I grew up in Southern Maine and tourtieres were like the Franco-American fruit cake. Everyone had one; everyone made or gave several; but the difference is that people ate them! My hometown is very Franco-American, so this was a norm for us...
Hubby's family is Greek, so we often have Greek-style cookies and pastries at Christmas. We make a kick-butt baklava and get requests each year for it.
My family is about as Anglo as they come... we have a rib roast, plum pudding (which is to die for with a lemon curd sauce), and sometime Yorkshire pudding, if there's enough fat on the roast to make one. (Brits love their fat; plum pudding is made with suet!) My mother even has the proper mold for making a plum pudding...
Your post has inspired me to make a tourtiere today... hmmmm.....