This post is about some of my top loves 1.
Christmas 2. Fizz and 3. Food, more precisely Christmas canapés. So at the weekend I hosted a little
Christmas soirée and I thought I would share some details on how to throw one
hell of a party.
I wanted the party / soiree if you want to sound
fancy to be quite simple (my house is quite small) with the tree up,
Christmas canapés, festive fizz (maybe a cocktail thrown for good luck)
and some party games, maybe
ending up with another watch of Elf or sing-along with Frozen.
I really wanted to host a Christmas gathering last year but as we had just moved
in, it didn’t really work out. Christmas is the perfect time to throw a party
but you need to be quick with invites as everyone’s diaries fill up fast! As
everyone has lots of events to attend,
why not arrange a drinks party in
your own home, catching up with friends and family over a glass of festive
fizz, such as Mionetto, with
Christmas tunes playing in the background and an array of party food and Christmas canapés from
M&S.
Anyway, hopefully this blog post
will give you a little inspiration if you are planning your own PARTY
1. Décor: The
Christmas tree is up and festive decorations are littering the entire house,
except the front! The neighbours must
think I am boring as their house looks like a spaceship…but little do they know
when you step in the front door it’s like Santa’s grotto! The decorations are
from around 3 years of collecting bits
and pieces from anywhere and everywhere. I always have an annual trip to
Liberty London to pick up a few
more white glass baubles that always look similar to all the ones I brought the
year before, but I just can’t help myself.
I also
needed to carry the Christmas theme through to
the kitchen and as this wasn’t a
swanky all white and marble party, for a bit of fun I got these amazing
Christmas cups with Santa and Rudolph on the front, mixed with a few festive
gold straws. Bonus, they are paper so
no washing up!
One item I HAVE to highlight are these cute stockings that store cutlery
usually if you are having an actual meal but I just couldn’t resist.
2. Drink: Mionetto was the sparkling of choice for this
party. Made in Valdobbiadene in
the heart of the prosecco region in Northern Italy, Mionetto tastes of Golden Delicious
apples with aromatic notes of
honey, black liquorice and acacia blossom. For
a simple yet sophisticated serve simply pour some Mionetto into a chilled flute
and add some hibiscus flowers, but if you’re hosting a Christmas party, why not add
some prosecco glitter to give your fizz
a fun festive twist.
3. Food: Again
with food I kept it simple and easy. I just went to Marks and Spencer’s Food
and got a whole lot of Christmas canapés with
posh crisps with edible stars, pigs in blankets, Hog Roast on mini crackling
plates, a big box of
celebrations and After Eight
mints just to name a few.
4. Entertainment: Pop a Christmas playlist on Spotify
and get the party games started. Some we
played are Pass the Pud (like Pass the Bomb but with a Christmas pudding) and
Gutterhead, similar to Cards
Against Humanity crossed with Pictionary.
I
would love to know if you are hosting any Christmas parties this December and
what you are doing?
This post is in collaboration with Mionetto
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