No, you don't have to. It's just a tradition.
Three. There is more information on the Provencal Christmas Table setting and on the Christmas dinner tradition at the related link below.
Dec 24, after the Christmas dinner.
Watching elf, Dinner with the family and getting awesme presents like, A DOG!
No Christmas dinner
I think the most significant Christmas tradition is Christmas dinner. It is a time when family and friends alike come together to enjoy each others company, laugh, share memories, catch-up and bond again... even if for only one day of the year.
at the dinner on the Christmas eve. (the 24th December)
"The Long Christmas Dinner " by Thornton Wilder .
We have Christmas dinner because it is to celebrate God coming to earth.
Turkey is the traditional meat for Christmas dinner.
Some People have Christmas dinner on Christmas day and some people eat it on Boxing day
They would go to church on Christmas eve or Christmas morning (or both) and then have the family together for a Christmas dinner. Typical food was goose or ham, with fruitcake, mincemeat pie, pudding. They would sing Christmas carols together and there was a tradition of carolers going door-to-door.