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What's everyone drinking Christmas day

79 replies

solomonsfish85 · 17/12/2019 17:07

What's everyone's tipple this year? And how early do you start..I get caught up in the excitement of xmas and drink a few glasses of chardonnay a bit early! I'd like something different this year!
When do you have a drink on xmas day?
And what is the choice this year
Wine

OP posts:
maddy68 · 17/12/2019 17:10

Champagne all day, then decent gin, or Bailey's at night

recklessgran · 17/12/2019 17:13

Champagne and chocolate biscuits for breakfast. Then more champagne interspersed with soft drinks all day. Tumblers of Baileys on ice and Tia Maria in the evening.

Megan2018 · 17/12/2019 17:17

Baby is EBF so this year will be minimal but I can recommend this - when I’m drinking at Xmas this is the house drink. It’s actually how the baby was conceived Grin. We never bother with the basil though.....

www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/food/recipes/a536565/orange-basil-sparkler-cocktail-recipe/

Renoirsdancer · 17/12/2019 17:19

Champagne and then a nice white with dinner, probably a muscadet. Gonna try and take it steady this year though after getting a bit carried away a couple of years ago Grin

redexpat · 17/12/2019 17:20

Prosecco or champagne or asti martini or cava. Im a lightweight so need to pace myself. I start when I start prepping the turkey. We eat in the evening of xmas eve so just after lunch.

RuggyPeg · 17/12/2019 17:20

Bucks fizz for breakfast, wine and Cinzano for the rest of the day!!! Will likely be passed out by 7pm!!

lazylinguist · 17/12/2019 17:20

Champagne, white wine and gin and tonic, I expect. Beer on Boxing Day. I can't drink red wine or fortified wines and I don't like Bailey's or any other sweet drinks really.

Renoirsdancer · 17/12/2019 17:20

(DH was ill and I was three quarters of the way down a bottle of champagne when the in laws arrived Xmas Blush)

MrsMoggy · 17/12/2019 17:21

Snowball before church with my mum and Nan Grin then more snowballs, Prosecco and baileys throughout the day

winterinmadeira · 17/12/2019 17:22

Vodka and tonic early followed by champagne and Prosecco with lunch then an Irish coffee post lunch. More champagne and Prosecco in the evening.

SeaViewBliss · 17/12/2019 17:23

Parma Violet Gin spritzer - made with prosecco and a touch of lemonade.

Horribly cliche 'trendy' I know but so good!

Cruddles · 17/12/2019 17:23

Bucks fizz for breakfast, sparkling red wine, beer, more wine during the day, Bailey's and Port in the evening

SnorkMaiden81 · 17/12/2019 17:24

Buck's Fizz for breakfast.
Martini Rosso over ice.
Gin & Elderflower spritz.

AdaColeman · 17/12/2019 17:24

I'll probably have a champagne cocktail about 11am, then later when I'm cooking and having aperos, I'll have a Lillet or Campari.
In the evening, I'll have something like a coffee liqueur or creme de menthe over ice.

ThatsMySantaHisBeardIsSoFluffy · 17/12/2019 17:24

A fair mix, probably.

We have cranberry and clementine Buck's Fizz for breakfast. Then there's a variety of wines as well as the ingredients for woo woos and Bailey's.

It'll be slow and steady though!

SnorkMaiden81 · 17/12/2019 17:24

(And probably a Cherry B, because ya know, Christmas)

Bananasandchocolatecustard · 17/12/2019 17:26

Tea for me.

DartmoorChef · 17/12/2019 17:27

Tea or coffee... Until about 8pm. I'm working all day.. Then whatever father Christmas has got me... 😂 Usually a posh bottle of whisky or gin.

inwood · 17/12/2019 17:28

Cava, wine with lunch, gin cocktails.

Blinkme · 17/12/2019 17:29

Soft drinks for me, I'll have a good few joints throughout the day though whilst watching the rest of the family drink too much and fall out.

WhatsNextMrsLandingham · 17/12/2019 17:32

Water. I'm sober and don't really like the Shloer type drinks I'm offered at the in-laws (where we go on Christmas day every year) and the in-laws look at me like I've asked to piss on the turkey if I have more than one glass of diet coke so I just stick with tap water.

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 17/12/2019 17:34

A white wine with Christmas lunch

Baileys or red wine at night

YouBoggleMyMind · 17/12/2019 17:34

Bucks Fizz, Sherry, Red wine, Port and then beer. Maybe prosecco too...

PrincessHoneysuckle · 17/12/2019 17:36

Peaked too soon on the Rose champagne last year so this year it will be 1 glass with Christmas dinner then wine at night

Livebythecoast · 17/12/2019 17:45

I will have a white wine with dinner and a few Bailey's in the evening.
I'm doing' dry January ' next year. I've thought that every year but never told anyone hence never actually did it! This year I've told anyone who brushes past me that I'm doing it so I absolutely will do it Xmas Smile