Catholic Christmas 2015: when the Catholic Christmas is celebrated, the date, gifts, recipes

Catholic Christmas in 2015

Catholic Christmas in 2015 will becelebrated on the night of December 24 to December 25, it is believed that it was on this day that Christ was born, although there is no written confirmation of this. There is an opinion that this date was obtained by adding to the 25th of March (Feast of the Annunciation, when Mary found out that she would bear the Savior) nine months. Traditionally, Catholics celebrate Christmas for a week until January 1st. Moreover, each of the days is dedicated to one of the Christian saints or to the plot and the plot from the Gospel.

Dishes for Catholic Christmas, a recipe with a photo

A month before the onset of the Catholic Christmas,traditionally begins the post-Advent, which ends on December 24 with Christmas Eve. On this day, most Christians gather in the family circle to dress up a Christmas tree, read a traditional prayer. At the same time for dinner, a variety of lenten dishes are served, depending on the country. But on December 25, already prepared a rich table, with a lot of meat dishes and, of course, turkey. Here is one of the most popular turkey recipes for Catholic Christmas 2015.

You will need:

• Turkey carcass weighing 2.5-3 kg


• Offal


• Bulb


• Fat or fat


• Toast


• Salt and black pepper


• Lemon Zest


• Curry


• Greenery


• Sour cream


• Marjoram

To prepare the filling, it is necessary to finelycut the giblets and biscuits (about 5 pieces), then mix with the grated onions. Then add the spices (pepper curry and black, marjoram), lemon zest, shredded herbs (parsley, dill or any other for your taste). If the resulting mass is too dry, add a little sour cream.

The turkey itself should be washed, dried with a napkinand rub it with salt and pepper both on the outside and inside. Also remove the tendons from the legs. Start the turkey with the previously prepared mixture and sew it. To ensure that the meat does not turn out too dry to the breast, as well as the legs to fasten the fat or pieces of fat. If this option you do not like, you can simply wrap the carcass with foil. After that, put the carcass, in the oven, heated to a temperature of 180 degrees for a period of 2.5 to 3.5 hours, depending on its size. During cooking, water the turkey periodically with the juice that is extracted from it. Half an hour before the readiness should be removed from the carcass fat or foil. Determine the preparedness of the dish by the ease with which the legs are separated from the trunk.

Catholic Christmas - congratulations

Christmas for the Catholics has long been,in fact, an analogue of our New Year with gifts, fun gatherings and fairy tales. Accordingly, congratulations on Catholic Christmas on December 25, 2015, you can choose the same as on New Year. Although now the Internet offers a huge number of congratulations on Christmas and New Year, it will be much better if you come up with your own version. Of course, for the colleagues and unfamiliar people standard verses from the Internet are quite suitable, but for close people, one should come up with something original, and we will try to help you in this.

First, congratulations should not bepoetic form, so if you are not strong in this, then do not worry. Secondly, make a congratulation for Christmas personal. Happiness, health and joy is certainly good, but too generalized. Therefore, you should wish for something that, in your opinion, a person really wants to achieve next year: find a soul mate, get a promotion, buy a car, etc. Third, when composing congratulations, do not forget to mention the holiday itself. And in conclusion, most importantly - your wish should be sincere and without any hints of vulgarity.