mother told me today that christmas lunch contains 7000 calories, and although i find this impossible to believe, i should think today's total tally is substantial. my own personal instance of chirtsmas dinner was relatively successful, although the turkey was slightly overdone as tradition would dictate. i rather worried that my roast potatoes would not crisp enough, but all came good in the end. i need to somehow devine an appropriate new years eve strategy - if you have any suggestions the comments are open.