Christmas party planner
Plan Christmas so the drinks feel seasonal, not overworked.
Use Christmas for character, then keep the service practical. Choose one or two flavour-led heroes, make alcohol-free choices feel equally deliberate, and let the rest of the bar stay easy to understand.
Seasonal moment carried into the plan
Christmas
Keep Christmas as the thread through the quantities, pairings, alcohol-free choices and serving plan.
Live party planner
Put some numbers around the night.
Change the guest count, duration and budget. We’ll turn that into a conservative stock estimate and a practical service shape for this kind of occasion.
1 bottle
Approx. six small glasses per 75cl bottle.
2 bottles
Approx. six 125ml glasses per 75cl bottle.
5
Individual bottles or cans in the suggested mix.
1 bottle
7 cocktail serves in the mix; base bottle estimate assumes roughly 50ml spirit per serve.
13 serves
Includes deliberate AF provision plus some extra choice for the whole group.
15L / 4kg
A practical minimum starting point; warm weather usually needs more.
The mix is tailored to a christmas / seasonal and is meant as a starting point. Swap categories freely: fewer cocktails and more wine, more alcohol-free, or no fizz at all.
Turn the plan into a basket
You have the quantities. Now choose what fills them.
Choose the bottles, cans and alcohol-free options that match the quantities above, then keep them together in your Sipping Basket.
A shape that works
Give the evening a beginning, middle and finish.
Welcome
Give the season one obvious signature: fizz, punch, spritz or a warming serve.
Food
Use flexible bottles that can cope with mixed party food rather than chasing every dish.
Later
Shift naturally toward coffee, chocolate, digestifs or something warm if the occasion suits it.
What matters most
Choose one seasonal hero serve.
Plan for mixed food and mixed tastes.
Use garnish, glassware and temperature to make simple drinks feel festive.
Build the interesting bits
Take the plan into the rest of Sipping.
Back to Christmas
Return to the curated drinks, pairings and seasonal ideas that started this plan.
ExploreChoose the hero cocktail
Pick one memorable serve, then make the rest of the drinks easier to manage.
ExploreBuild the food pairings
Carry the same seasonal flavour cues into chocolate, bakes, snacks and the rest of the table.
ExploreHosting checklist
Make the practical bits disappear before guests arrive.
0 of 6 ready. Tick them off as you plan.