The "most memorable christmas gifts" thread got me to thinking about Christmases as a child.
While today there are more times than not that my family has Turkey and or ham as the main course .....When I was a child we most always had oysters, grits, and corncakes. It had little do do with money , It had more to do with tradition.....The way it was told to me by my daddy was that during the depression they simply had no money for a turkey or any pork and that oysters at the time were plentiful and free for those who wanted to dig . We still have oysters for the Thanksgiving meal and a pot of oyster stew on Christmas eve.
It would be Interesting to know of any of y'alls traditions and the history behind them.
