<p>I hope you can find something already made. I don’t think of cherry pie as a Christmas dessert. I usually make an apple/cranberry/currant pie with brandy in the filling, a huge amount of filling, in a large pie plate, and mound the filling up so that the top crust is really high. Maybe you could ask for something more seasonal, like pumpkin? I made a great pumpkin pie after Thanksgiving, with coconut milk instead of evaporated milk, and it was great except that I’d left out the sugar by mistake!</p>