{"id":187,"date":"2007-12-09T18:37:41","date_gmt":"2007-12-09T18:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/guide-to-stress-free-christmas-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2007-12-09T18:37:41","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T18:37:41","slug":"guide-to-stress-free-christmas-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/guide-to-stress-free-christmas-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide To Stress Free Christmas Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Guide To Stress Free Christmas Celebrations – as suggested by Bottlegreen Drinks Co<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone is entitled to enjoy Christmas regardless of the running around, party
\npreparations and copious amounts of cooking.<\/em><\/p>\n

To help keep the UK’s hosts and hostesses on track for the festive season,
\nBottlegreen Drinks has compiled a list of helpful hints to ensure that this busy
\nperiod is as stress free as humanly possible.<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Calendar it. Spend time planning in all the family and outside events.<\/p>\n

2. <\/strong>Make a goal, for example decide to complete everything by December 22nd,
\nand stick to it.<\/p>\n

3. <\/strong>Start early, be prepared and buy versatile products, such as those from
\nBottlegreen Drinks that can be used for those unexpected guests.<\/p>\n

4. <\/strong>Determine the holiday budget – set aside a monthly amount and stick to it.<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> Buy, decorate and put up the tree in early December. Get the children
\n involved as it takes the pressure off and keeps them entertained for hours.
\n
\n6. <\/strong>Write and post Christmas cards as far in advance as possible or easier
\nstill – and kinder to the environment – send e-cards and it won’t matter if
\nthese go out on December 23rd.<\/p>\n

7. <\/strong>Create a gift list and to avoid last minute panic shopping stock up on all
\nthat is needed well in advance. Why not try shopping online or via mail order,
\nso that it’s delivered direct to the door.<\/p>\n

8. <\/strong>Plan the food and drink shopping list a month before. Polite guests should
\nrespond two weeks in advance to give the hostess time to prepare. Don’t forget
\nto stock-up on Bottlegreen Drinks products and remember that tin foil always
\nsells out so make sure you have enough to cover that giant turkey.<\/p>\n

9. <\/strong>Check the cutlery as there is nothing worse than not having enough on the
\nmorning that everyone is coming round.<\/p>\n

10. <\/strong>Serve dinner later in the day, so that all of the present opening is out of
\nthe way and it’s not too stressful fitting everything in.
\n
\n11. <\/strong>Break up the chores, do a little at a time and delegate to others in the
\nfamily to share the load.<\/p>\n

12. <\/strong>For those with small children who need occupying, try giving them an early
\nChristmas present or video that they want to see as this will occupy them for a
\ngood hour and a half.<\/p>\n

13. <\/strong>Exercise is a real mood lifter. Take time out and go for a walk as this
\nwill reduce stress hormones and increase endorphins putting the busy hostess in
\n a much more relaxed mood.<\/p>\n

14. <\/strong>Pace yourself so that by the time Christmas Eve comes along “what isn’t
\ndone now, won’t get done”.<\/p>\n

15. <\/strong>Invite party guests to contribute a dish to the Christmas dinner, taking
\nthe pressure off the host \/ hostess and making visitors feel involved.<\/p>\n

16. <\/strong>Budget permitting, hire a cleaning person to come in and give the house a
\nonce over while the host \/ hostess tends to other matters.<\/p>\n

17. <\/strong>Buy a fabulous Christmas party outfit, perform a quick change when
\neverything is ready and wow guests with how great you look.<\/p>\n

18. <\/strong>Remember that not everything has to be perfect.<\/p>\n

19. <\/strong>Don’t drink too much as it will spoil Christmas for you and everyone else.
\nTry out some Bottlegreen Drinks alcohol-free cocktails, so you can still join in
\nthe celebrations.<\/p>\n

20. <\/strong>Make Boxing Day time out. Relax, unwind and go round to someone else’s
\nhouse and let them play hostess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Guide To Stress Free Christmas Celebrations – as suggested by Bottlegreen Drinks Co Everyone is entitled to enjoy Christmas regardless of the running around, party preparations and copious amounts of cooking. To help keep the UK’s hosts and hostesses on track for the festive season, Bottlegreen Drinks has compiled a list of helpful hints read more …<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}