In South Africa, Christmas is celebrated on December 25th, and it is often a time of great feasting and celebration. Traditional South African Christmas dishes include roast turkey with all the trimmings, roast pork with apple sauce, roast lamb with mint sauce, and roast beef with Yorkshire pudding. For dessert, there may be a traditional South African fruit cake or pudding, as well as mince pies and Christmas cookies. There are also many festive sweets and treats unique to South Africa, such as koeksisters (a type of fried dough covered in syrup) and melktert (a sweet milk tart).