HOLIDAY DINING : Special Meals Are Seasoned With Christmas in Mind

Along with hanging the stockings and trimming the tree, dining out on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is fast becoming something of a tradition for people in Orange County. Here are some options:

CHRISTMAS EVE

Guy Sockrider, chef at Oysters in Corona del Mar, will prepare a four-course wild goose dinner for $35 per person. The regular menu, with Guy’s signature bouillabaisse, also will be available. 4 to 9 p.m. 2515 E. Coast Highway. (714) 675-7411.

For dinner amid English country ambience, try the Summit House in Fullerton, where the menu will include fresh fish, rack of lamb, duck and--of course--prime rib with Yorkshire pudding. A la carte entrees: $14.95 to 22.95. Carolers will stroll the restaurant from 6 to 8 p.m., and there will be entertainment in the lounge from 7 till 11. Dinner will be served from 5 to 9:30. 2000 E. Bastanchury Road. (714) 671-4111.

The All-American Boys Chorus will return to the Ritz-Carlton in Dana Point for a Christmas Eve concert and dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the ballroom. The four-course dinner will include roasted turkey with chestnut stuffing and Madeira pepper sauce and a chocolate-raspberry Yule log for dessert. $48 for adults, $24 for children 12 and under. 33533 Ritz-Carlton Drive. (714) 240-2000, Ext. 5008.

CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY

Every year, Gustaf Anders in Santa Ana brings forth a sumptuous traditional Swedish Christmas smorgasbord in the weeks preceding Christmas. For the first time this year, it will continue through Christmas Day, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (On Christmas Eve it will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.) 1651 Sunflower Ave., in the South Coast Plaza Village mall. (714) 668-1737.

CHRISTMAS DAY

In Cafe Fleuri at Le Meridien Newport Beach, French champagne and homemade eggnog will flow during a holiday brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. $30 per adult, $16 for children 6 to 12. 4500 MacArthur Blvd. (714) 476-2001.

There’ll be a “Snow White Christmas” at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim from 12 noon to 7 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom, complete with Snow White, all seven dwarfs and a buffet. $34.50 for adults, $12.50 for children 3 to 11, $3 for those 2 and under. (714) 956-6413. Or, if you’d like a whole, family-style, carve-your-own turkey with trimmings, head for the hotel’s Caffe Villa Verde between 1 and 9 p.m. $19.95 per adult, $9.95 for each child 12 and under. (714) 956-6403. 1150 W. Cerritos Ave., Anaheim.

The Cottage in Laguna Beach will serve entrees varying from vegetarian acorn squash stuffed with wild rice to roast turkey, leg of lamb and prime rib. Full dinner prices range from $9.95 to $14.95; children’s portions of turkey and lamb are $8.95 and $9.95. Desserts include cheese cake and hot apple pie with brandy sauce. 3 to 9 p.m. 308 N. Coast Highway. (714) 494-3023.