How Much Alcohol Do You Buy At Xmas

[mozzman]

its my favourite time of year and i am stocking up with all sorts of alcoholic beverages i tend to buy lots of variety ranging from beer to cocktails,i have a full house on 25th and 26th of december plus people are always dropping in to have a christmas drink to be sociable yeah right.the wife thinks i spend too much on alcohol and i should cut it down(she did not mean in the pub pheew )she means at home,i rarely drink much during the week as my buisness dictates that,but i give myself 10 days off at xmas and give it the large one so to sum up i spend around £650 each year is this too much or is she a unreasonable i don't drink it all all though i maybe the main culprit.how much do you spend

 

[shellbell]

We usualy get a few bottles of Malibu, a couple bottles of cinzano, some Asti, Blu bols and some beers. Thats for Myself, DH, Mil and FIl. We also have wine too. I think most people go over board at christmas

 

[mandymouse]

Contrary to popular belief, I actually don't drink at home. We always buy a few bottles of Asti Martini for Christmas dinner, I'll get some Bacardi Breezers in and some cans of lager, but other than that, I prefer to drink when I go out, and I know that I've got a bottle of Bailey's in my cupboard that hasn't been opened yet

 

[mark&sue]

We have a transit van for this time of year!


Susan

 

[wideeyes]

Hi we usually just have 5 bottles of champagne, and a couple of bottles of wine for when my sister is over. I love champagne so would rather have a few bottle of it than tons of wine..

 

[angel659]

Hi

We dont spend much these days since I started working at the hospital. I am off xmas eve and xmas day this yr so I think we might buy more this yr. My dh always has his couple of crates of beer and I normally have a bottle of baileys. This yr will def extend the alcohol shopping trip

 

[Graeme]

I don't tend to buy any because It's my Birthday!!
on Christmas Eve and everyone buys it for me.

Unfortunately it means I have an epic hangover on Christmas Day and this year I'll be up to my knees in horse muck by eight in the morning because it's my turn to feed!!

 

[natalielongstaff]

we buy wine berr and baileys but not in huge quantaties

 

[mandymouse]

we buy wine berr and baileys but not in huge quantaties

Yeah, if you say so Nat

Only joking !!

 

[gilld]

We don't buy any alcohol for ourselves at Christmas as we keep a decent store of wine and spirits with a few bottles of champagne anyway. But like Mandy, apart from the odd glass of champagne or wine, we rarely drink at home - unless we are entertaining.

So for Christmas, we only buy for our annual drinks party - about £100.

 

[natalielongstaff]

Yeah, if you say so Nat

Only joking !!

what can i say

 

[CustardTart]

I buy a case of decent champagne as that's my fave drink and a case of cheap fizz as we have a tradition of making a different champagne-based Christmas Cocktail each year. We've already bought the wine as we had an opportunity to buy some tasty tipple at a dinner we went to. Most of it's supposed to be gifts for DH's colleagues but there's a case or two left...

 

[Minniespal]

We usually keep wine and chmpage in the house during the year anyway. We do tend to buy a few more bottles of champage and some extra alcohol for the visitors

 

[ariel75]

We go to my dads and stay over night and we go through loads we all buy a crate each and a couple of bottles of wine and a nice cava boxing day is usually a wash out with nobody dressed before 3pm so yeah we buy quite a lot (all put together) but i would agree with your wife £650 is a bit too much.

 

[Claire L]

Buy no more than we would usually do. To be honest most Christmases we used to work so left little time for drinking.

Claire

 

[TotallyAngelic]

I don't think we spend quite that much...perhaps if you take the zero off the end it would be more realistic for us! We tend to buy a few nice bottles of wine for meals and evening drinks, and if we have a drinks party (always dependent on work shifts) we will buy more wine and beer and thats about it. We don't really drink at home, unless with a meal anyway, and we don't drink spirits. I do enjoy cocktails but only in the appropriate climate!!!

 

[Laurafoster]

It depends on how many people you mean by a full house!

We dont tend to buy much alcohol throughout the year as we tend to go over the Calais once or twice a year and stock up then - we went just a few weeks ago.

We usually have a full house on xmas day, 14 Adults so we do spend quite a bit over Christmas Day, Boxing Day and NYE when we tend to have even more people round.

 

[carolfoy]

I don't spend much at all on alcohol for in the house, usually I have a bottle of Lanson black label for xmas day dinner, and probably one or two bottles of red wine to keep on standby, and a bottle of Gin, I find I spend more on going out than staying in

 

[Lizzybear]

Nothing! My mum usually buys me a bottle of something like Archers or Jack Daniels as a mixer and i'll have champagne on Christmas day but I very rarely drink over the year anyway as I don't like alcohol THAT much so don't feel the need to go over the top at Christmas. Food on the other hand..!

 

[Goofyish]

We usually get 6 bottles of our favourite wine, a bottle or 2 of Asti for Christmas Day and Boxing Day, a bottle of Harvey's Bristol Cream and a case of beer. Don't really drink that much, especially at home.