If you want a classic Christmas Lunch, BBC Food has got it all here:
What was your best Christmas Lunch or Recipe?
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Itās not Xmas lunch without prawn cocktails, in my view 
I had my first meat-free Christmas last year and cannot wait for this year! I made this delicious gravy to go with a nut-roast which was also a hit with the meat-eaters at the table!
Vegan Chestnut & Mushroom Gravy ā Merchant Gourmet (merchant-gourmet.com)
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Gravy covers (literally and figuratively) everything for success!
That gravy sounds amazing though @Ella!
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Funny that they didnāt include a starter.
I remember an amazing Prawn Cocktail where the prawns had been soaked in fresh orange juiceā¦that thought led me to this:
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So not āopen supermarket prawn cocktailā > scoop over week-old lettuce then?
Iām learning something every day! 
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Love prawn cocktail but we never actually have a starter - maybe weāve been doing Christmas wrong
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I donāt think there is a right or wrong way @Robyn. I donāt think we would have had a starter when I was younger, but at some point lots of us got the āPrawn Cocktail Habitā 
The irony is that I then usually feel too full to eat Christmas Pudding, but then I am not so keen on that course.
But when did common sense get in the way of Christmasā¦ 
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Iām sure for many people would find much pleasure in that, but even when it comes to Prawn Cocktail, I seek greatness Almost to a faultā¦
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Yeah got to wait a couple of hours before the pudding! Talking of pudding Iāve just realised I havenāt got an advent calendar this year yet oops
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Yep not a huge one for pudding, but a quality cheese boardā¦now youāre talking!
Are we talking Stilton? Classic Christmas choice, though for me, better as an ingredient in something else e.g. soup.
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Danish Blue is right up there. Also partial to a smoked.
Not fruit in it though - thatās where i draw the line!
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