2021 Home For the Holidays

Page 32 2021 Home for the Holidays Lincoln Daily News November 24, 2021 “traditionalists” and “no matter the weather… have a hot roast dinner.” Randall says it may include ham, turkey, roast potatoes, pumpkin, cauliflower, cheese and peas. For dessert, they may serve the meringue-based Pavlova or Christmas pudding with custard. The Randall family has lived in both Australia and America. Therefore, Randall says they like to have traditional American foods but mix it with some Australian foods. Because their family is so large, Randall said they usually eat outside under the verandah like many other Australian families. Russians have a special Christmas Eve feast, but for Orthodox Christians, Christmas Eve falls on January 6. A blog on Living Orthodox Traditions says the dinner table is often set with symbols like hay under the linen tablecloth and grain in the straw. The hay signifies the hay in the manger the baby Jesus was placed in. The grain is “thrown in the straw to represent the abundance of Christ’s coming.” The linen tablecloth is a symbol of what Jesus was wrapped in. This feast ends a 40-day fast that excludes meat and dairy products. The supper usually has 12 courses symbolizing the twelve apostles. Living Orthodox Traditions says foods served often include “barley, honey, Continued n