How to throw an amazing Christmas drinks and nibbles party (2024)

It is perfectly acceptable to ask guests to bring a bottle, but ensure you have a good selection of spirits – gin, vodka and rum are most popular – plus some soft drinks and mixers such as fruit juice, tonic, lemonade and cola. A few bottles of fizz plus red and white wine would also get the party going - supermarkets offer some very good deals by the case in December.

co*cktails are another hit at parties, but can be time consuming to make. Either ask someone to be “bartender” for the night, or make up larger batches and keep them in the fridge ready.

Rich Woods, aka The co*cktail guy has put his own twist on two classic co*cktails using Kikkoman soy sauce! It really works. Why not play a “guess the secret ingredient” game with your guests?