Drinks at Christmas Party: please share your top tipples with Lidl #SchoolofChristmas: chance to win one of 5 £50 vouchers NOW CLOSED!

[ZaneMumsnet]

Ahead of the festive season the Lidl team at #SchoolofChristmas would love to hear your top tips for tipples at Christmas (either on the day, at a party or for friend/ relations visits etc).

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Do you make a mean cocktail? Get the advocat out or create fun mocktails for the drivers? How about special twists on coffees or a warming hot chocolate after a long walk with family?

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where 5 Mumsnetters will each win a £50 Lidl voucher.

thanks and good luck
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Sherry - tasty and cheap because it's not fashionable.

slow cooker mulled wine yummy!!

I like prosecco and champagne. Mind you I like them any time of the year. My dc like hot chocolate with whipped cream & mini marshmallows.

Hot mulled cider. Get a good cider and put in a pan with cinamon stick, 2 cloves, slices of fresh orange and gently warm through.

I am not a great drinker but we always have Port, Champagne, Pimms (well Jeeves actually) over the Christmas period. I provide lots of fresh drinks from carbonated water, juices, tomato juice, hot chocolate etc

We don't really drink very much anymore, but I can never say no to a glass of mulled wine!

We always get Babycham - a family tradition passed down from my parents. It always reminds me of them and it is cheap but cheery

Coffee with baileys! Always an after dinner winner!

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Generous measure of spiced rum. One part apple juice one part ginger beer or ginger ale depending how much of a kick you like.

A great tipple is Kir royal a cheap alternative is with Presecco

Pear juice is very popular for those who don't drink alcohol.

If you are worried about getting lot's of different drinks in for people to choose, have a theme so that you only need to buy a few ingredients. Martinis for example, in a couple of flavours. You could make a few pitchers of cocktails, to save keep making individual ones

Vodka and limoncello. Lovely!

Hot chocolate mixed with Baileys, it's so delicious! :)

Cranberry gin fizz is the festive tipple of choice in our house.
15ml of cranberry gin in a champagne flute topped up with prosecco.

Homemade cranberry gin... I used lidl's gin, 300g of cranberries and 200g sugar. All placed in a steralised glass jar, shake daily until the sugar dissolves then twice a week for three weeks. Strain and bottle.

Mulled Wine. Its warming, not that alcoholic, and smells of Christmas

Stire wine, lemonade etc in garage, so always have cold stuff ready

I like to make punch, both alcoholic & non-alcoholic versions

Make a huge punch and have plenty of non alcoholic drinks for the drivers.

Buck's fizz for breakfast on Christmas morning, with smoked salmon and scrambled eggs! The children have orange juice with sparkling water so they don't feel left out.

somethins fizzy for the kids at xmas such as appletizer

love making raspberry prosecco cocktails with pureed raspberries and sugar- yum!

Christmas pudding vodka, you put fruit, spices and some sugar in a bowl then cover in vodka for a week. Then you can drain of the liquid and bottle it and use the fruit for some boozy mincemeat

Amaretto and Coke!! Tastes just like the old fashioned Dr Pepper drink mmmmmmmm

(Retro)

We started to make our own each year and pop them away for Xmas and you can make bottles of wine for around 50p each, we still buy some like Bailey's and Whisky but Martini and wine are so nice to make too