around thanksgiving time, we got a turkey for super cheap (we actually bought 2 so we could cook one later this winter), bacon to wrap the turkey with, bag of potatoes, 2 squash, cranberry sauce, green beans, ground pork (pie crusts for pork pies) and bread stuffing, olive & Pickle dish, gravy. My brother & his girlfriend brought a dessert and I made a pecan pie and brownies. Got a couple bottles of wine and a 12 pack of beer. I had 10 people over for dinner, and I think it cost about $150 for everything. It helps when people help with bringing things.
For Christmas we got a 12lb prime rib, which on sale was $85. Baking potatoes, sweet potatoes, sour cream, butter, green beans and slivered almonds. (kept it easy) and for dessert we had leftover brownies and other things we had made for a Christmas eve party, so no real desserts like pies or anything. I think that was about $150 for everything also.
I am working on keeping meals delicious and simple. Luckily I have no special dietary requirements for anyone in my family so it was 1 meal that everyone eats. And this meal was perfect, compared to thanksgiving because everything was just in the oven for hours, instead of having to mix, prepare and all that, we just baked everything.
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