Jamaica christmas dinner

Learn about Jamaican Christmas dinner traditions and gather holiday menu ideas.

There are few things better than a Jamaican Christmas, in my humble (probably biased) opinion. How is Christmas in Jamaica unique? Let’s find out! @myislandjamaica

Have you ever had any of these traditional Jamaican Christmas food?Try out these Jamaican Christmas recipes to add a bit of Caribbean spice to your kitchen!

While thinking of the menu for this year’s family Thanksgiving dinner, I wanted to switch things up a bit. Although I love turkey and no one makes one quite like my mom, I wanted to add my own twist to our thanksgiving staples and this year. Having been raised in a West Indian home, rum was incorporated in holiday drinks and desserts such as black cake, rum cake, ponche de crème, and sorrel. Feeling inspired by our recent trip to Jamaica, I decided to make our turkey using Jamaican rum and I…

A Jamaican Christmas: Like many countries Christmas is associated with gifts, family and fun, whether at the beach, Christmas market or at home. | Experience Jamaique

When we travelled from Kingston to Ocho Rios, I remember grabbing food from street merchants. We stuck our hands out of the car to buy bags of guinep, peppered shrimp, mangoes and coconut water. Guinep is a peculiar fruit. I snapped the leathery skin open to reveal a pulpy flesh reminiscent of lychee with notes of a sweet and sour. The fruit was mostly seeded, so we devoured a bag quickly. It was the perfect snack for travelling cross country. Roads were narrow, filled with potholes, and the…