15 Weird Christmas Foods You Hope You Won't See This Holiday

12. Shrimp Christmas Tree

Another invention of the 1950s is the Shrimp Christmas Tree; because nothing screams holiday like fish trees. Beneath the "pretty" exterior you're talking staples, wire mesh and Styrofoam cups, covered by lots of parsley, which just seems like a massive amount of work for a food item that is perfectly suited to serving on a plate, in a bowl or around the rim of a glass. Other €œdecorations€ for the tree include cheese cubes, olives and tomatoes, even though normally the cheese wouldn€™t touch the fish, because even fish tree enthusiasts aren't heathens.
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