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What are some classic holiday foods you love and hate. And classic could mean any country's common holiday menu items.
I'll go first. Things I hate: green bean casserole, pumpkin cheesecake, sweet potato casserole if it has the marshmallow goop. Things I LOVE: Sweet potato casserole with nut topping and not too sweet, sweet potato pie (if I make it), pumpkin anything else but cheesecake, Brussels sprouts with chestnuts, homemade cranberry anything (bread, chutney, sauce, etc.), tamales 🫔!
And 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. GO!

Exactly the same, StillLivin! Pet peeve is cinnamon in every sweet potato recipe. When did that become the norm?

Agree with mostly your list, but will add that I LOVE mashed potatoes, bread stuffing, and any form of cranberry, including the jellied in the can
And I would take an apple pie over anything pumpkin, and a NY style cheesecake any day,

My least favorite thing on the table at Thanksgiving in the US is the turkey…. But the leftover turkey is worth it. Leftover turkey is a different, wonderful thing all together.

I had a boyfriend in college who was from an Italian family. Their traditional table had a rice stuffing for the turkey and I could barely choke it down. There are very few things I dislike that much, but oddly that was one. And his whole family lived for that dressing, they loved it so much.
Tastes are funny. 🤷‍♀️

Superesse, I like cinnamon in my sweet potato, but sometimes I prefer it without it. I hate when it's too much, though. Blehgggg.

Bearly Breathing, I love cheesecake, I just can't stand when pumpkin is in it. Crazy because I love pumpkin everything else. And I make a killer cranberry chutney and cranberry jello mold. LOL, now im making myself hungry. Yummm, stuffing is great a t when made right. Sometimes I want sausage in it, other times the turkey giblets and livers. I also like it with cranberries and mushrooms. I love leftover turkey in turkey pozole verde. We always save the bones and make a bone broth by simmering it all night. I brine my turkeys, so I don't even really need to add seasonings, just vegetables when making the bone broth! You should try it if you like a little bit of spiciness.

I pretty much love everything I'm a weirdo like that :P but I guess the one thing I dislike the most on Thanksgiving is the turkey so I put lots of gravy on it usually.

I love homemade cranberry sauce and stuffing is my favorite. I make a killer cornbread pudding that's been a hit these last few years. Gonna try a pomegranate ambrosia fruit salad this year.

My mom's pumpkin pie is the best too!

I also hate the green bean casserole. I made it once, and I made a lot of it, and it was just awful.

I made a pumpkin cheesecake one year and it wasn't great, but my nephew's ex-wife used to bring a pumpkin cheesecake and it was good.

You know what I love at holiday dinners? Fresh rolls with butter. It's the sort of thing we never have at a regular dinner. And just like at a restaurant they're the worst because you don't want to ruin your dinner eating rolls but they're so good!

My hubby's family has gotten too large and too spread out so we no longer do family holiday meals unless it's at a restaurant. We do have a gathering with them coming up on the 22nd.

My little family has a feud going on with 2 people saying they won't come if the other doesn't so we've just stopped offering/ hosting them. And of course, my mom is in the retirement home now and I don't know if she could make it up the stairs to come to my house. I have gone to her retirement home and eaten in their lounge with her twice now. My hubby and I go to a holiday dinner at a nearby, homey restaurant in the woods that usually offers a turkey dinner special. And we also just do a Butterball turkey roll for us at home.

Commenting on the revulsion some feel for the infamous Green Bean Casserole: Back in the earlier days of the soup company that made that recipe famous, their Cream of Mushroom Soup actually had cream and dairy products in it, and when I did make it we always enjoyed it. Fast-forward a couple decades, the same "cream of _____" soups are filled with artificial thickeners, taste like canned Glop, and have less than no flavor....unreal how bad their product has gotten. So don't blame the original recipe! :)

I'll throw in deviled eggs. Almost any holiday dinner requires them at the Tred dinner spread!

Superesse, I started hating green bean casserole in 1978 when my family made them with all real ingredients. TBF I cant stand mushy vegetables. Now a green been side sautéed with fresh green beans, mushrooms, pancetta, and almonds or roasted chestnuts, yumm. 😉
Crazyblindsided, I love cornbread. I've only tried cornbread pudding once and disnt care for it. I didn't dislike it either, though. But I disliked fried turkey for years. I tried it several times made by different people. Then my best friend's new husband made it one year. OMG. Now, I must have his recipe fried turkey every year. So maybe I just haven't eaten cornbread pudding made by the right person.
SackofSorry, Im completely with you. Who doesn't love fresh dinner rolls, especially iftheyre made from scratch with all that delicious butteriness. And plop some good gravy on top, chef's kiss.
Tried, I'm with you. Deviled eggs are a must at every holiday!