What's for Christmas Dinner?

Roast Beef vs Roast Chicken for Holiday Season

So Juicy Roast Beef

So Juicy Roast Chicken

Many of us like to see whole roast on the table for our Holiday Season.
So what it's going to be? Which one do you like better? Roast Beef, or Roast Chicken?
I asked few of my friends and many seemed to go with the roast beef over roast chicken.

But why?

"My hubby likes beef."

is one popular answer.
And another one is

"I can't beat Costco's Roast Chicken."

Yeah. I know what you mean.
Costco does make a wonderful Roast Chicken.
So juicy, so tender, and oh my, SO CHEAP.
Cheaper than my uncooked whole chicken!!! Crazy!
It got wonderful chicken roaster and complete blend of spices.

So why roast the chicken yourself? Especially while many, but not all, Roast Beef and Roast Chicken are
peanuts-free, nuts-free, dairy-free, wheat-free, and soy-free?

I don't mind roasting chicken myself.

Not because I roast better than Costco, but because I like stuffing vegetables with my roast chicken.
Try it! It has strong sense of freshness to it, and vegetables go so well with oil of roast chicken.

The roasting process of beef and chicken is somehow similar.
You need to tie both up with string, saute before roasting, and cover up with foil after your meal is roasted.

Difference is that you don't need to tie your beef so tight whereas the chicken needs to be very much so to keep its position. The roasting temperature is low for beef, around 360F, and higher for chicken, around 430F. Roasting time for beef is about 1 hour and 15 minutes (depending on its size) and chicken is about 45 minutes. Chicken needs to be "arroser-ed," meaning you need to spoon the excess oil to the chicken while roasting it.

So what is our Christmas Dinner?
Gotta still think about it.