A real cocktail party with fancy appetizers, not dinner. We offer wine, champagne, some beer (but they must drink it from a glass lol) and at least 3 batched cocktail choices. I sometimes take a classic cocktail but give it a holiday themed name.
Grinch-tini: a sour apple martini with a cherry (Grinch’s heart)
Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow: a Pisco Sour, which is very frothy (snow) and has a dropper of bitters on top ( use your imagination)
I try and switch things up but now people get upset if I don’t have past ones.