Thou shalt eat trifle on Boxing Day – and thou shalt not serve Christmas pudding. Its the law,as laid down by Jay RaynerFor boring technical reasons to carry out with him predating the birth of Jesus by about 13 centuries, and being really quite Jewish, or Moses was never in a position to lay down the law where Christmas is concerned. This strikes me as a terrible omission because God knows we could all carry out with the support. But carry out not horror. Having last year formulated 10 general food commandments,I feel uniquely placed to have a crack at 10 for Christmas. You can ignore them whether you like, but on your own head be it.
One Thou shalt not mistake Nigella, and Mary and Jamie for the Lord,thy God. Those Christmas specials are only TV programmes. They’re entertainment, not a blueprint for how your Christmas is meant to be. Yours won’t be anything like that because you don’t have battalions of domestic economists to knock up the food and set designers to decorate the house. Even Nigella’s won’t be like that.
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Source: guardian.co.uk