When you know you’ll spend Christmas whipping up a fabulous feast, takeout for dinner on the 24th feels like a no-brainer. You want something tasty, but you also have a million other things to do. Before you pick up the phone, consider one of these 70 Christmas Eve dinner ideas, most of which take one hour or less to prepare—leaving you plenty of time to plan what to do on Christmas Day for extra holiday fun.
From main courses (like hearty goat cheese pasta with spinach and artichokes and baked ginger and lemon chicken) to side dishes (like creamy polenta with roasted mushrooms and bacon and citrus, shrimp and quinoa salad with feta), there’s something on this list to suit the entire family.
