One way of making your Christmas lunch more special is to attend a local cooking demonstration close to Christmas. Not only does it give you the opportunity to try out new recipes, it can also become a fun tradition to add to your Christmas festivities.
On the photo is a roasted vegetable wreath that mom and I made for one of our Christmas lunches. I got the recipe at a cooking demonstration. Making the wreath not only added a great new dish to our lunch, it gave us many moments of shared laughter and joy.