And now without further ado, a list of some of the places that will be open and serving you on Christmas.

The Sorrento Hotel’s Hunt Club will do dinner from 11am to 9pm, with private dining rooms available for groups of 8 to 30. Menu includes items like butternut squash soup, roasted turkey, roasted leg of lamb, salmon with sweet potato gnocchi, pecan tartlet, and chocolate pot de crème.

At Trellis, Chef Scheehser will throw down a three-course, prix fixe feast featuring char-roasted tomato soup, field greens salad, entrees like braised rabbit with roasted root vegetables and rose fin potatoes or pan-seared salmon with apple-wood smoked, sautéed Granny Smith apples and beurre blanc. Dessert options include Meyer lemon shaker pie and rum raisin fruit cake.

Farther east, the halls are decked at Snoqualmie Casino’s Terra Vista, where the regular winter menu will be served from 4pm to 9pm on Christmas, along with a glorious side helping of snowy Cascades out the windows.

If you’re jonesing for something even farther east, how about that time-honored Christmas tradition, Chinese food? Or Indian? At Masala Bar & Grill, now in two locations at Northgate and Mill Creek, a buffet of hot and cold dishes including tandoori turkey, garlic lamb shank, and butter chicken will be just $14.99 per person.

Hankering for a road trip? Head to Skamania Lodge in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area for a Christmas buffet from noon to 8pm, at $38.95 per person (less for kids). We think lobster, smoked ham, prime rib, Dungeness crab, flaming Bananas Foster, and much more might be worth the drive, don’t you?

Or just schlep over to Tini Bigs for a little liquid merriment, poured 4pm through close Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Joy to the World.

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Looking to grab a Christmas drink? Or how about a Christmas Eve noshing spot?