Here’s the problem: Your parents have just become missionaries and are on some remote island for the holidays. Or you’re Jewish/Buddhist/non-religious and don’t do the traditional Christmas dinner. Or you just don’t feel like eating with the feuding family, and would rather be waited on hand and foot. But where, praytell, can you go on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve to get good food?

DCist has good news and bad news. The good news: there are several options open for you beyond the usual fallbacks. The bad news: you have to act fast. And when we say fast, we mean right now. Skim over the options we provide you and get on the phone — unlike shopping for presents, this is not something you should procrastinate on!