Free Christmas Menu Templates

A Christmas Menu is a detailed list of dishes available at a restaurant or a formal meal. Whether you are offering your guests a variety of dishes when hosting a dinner party at your house or looking for new holiday-inspired dishes for the restaurant you are managing, a Christmas Dinner Menu will help you communicate with the people looking for the most delicious food and beverages during the festive season and inform them what every dish is made of.

You may find a full list of Christmas Menu templates by checking out our library below.

What Is a Good Christmas Menu?

Here are some Christmas Menu ideas that will stimulate the appetite of your clients and please the people you have invited for a holiday feast:

1. Carefully consider the contents of the menu. Experienced hosts and establishments that have been in the industry for years opt for a traditional Christmas Dinner Menu - turkey, duck, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, Christmas pudding, glazed ham, eggnog, and cookies. Nevertheless, you are not obliged to follow any rules - a celebration does not have to focus on the food. Offer your guests dishes they have never tried before - for example, let them discover culinary traditions of other countries such as a pickled herring (Sweden), goose (Germany), or mince pie (England).
2. If you want to warn your guests about the dishes you will serve, you may share the menu with them in advance. This will help you ensure every attendee is content with the choices you have made - for instance, if you are cooking for a vegetarian for the first time ever, it is advised to reach out to them and ask whether certain menu options would be appropriate. In the worst-case scenario, a guest will be unable to enjoy the dinner with the rest of the invited individuals - and you do not want that to happen.
3. Note that you do not have to comply with traditional meal times both as a host and a restaurant manager - a Christmas Lunch Menu offers flexibility to people that prefer to meet with their friends during the daytime or coworkers that can celebrate the holidays in the middle of the working day. Besides, the lunch options you suggest throughout December as a business owner help you boost your sales and attract new customers. Think about lighter winter salads with brussels sprouts, cheese boards, and sandwiches - nutritious food that is easy and cheap to cook.
4. Make sure you properly list all the ingredients every item on the menu consists of. The information has to be accurate - you must respect the dietary preferences of every person the food will be served to and notify them about common allergens to accommodate your friends or the visitors of your establishment.
5. Work on the design of the Christmas Menu template. It does not have to be longer than one or two pages - most restaurants go for separate menus they prepare for the holiday season. Group all the food into categories - appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, and desserts. You may list alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks separately or put them below desserts. Illustrate the menu - ideally, every category should have an image next to it to show the guest what the dish will look like. As for the decorations, opt for a white background (associations with snow can never go wrong) and insert drawings or pictures of Christmas symbols - branches of the Christmas tree, Christmas toys, gift boxes, candy canes - to frame the menu.

Still looking for a particular template? Take a look at the related templates below:

• Christmas Gift Certificate Template;
• Christmas Place Cards;
• Christmas Wine Bottle Tag Template.