Our Christmas Table and Festive Traditions!

By The Team at Connolly Suthers 

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
Each home has their own traditions during the festive season and we’ve asked the Connolly Suthers family to tell us some of their household traditions when it comes to their festive activities and food on Christmas Day.

Festive Activities

Johanna Turner
The Christmas tree we use has been around since my oldest brother, Luke was a baby. That's 38 years! 

Tanya Mount
We put out rum balls, sugar-coated peanuts (which we make each Christmas), cherries, a carrot and a beer for Santa.
On Christmas day we always play the song Happy Christmas by John Lennon. 

Jessica Douglas
My husband, Sam and I always listen to Mariah Carey’s and Justin Bieber’s Christmas albums when we are setting up the Christmas tree on the 1st of December.

We go Christmas light looking on the week leading up to Christmas where we always listen to Christmas carols in the car and drink coffee or hot chocolate with the aircon on so low that it feels like we’re somewhere cold, meanwhile it’s 30 degrees outside!

Bernie Winn
Growing up we listened to a tape of Bing Crosby over Christmas but especially when putting up the Christmas tree. We would all go to Christmas morning mass together and then home for the tree which was a little crazy with six kids! As we got older this became midnight mass and then home for ham sandwiches.

Today we go to the Christmas Eve Vigil mass and we still listen to Bing Crosby (now using Spotify!) over Christmas and when putting up the tree.

Amy Reid
Our day starts off with orange juice and champagne to celebrate not only Christmas Day but one of our cousin’s birthdays. Ir's a double celebration for us!

Georgia Conrow
On Christmas Eve, my husband and I watch the Grinch in the aircon and have hot chocolates. It’s as close to snow as we’re going to get!

Jackie Gaeta
My children put milk and cookies out for Santa and carrots for the reindeers!

Nicola Davison
Our Christmas tradition is playing Mariah Carey every year and our Dad absolutely hates it! It certainly brings out laughter in the room on Christmas morning!

Renee Lovelady Tomas
This is my Husband and I’s first Christmas as parents and we are thrilled to start new traditions with our little girl, Nina. A first picture with Santa and a new family bauble hanging on the tree is where we have started!

Foods that are a tradition on our tables each Christmas!

Jessica Douglas
Our family absolutely must have a Christmas ham. No matter if it is just three of us we always get a massive ham and glaze it.

Erlinda Nunn
Mum and I have re-discovered the Irish fruit cake recipe Dad used to make before he passed away. This is the second year we’ve made it together, we combine the fruit, alcohol and juices in a jar and let it sit for 3 weeks and then we cook the cake a few days before Christmas day!

Amy Reid
Roast pork, turkey and vegetables are a must at every Christmas lunch!

Jackie Gaeta
We always have Christmas bon bons to crack open during lunch.

Juanita DelleBaite
The Christmas tradition at our place is Mum’s Christmas pudding and cherry brandy custard. It’s so delicious and truly the only thing that we have once a year and it’s definitely worth waiting for!

Jenna Cantamessa
Being an Italian family, our Christmas lunch is quite structured! We kick off with seafood and antipasto, followed by cold traditional Italian dishes, a hot pasta dish (usually ravioli or gnocchi) and then dessert! It’s safe to say we have leftovers each year to last us a week! The week leading up to Christmas we always have a day dedicated to baking biscuits, fruit cakes and crostoli. It’s the time of year where you have to think "Christmas calories don't count!"

However you chose to celebrate this precious time of the year, the team at Connolly Suthers wishes you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2019! We look forward to working with you in the new year.