The year I spent $150 on a Christmas ham that nobody ate...

Last Christmas I got tired of my aunt's dry turkey so I decided to be the hero and buy a fancy spiral ham from a place in Portland. Cost me $150 and I was so proud of it until my cousin showed up with a vegan roast and my mom decided to make a big speech about supporting everyone's choices... So my ham sat there untouched while everyone piled plates with tofu loaf. Has anyone else tried to fix Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner and just made things more awkward?

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leo61215d ago

Feels like people get way too invested in what's basically just food at a family dinner... @dylan604 makes a fair point about picking sides, but honestly it's a ham, not a statement of values. If nobody ate it that's more about bad timing than some deep family drama.

dylan60429d ago

Huh. Never thought about it that way, but maybe the real problem isn't the ham or the vegan roast. It's that nobody wants to be the bad guy who actually picks a side. Your mom tried to play peacemaker by endorsing everything, but she just made the ham look like the villain for being a normal Christmas dish. Next time, I'd just announce the ham is the main event and anything else is extra. Make it clear who's the star before anyone shows up with a surprise tofu block.

the_lee29d ago

Did your cousin at least acknowledge the ham or was it just ignored like mine? I mean, last year I spent two days making a prime rib with this horseradish crust I found online, and my brother in law brought those frozen meatballs from Costco and they were gone in twenty minutes while my roast just sat there getting cold. My dad finally tried a piece and said "it's fine" which is his way of saying he'd rather be eating meatballs too. Now I just buy a pre-cooked chicken from the grocery store and call it a day.