No need for festive stress: just stock up the fridge and cupboard with stuff you know people will like
How do you feel about entertaining? I have a few friends who love it. For them, it’s an opportunity to tidy the house, light kitsch candles and remember to bleach their upper lip. Welcoming other people into their home gives them the warm fuzzies.
It gives me the white-hot fear, though. Entertaining often feels like an elaborate performance that I’m either too skint or tired to execute, especially at this time of year. I now understand why so many fall short in that segment on Come Dine With Me when they have to provide “entertainment”. Here, the word is used to denote a specific brand of forced fun that’s always one false move away from a potential hostage situation.
Bag-in-box wine is a particularly cost-effective cheat code for lazy hosting
