Christmas brings out the best and worst in people. Mr. Scrooge helps poor Tiny Tim in Victorian England and obese shoppers trample poor sales clerks at 2:00 am in Wal-Mart on Black Friday in Alabama.Food is no exception. All of the great Christmas foods are half of the celebration for me. Whether it's the special shrimp cocktail or my Mom's layered salad, thoughts of Christmas get the saliva glands going.
There are also some bad Christmas foods, usually given as gifts. Below is a list of my top 5 and bottom 5 Christmas foods. What would you add? You defenders of the beloved Russell Stover Christmas tradition, speak up!
Top 5:
1. Shrimp cocktail (I don't know if it's really a Christmas food, but that's what we eat on Christmas Eve in my family)
2. Toffee
3. Most chocolate/peppermint combinations
4. Homemade Christmas cookies
5. Chocolate dipped caramel pretzels (eggnog got dropped from the list because I enjoyed one just this afternoon)
Bottom 5:
1. Russell Stover Chocolates (the all-time cheap gift)
2. Fruitcake
3. The chocolate orange
4. Giant tins of plain/cheese/carmel popcorn with a dog, wildlife or Santa on the front
5. Non-peppermint candy canes
I defend both the chocolate orange and non-peppermint candy canes...they should at least be somewhere in the middle.
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