How the Women’s Weekly team does Christmas

“Fresh fish does it for me on Christmas Day. You can go past beautiful barramundi or crispy-skinned Atlantic salmon fillets,” Sheree Mutton, Beauty and Health Director.

Pictured: Herb and tomato fish bundles.

“My favourite dish, by far, at Christmas time is one we have at every extended family gathering – my Grandma’s pesto potatoes. It wouldn’t be a Christmas meal without it,” Emily Brooks, Digital Content Manager.

Pictured: Potato, zucchini and pesto bake.

“My dad always makes salt and pepper prawns on Christmas Day and they’re the bomb,” Natalie Babic, Engagement Editor.

Pictured: Crunchy salt and pepper prawns with sweet chilli syrup.

“My mum used to make a fantastic Italian dish called vitello tonnato – slices of veal covered in a creamy sauce flavoured with tuna and dotted with capers – only at Christmas. I looked forward to it far more than the ham, turkey or Christmas pudding,” Rosemary Bruce, Chief Sub-editor.

Pictured: Vitello tonnato.

“I am a real traditionalist when it comes to Christmas. I was brought up in the Riverina and you simply can’t have a Christmas lunch without roasted lamb, turkey, chicken and pork (being from the country, my family tended to over cater). I know everyone these days likes a lighter lunch with prawns and snapper served alongside crisp salads but the old-fashioned roast with veggies and greens with lashings of gravy is a must,” Michael Sheather, Associate Editor.

Pictured: Roast lamb with mint jelly.

“Christmas rum balls – Mum would always make two batches – without rum for the kids, and with rum and sultanas for the grown-ups. And sometimes she’d stretch to three lots, for the sultana haters! One bite just tasted like Christmas. Always rolled in coconut of course, the small old-fashioned dessicated kind,” Michelle Endacott, Managing Editor.

Pictured: Easy rum balls.

“My mum’s roast duck,” Juliet Rieden, Deputy Editor.

Pictured: Roasted marmalade duck with sherry vinegar.

“One of my favourite Christmas treats is my nan’s Christmas ice-cream pudding. Nan’s not with us anymore, but my sister has carried on the tradition of making it each year,” Nicole Hickson, Sub-Editor.

Pictured: Ice-cream pudding.

“Roast veggies with gravy. And Chilli Prawns -when it’s a super-hot Christmas day,” Rebecca Rac, Style Editor.

Pictured: Roasted vegetables.

“I’d never tell her this, but my sister’s potato salad is my favourite Christmas meal. She loads it with bacon, egg, spring onion and mustard, and it tastes good hot or cold,” Mahalia Chang, Digital Content Manager.

Pictured: Potato salad.