bei vielen kommt aufwändiges Essen erst am 25ten und 26ten auf den Tisch.

[@Anette-z1s]

​@@ducklingscap897 Ich glaube diesen Umfragen nicht, sonst würde ich doch eine Familie kennen, die das macht.😂😂 Ich kenne aber niemanden der so ein Essen am 24. Dez. isst.

[@pamelanovelli1239]

I will come for dinner at your house dear friend lol I love cookies and hot meals if I worked that day I would order a nice meal out yuck to this meal she is making I would be like got to go

[@Saturday-we7dq]

The homemade cookies looked so good. The cat cookie is so cute 🥺

[@lauras.9294]

I know that some people consider this a traditional christmas dinner, but I have never met anyone who actually eats this on christmas eve. My mom usually makes like 5 different dishes to choose from and when we're at my grandma's place the next day, the entirety of the dining room table, kitchen and pantry are filled with different dishes and desserts and the whole family(over 20 people) can eat from that for up to a week) Most people in my area have a similar christmas meal and those that don't at least have a real dinner lmao

[@lala1004u]

When i think about the scientist that invented the internet & why... to bring the world together. I think he succeeded. Here i am in USA NJ watching a couple in Germany prepare Christmas dinner & people from all over the world commenting on their traditions...luv it❤ happy holidays world Fyi... my popular dish on Christmas is a big tray of lasagna.

[@bellelsw]

Happy holidays and have a blessed Christmas to all those celebrating ❤

[@hasheniperera3202]

And i am a Sri Lankan whose currently living in Russia and reading your comment. Merry Christmas all ❤️

[@SunbearSmoke]

Paul Baran A Polish-American engineer who worked with the US Air Force in the 1960s to develop a communication network without a central command point. Baran's work laid the foundation for ARPANET, which was created in 1969. This was later extended into what we know as the "World Wide Web" by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 as a way for scientists (He worked at CERN) to easily share information about projects and papers. All of this spawned from the ideas of one Vannevar Bush. During World War II, Bush envisioned a computerized library called a memex that could manage the enormous amount of information being generated. His ideas inspired future computer scientists to build a real memex device.

[@Jrb318]

I love you

[@birdylove24]

That's a really nice point of view! Thank you for this! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@oOAvatarFanOo]

I live in Austria, we always have raclette on the 24th of December. It's very popular here around the Christmas and new year celebrations

[@N1ns3ki]

@@oOAvatarFanOo sameee but i live in germany not Austria lol

[@sara1coco]

Me and my family eat cold on the 24th with salmon, shrimps, Italian ham, liver pate and so on. On the 25th beef wellington

[@Samuel-p17]

About a quarter of all Germans eats Raclette for Christmas Eve

[@IBunnybaby]

Same I live there too! Schön zu dich zu sehen!

[@MikeHawk-l8v]

Me too

[@ElenaLaTriste]

In Ukraine we have traditionally 12 lenten dishes on Christmas Eve: 1) Kutya (sweet porridge from wheat or barley with honey, poppy seeds, chopped nuts and dried fruits. 2) Beetroot or sour cabbage soup. 3) Vinegret salad - boiled and chopped beets and potatoes, pickles and beans, seasoned with vinegar and oil. 4) Vareniky (aka Pierogi) - boiled dumplings, stuffed with mashed potatoes or cabbage, or mushrooms, sometimes mix of either of them, topped with oil fried onions. 5) Golubtsy - cabbage rolls, stuffed with rice or buckwheat mixed with mushrooms and stewed in tomato sauce. 6) Uzvar - boiled dried fruits like apples, pears and plums. It is rather a drink, but still counts, as one of 12 dishes. 7) Kalach - traditional sweet bread topped with poppy seeds. 8) Some kind of fish - most often baked or fried karp, or pickled herring. All other dishes may vary, depending on region or even family, but no meat, eggs, milk or butter on Christmas Eve supper - those are reserved for next day. Merry Christmas to you and German bf! Love and best wishes from Ukraine!

[@theresatonev2504]

At first I read that as 12 LENTIL dishes. 😂 That’s a lotta beans!

[@theurshula]

Kutia is also known in the eastern part of Poland :)

[@timeakiss8581]

Kutya =🐶 🤣🤣🤣

[@moent00]

I truly pity our German brothers and sisters. This food is from heaven.

[@nikocat2008]

Very Nice!!! 12 dishes like in Poland? We have number 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 in the menu in Hungary. Not the others.

[@AnNhienLam]

it’s the Mayonnaise in thick Vietnamese accent for me 😂 Love your videos!

[@sallyidol6281]

Add a little bit of mustard to the potato salad. Normally, I hate mustard, but it tastes very good in potato salad, yum.

[@KittycatKittycat-jr3ug]

Wow, as a Dane I never knew what our neighbours to the South ate on Christmas Eve. We are very traditional in Denmark and everyone has the same thing: Duck roast and/or pork roast, caramelized potatoes, gravy, pickled red cabbage, and prunes and apples for the stuffing. It is the most amazingly delicious meal ever: the sweet, the sour and the savory😋🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰 For dessert we have a cold rice pudding with whipped cream and finely chopped almonds mixed in with warm cherry sauce poured on top - “Ris à la mande”. There is one whole almond in the dish, and whoever gets it, wins the “almond gift.”😉❤️🎄🎅🏼❄️

[@raempftl]

What you described would be what Germans eat the next day (December 25).

[@Ineedcoffee-Sigyn]

​@@raempftlOr on Christmas Eve. Something like that would be on my families menu.

[@TheBarser]

​@raempftl that's awesome. I was afraid the thing in the video was it 😂. In Denmark the days after is often very different in Denmark with traditional julefrokost food which is a mix of cold and warm dishes with lots of beers and snaps

[@raempftl]

@@TheBarser You and basically everybody else in the comments who is not German misinterpreted this. To be clear what she says is not wrong. It's just missing some important context. And I have to admit, I really like her German boyfriend but what I have seen of his cooking of German food in other videos is really not inspiring. He definitely is not a foodie.

[@OldLordSpeedy]

In Germany the 24.12. is working day till 14 o'clock, so you can not go to church at morning same at Sunday! It is only an half day holiday and after the age of your kids the angel starts the small bell early so that they open the presents before late dinner. With older kids it is possible to go late to church and opening presents very late. All business are closed after 14 or 15 o'clock, only emercency vehicle or hospitals are open. No thief mostly too, it is a true family afternoon and evening in every place in Germany. 🥰 So the "eat fat food" days are 25. and 26.12. mostly, my aunt preferred different (fish, duck, goose, etc.) but my family use only one meat. We kids love chicken and meat ball inside supper, but every family have own family traditions rules. In Thailand I make together with friends just a Thai style buffet with some European things, e.g. potato, knoedel, french fries, noodles, etc. It is cheap to create and every can eat what he/she like. Here every day all shops open every day, sometimes only closed earlier as other. 😂 At some day they sell only beef or chicken or no alcohol and beer - different the Thai moon festivals or government activities. If you are informed before it is never a problem.

[@NunofUrbeeznis]

We eat Schlesische Bratwurst with Sauerkraut and Graubrot. Also, the reason is not because it is half a work day, but traditionally so you could go to church without having to worry about the food. And those potato and noodle salad are veeeerrrryyy different from how we would make them here. Uyen, you could start a war if you asked a group of Germans how the perfect Kartoffel/Nudelsalat have to be prepared. 😂❤

[@milkispolitics]

Now i want her to ask a bunch of germans for their recipes and make and rank the different versions!

[@Alicia-cx6fc]

Most definitely. My M-I-L is German & this is not how she cooks, 😂❤

[@joceery]

exactly 😄

[@r_b42]

​@@milkispoliticsImagine a bunch of British people arguing about tea in first or milk in first, only a lot angrier. 😂 The main difference would probably be whether they use mayonnaise or oil for the salad (I use olive oil). Other than that pickles are usually a thing, chives and maybe Bologna cut into small cubes. I like to add tomatoes as well but that's uncommon I think. And regarding the eggs, I think that's a 50/50 split. My recipe is olive oil, pickles, tomatoes, chives, salt and pepper and I usually prepare it for barbecues during summer. 😊

[@NunofUrbeeznis]

@@r_b42 hang on, you don't put peas or canned tangerines in your noodle salad? (huge ick for me personally btw, but my ex' mother did that and many others i knew for a Vereinsbuffet or Dorffeste) If you are talkin about potato salad, my mom and i argue argue about what apple is the perfect one to go into it. My mom only uses super sour green apples, i go for less tang)

[@rebven2594]

Now I get why my German grandma immigrated to Italy to marry my grandfather and never went back 😂

[@RustyBear]

Hahahahaha 😂. Der war gut. Also only the poor eat Like this. Normally u have a type of roast, Kloesse, gravy and red cabbage

[@Denek_23]

In Poland it’s not a public holiday (they introduce it as day of next year) yet tables are full of food, traditionally 12 dishes minimum ;)

[@xaverlustig3581]

Christmas Eve is not a public holiday in Germany either, but it is the main christmas celebration with opening presents, singing charols, church etc - in the evening after sunset, not during the day. It's informally treated like a "semi holiday". So is New Years Eve.

[@and.me_7390]

And what does Poland have to do with this? Is it because no one cares for Poland, so Polish people themselves have to keep bring up their own country? lmao

[@magdalenawiszniewska2825]

Exactly. 25-26.12 u visit other family or stay home. 24.12 matters. Many companies give half day off

[@Denek_23]

Last year like that :) govt passed resolution that 2025 onwards it will be a day off

[@mlem6951]

And?

[@vomm]

The title and what it says is kinda misleading. First off, December 24th in Germany is by law a "half" holiday. Everyone clocks out by 2 PM. So, there's plenty of time to cook. And, each family does their own thing. For some, Christmas dinner is the most expensive and tastiest meal of the whole year. For other families, simple dishes are the norm. The latter is either because the day is already stressful enough. For a lot of families though, the reason is that Christmas time is also a time of humility, a time of humbleness, with religious roots. You know, Jesus and his family were poor, and there def wasn't no feast going on in the stable on Jesus' birthday. Even if many are not that religious anymore, the tradition of a "simple" dish has stuck in many families.

[@Ilar-en7lg]

Do supermarkets also close at 2pm that day?

[@marbleb33s]

​@@Ilar-en7lg yeah, most of them.

[@vomm]

@@Ilar-en7lg Yes, after 2pm it's a holiday, it's like a sunday, all shops except for gas stations or so close. There's another half holiday in Germany on Silvester btw.

[@Ilar-en7lg]

@vomm Ah ok I see, thank you. And what about gas station, restaurants, etc. Don't they close? When is it Saint Silvester?

[@ClaudiaErnst]

@@Ilar-en7lg For some restaurants it's the busiest (most money bringing) time of the year. It depends on many things, e.g. the environment (many competitors) or whether the restaurateurs have a family themselves and want to celebrate with them. Some close completely for three days, some only on Christmas Eve, some not at all.

[@FredFox985]

As an American Asian married to a German Argentinean, this hits home 😂😂😂 While i love spending Christmas with the hubby, HECK do I miss our food back home in the US!! 😂😭 Its constantly potatoes, tomatoes, bellpeppers, and onions here! 😅😭 Its definitely good food, but I wake up often wishing we could have something that...doesnt contain one of those ingredients for once lol

[@olgahein4384]

If you crave american food... we DO have McDonalds, Subway, Burger King, Starbucks, etc all over the country. Or get a Döner Kebap, they are the better fast food anyway. Oh, unless you are in Argentina and not in Germany, then i don't know.

[@michimacho73]

In the US they have no food, it is all chemistry from the lab, genetic manipulated organisms, ultra fertilized crops and pesticides contaminated fruits and vegetables ... nothing worth to be called food ... I would starve there, so I never put a foot on gringolandian soil ...

[@rainpooper7088]

@olgahein4384 Those fast food chains don't even taste alike within Europe, what makes you think they'd taste like they do in the states?

[@NettleAbsentmindedly]

​@@olgahein4384 Im pretty sure they crave homemade American food, not fast food They can make it at home, but if they're not a good cook then it's not going to taste the same

[@olgahein4384]

@@rainpooper7088 It's called a running joke. That american food is fast food. And those fast food chains are the among the few american companies that managed to expand more or less successfull into the german customer market, though of course they had to change (and still do) many of their practices which were illegal here. So yeah, it might taste more 'healthy' to americans in Europe, but for us it's still trash food.

[@merlenepeters7174]

The food: cold and white inside, cold and white outside. I am dreaming of a white Christmas. 😂

[@jazzysugar3777]

We always had sausages, sauerkraut (fermented white cabbage) and boiled potatoes for Christmas eve. Iny family, the tradition was to be humble at Christmas Eve and go full blown festive on the next day with a goose roast, potato dumplings and red cabbage.

[@summersun6536]

I'd like to add that the Christmas dinner on December, 24th varies a lot depending on the local tradtions. Potatoe salad with sausages are very common nationwide but this potatoe salad is made Southern style. You wouldn't find this recipe in middle or Northern Germany. There are many different recipies.

[@helens2219]

Mayonnaise or no mayonnaise, that’s the question!

[@summersun6536]

@@helens2219 in my region it's a clear mayonyes! 😂

[@NatureFreak1127]

In Slovakia we eat fish and potato salad with onion, peas (cover with oil) in water with vinegar with a bit of sugar, salt and black pepper. I love it.

[@azure_ferdinandz123]

The Vietnamese pain when she says "No hassle" 😂

[@i_am_blur]

I only found your channel a week or so ago when KZbin recommended your Christmas cookie episode, but your content has added a lot of fun (and plenty of giggles) to my holiday season. 😂 Thank you so much and Merry Christmas! ❤️🎄🎁🎅👼☃️⛄❄️

[@mrkslva4231]

Seeing this, I thank God everyday for the delicious food my cuisine has

[@Aaackermann]

Your cuisine is... andromedan?

[@mrkslva4231]

@ haha very funny German joke😐

[@fruitpunchsamurai4837]

Don't you think you're being a bit judgemental and rude?

[@Aaackermann]

@@mrkslva4231 You failed to understand: Without telling which COUNTRY you are talking about your comment is useless! Is it french, american, even german?

[@rockstarstar2241]

@@Aaackermann Listen u little clown, this has NOTHING to do with german christmas, this video is just dumb to the core and nobody asked for your country. Have a good day!!

[@hollypartlow1409]

Looks delicious and you are blessed Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@Myselfririi]

She is thinking " haiyaaa so cold so sad cold pickle salad on a festival haiyaaaa where is vegetables meat and curries "

[@aA-hq4km]

Vegetables tast like sad

[@OhSkyeLanta]

The number of non-lettuce related salads that Germany eats astounds me 😵‍💫

[@Ananasbananarama]

In germany we will call any cold dish with more than two ingredients a „salad“ 💀

[@rainpooper7088]

@Ananasbananarama Doesn't even have to be edible, if Kabelsalat is any indication. "Salat" just means "mishmash" to a lot of Germans.

[@Lucifurion]

It seems they call any mixture of anything except for an actual salad “salad”. That mixture of boiled everything slathered in mayonnaise looked absolutely horrific. I swear I heard baby Jesus crying in horror.

[@marlenemeye1123]

It is something an out his family. I’m from south Germany and I never had a non green salad at home. It is a cliche , that I never experienced, not even living throughout the country… I’m so confused!

[@joceery]

​@@Lucifurion😂

[@IreneGarcia-dx6df]

I think in Spain we enjoy so much cooking together and eating together that I could never hear anyone talk about making a simple "no hassle" Christmas eve, it is a big deal and you would start prepping several days before and family members would gather for the prepping.

[@and.me_7390]

You do realise that Advent/ Christmas used to be a time to fast, not stuff yourself with endless food.

[@annainspain5176]

In many parts of Spain the 24th is a bigger day than the 25th. The tradition was, the family went to midnight Mass and then came home to a big feast.

[@IreneGarcia-dx6df]

@and.me_7390 I am from a catholic country, so we do lent too, I am aware of it. We don't over stuff ourselves, but you know you can make a normal amount of food and still make it homemade and cook it with the people you love and not just "get it over with", right? I'm just saying that the act of preparing the food is part of the tradition in Spain and not something to get over before the actual fun begins, it's a different way to look at life.

[@annainspain5176]

@@and.me_7390 It's a celebration of the END of the Advent fast. We celebrate the reason FOR Advent. You do realise how mean you sounded, right.

[@and.me_7390]

@@IreneGarcia-dx6df It‘s the fact countries like spain tend to overestimate their greatness of food. You know: you are NOT world famous for good kitchen like italy and france either, right? The only thing you have going for you is Tapas. 😂 It‘s also not „getting over with“. It‘s about spending more time in church, singing carols, decorating, gifting rather than just cooking to stuff yourselves. Christ in the center, not eating. Maybe stop being arrogant.

[@tirameyhey1845]

We have duck roast, potatoes with loads of gravy and red cabbage! And to be honest it’s less work than potato or noodle salad 😂 at least in our family, those are reserved for bbq season, so basically spring, summer, and autumn. Happy Christmas everyone, and happy eating!

[@TheBarser]

Sounds like what most of us get here in Denmark

[@filipbrandt6430]

Are you northern Germany ? 😊

[@joceery]

same

[@RustyBear]

@@filipbrandt6430I would assume Yes bc im also from northern Germany and we eat the Same

[@Otilia-oz4bb]

My grandma stayed up all night preparing our Christmas meal😳🤯she makes THE BEST food

[@kdrodo]

The Family of my husband prepare and eat pretty much the same. Very typical for this region. In my family, not swabian, we prepare food days before and very special. You can compare it with turkey and dinner for Thanksgiving in US, as far as I know. Much more trouble, but so much more fun and things to remember years after and soooo much more delicious. I miss it and try to keep the tradition with my Kids...

[@joceery]

the potato salad or the white sausages don't look swabian to me ... and noodle salad? in BW on Heilig Abend? 😥 also from other food videos by her I'm pretty sure his family is from NRW or something next to it. keep your traditions alive and make also new ones with your kids. ☺️ Happy Christmas days to you 🎄

[@DulcetFox]

I really loved the little cat cookie! Immediately caught my eye and was so cute and tasty looking. ❤😺

[@jamesleng6231]

Been to a Vietnamese family Christmas dinner and the spread was unbelievable. So much food and delicious food at that. This must be some strong love because I couldn't do it.

[@jbn1695]

As a french, this chrimas dinner give me chills

[@Ich-Lotta]

I am German and have never seen such a strange Christmas dinner. I don't know anyone who would eat something like that. 😮

[@krisdan76]

I agree!It is like people here that are alone eat a Pizza here.

[@birdylove24]

You don't understand the meaning. We eat a very simple dish on 24.12., like potato salad, because the holy family was poor and could not afford an expensive meal. The fancy meals are reserved for the next two days.

[@Ich-Lotta]

​@@birdylove24 I understand that very well, we also have potato salad with sausages. Just to present this carelessly prepared potato salad and the dry pasta salad as German food at Christmas..... I don't know anyone who would serve something like this to his family as a Christmas dinner.

[@Натал20]

​@@Ich-Lotta Well, if people don't enjoy f.e. potatoe salad, why on earth should they serve it?! Just because "Das macht man so"? Imo you should prepare something that tastes delicious and festive to you (and your possible guests) - that's all that matters 😊

[@Ich-Lotta]

​@@Натал20Unfortunately, you didn't understand correctly, my point is that you probably don't necessarily serve a Christmas dinner in a pot... it's all so carelessly arranged, plus this dry pasta salad... I don't know anything like that and that's what I just wanted to express 😉

[@viviancandelario4766]

No hassle is the best part, so more time with family. Simple things can be the best things! Luv your vlogs U! Merry Christmas to you and German boyfriend !

[@cunorertv1283]

As a german we dont use egg for potato salad usually

[@LettersFromAFriend]

Yes we do…😂 „Potato salad“ refers to a whole range of different dishes. Which one you mean depends on where you (or your parents) grew up. When I say potato salad, I mean neat potato slices or cubes (not mashed up!), vinaigrette (no broth, no mayonnaise), onions, pickles, cucumber, boiled egg, dill (or other fresh herbs).

[@SaraBlu]

Makes me think of some friends in Uni that had a weekly potato salad night for a whole year. After a year they voted for the best salad. There is no such thing as “a German potato salad”. There are tons of different German potato salads!

[@RustyBear]

U prob mean the southern potato salad. The East and north makes them with Mayo, pickles, Fleischwurst, Onions and boiled Eggs

[@danaj-e8226]

I feel like we should just skip Christmas Eve dinner next year 😂

[@Myntsyntes]

Traditionaly in the Netherlands we don't do Chrismas eve, we do dec 25 and 26 christmas days. In my family we eat Hare with baked potato slices, red cabage and wine, lots of it.

[@sandraankenbrand]

That's the protestant version... same in UK and US

[@kathiahn]

As someone from Bavaria, eating Weißwürste (white sausage) after midday is considered a crime 😂. We also have sausages on the 24th but Bratwurst with Sauerkraut and bread. Plus a vegetarian option instead of the sausage. Then on the 25th for lunch we have roast pork or roast duck with dumplings. And again a vegetarian option. But no matter WHAT you eat, WHOM you enjoy it with is much more important. Merry Christmas and a peaceful, joyful 2025 for you and your family !

[@samchan1031]

YES! everything has to be finished before 12 noon!

[@jewelleryaddict]

Yum saurkraut with barley and sausage or pork. Polish meal.

[@svenbrenner3583]

White Sausage only ok in Bawaria on Christmas

[@francescam7251]

Traditional lunch of my Italian family require 2 days to prepare everything 😁

[@greencloud2225]

Traditional Christmas dinner in my English family starts in October to make the puddings, all day baking a couple of days before for mince pies, ham and trifles and then all day in the kitchen for turkey all the roast veg and green veg. Boxing Day we are exhausted and graze on left overs 😂

[@joceery]

​@@greencloud2225oh my god 😅

[@Bro-yi4ot]

personally i would cry but im happy the traditional lives on!

[@danika9411]

This is not a traditional german christmas dinner though. This is what her bfs family specifically eats. Traditional would be potato dumplings with duck or goose and red or green cabbage.

[@lefirox2420]

As a german, we had something VERY different this year, completely unlike anything shown. The food thats served varies a lot, even just making the food took multiple hours.

[@BlackPearl-x8e]

😂😂😂 I definitely prefer my own country’s Xmas dinner : France 🇫🇷 ❤

[@AngieMench]

It's nice to see different Christmas dishes from all over the world. Love all the way from the 🇵🇭 Philippines.

[@danika9411]

This is not the traditional christmas dinner though 😭 Most people eat potato dumplings with duck or goose and red or green cabbage.

[@hotpaprica5309]

as a polish person I gagged at that cursed pasta with eggs, it doesn't even look like you'd feel full after that

[@JosephinePoeAP]

Our Romanian mothers would be appalled 😅 it's not a public holiday over here either, but they still prep this big feast, enough to feed a small army 😂

[@caligo7918]

we do that on the 25th. The leftovers are for 26th

[@larsl997]

Yes, in Germany most families have their Christmas feast on the 25th or 26th and keep it simple on 24th.

[@Nekozuki347]

Damn, after a whole normal day of work?

[@mille_fiori]

@@Nekozuki347 Here in Germany, the public holidays are on 25.12. and 26.12. However, many people also have the 24.12. off - in the public sector this is a “half holiday”. The first celebration is on the evening of 24.12.

[@JosephinePoeAP]

@@caligo7918 I was thinking this was the feast, my mistake! We usually have the big gathering on the 25th as well

[@Wamboland]

I know some do that, but in my family we always have duck or geese on the 24th with Knödel and Rotkohl. On the 25th mostly the rest of that and on the 26th something different. This year its Sauerbraten - also with Knödel and Rotkohl.

[@roxannebelcher1310]

I grew up in Hessen and my mother was from Bayern and that's all I knew. Big festive meal and gifts afterwards. All the people I knew did the same.

[@Platymapuss]

My family always makes homemade Chinese food on Christmas eve. We make dumplings and press the dough out in with these cute little dumpling presses so it makes a pretty edge, also soup dumplings with the gelatin but we buy the wrappers for those, then we steam them in baskets and pan fry some dumplings. We make fat crab Rangoons, shrimp lo mein, mapo tofu, our pathetic attempts at roasted duck 😅(we can't get the skin crispy enough because we don't have the right kitchen equipment. But we try! Lol.) we make the little bun wraps for it and homemade BBQ pork baos and also red bean baos. I even make homemade chili oil with szechuan chilies and garlic. I've gotten quite good at it! Then my mom makes her egg rolls, my uncle makes his Kung pao chicken and shrimp with peanuts, sesame chicken for the kids. My aunt's rice cooker that's been chugging on since 1993 finally sang it's final song this year, so I got her one of the fancy ones that plays even more little songs and is much fancier. I had to give it early though because we HAD to have rice with our dinner😅. It's so much fun even when we make something new and it's a disaster 😂. It's all just about spending time together. I hope anyone who took the time to read this has an amazing holiday season and I wish you many amazing memories made with friends and loved ones. And some burned wontons😂🫡.

[@PirateCommander]

Hey, you know that tradition of setting an empty place for the unknown / unexpected visitor ? I'll be 'round to ''check that you're doing that'' next time. Grinz.

[@joceery]

that's awesome! happy holiday season to you too! 🎄

[@fajarhasmoro3742]

This is why Asian cuisine hits different

[@mrsquid_]

our family (lower bavaria) eats raclette for every Christmas dinner! we have two hot stones in the middle and an assortment of vegetables, meats and cheeses (and bread) and you practically fry your meat yourself and do little assortments of potatoes and bread and whatnot covered with cheese in the little pans below the heating element

[@eeeev_aa]

we also had potato salad on christmas eve but a very different one from the one shown here - my mum makes an excellent potato salad w a mayo dressing, eggs, cheese and several different diced vegetables in it, so it isn't just mainly a carb dish

[@leahsander5490]

The proper title would have been „this is what one German family eats on Christmas Eve.“

[@melanisticmandalorian]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any blander, they show you a new level of blandness.

[@arhafrench5319]

My mum hooked it up with turkey dressing w/giblet gravy and cranberry sauce, smoked turkey, smoked ribs, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, sweet Hawaiian rolls, and candied yams today! Merry Christmas, all! ☃️🌲⭐🍽️🎁🎅🤶🫂

[@sherbetfarts]

Omg your mum sounds amazing, merry Christmas! 💖

[@theravyshow2570]

On Christmas Eve? This is Christmas eve.

[@ihrtoys]

me as a german can say that we dont have the same dishes like you´re boyfriend..it depends on the region and tradition in family

[@katharinabeeking2917]

That is only part of the truth. On 24th we eat potatoe salad with sausages. Every region and family has different recipes. Some people eat carp.The real feast you get on the 2 following days: duck or goose with dumplings (Klöße) and red cabbage, brussel sprouts, kale and a lot of gravy.

[@magdalenawiszniewska2825]

We still have carp. czechs more. Its communistic idea after war cause food was scarse and carp cheap. So its not even 100 years it lasts

[@marcpaulus6291]

I make it in reverse. I make Duck with red cabbage and Dumplings on 24 and something light on the other two days because on the 25 we are already full from the things we eat on the 24 XD

[@nikocat2008]

In Hungary we eat Fish soup, fried Fish with tatár sauce (mayonese+sour cream+mustard + white wine) and also made something like potato salad + stuffed cabage and sometimes pork jelly...... And of course xmass cookies needs to be ready.... Windows should be cleaned.... Xmass tree also decorated on the afternoon.... The whole day the whole family is in strong panic to get ready with everything..... We are shouting, cryig and arguing..... So if we do not kill each other during the preparation.... Than we have the celebration dinner...... when we have the opportunity to calm down and open the presents.... And drink alkohol.... That is so exhausting that we stop arguing for 1 or 2 days...... 😂😂😂

[@vik6304]

How can Klöße translate to dumplings? It's literally boiled bread 😅 dumplings in my mind are tiny filled dough pockets.

[@DrStefinthegym]

​@@vik6304No, Kloesse are made from potato, Knoedel are made from bread in the simplest terms. There are other variations, half and half, for example.

[@KBGWorld29]

Come to the Philippines… Our Christmas Holidays starts at September and ends in January 😂 and on Christmas Eve everyone tries to have a banquet-like set up 😊