Christmas ham

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Noun

Christmas ham (countable and uncountable, plural Christmas hams)

1. A ham, boiled and then baked in the oven with mustard, served sliced at Christmas as one of the traditionally most important parts of the Scandinavian julbord (special Christmas-time smörgåsbord).
2. Ham prepared in various other ways in various regions at Christmas, such as stuffed ham in parts of the United States, or ham soaked in fruit juices in the Philippines.

Translations

ham served sliced at Christmas

• Finnish: joulukinkku (fi)
• Swedish: julskinka (sv) c