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Here are 15 Chattanooga-area dining options for Christmas Day

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Between all the shopping, wrapping, cooking, Hallmark movie watching, partying and making Santa his cookies, there’s a lot that goes into making Christmas special. Just ask Santa.

So if you don’t want to cook the Christmas goose, make the plum pudding and all the other traditions on the Christmas table, you’re forgiven. It’s totally understandable if you want to leave the cooking to someone else.

Here’s a list of eateries around the city filled with Santa’s helpers waiting to welcome you through their doors on Christmas Day.

– The Big Chill, 103 Cherokee Blvd., 4-11 p.m., 423-267-2445.

– Bridgeman’s Chophouse in the Read House, 107 W. M.L. King Blvd., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Reservations: 423-643-1240.