We are excited to welcome in the colder winter months to wrap up warm and catch up on lost time with friends and family. We are here to help spread festive cheer all throughout Christmas and into the New Year After not being able to meet up with our loved ones last Christmas, the Red Door Gin team is determined to help you make this year perfect.
The Atmosphere
Here are a few ideas to help you set up a cosy Christmas atmosphere at home this year for your friends and family to enjoy…
Decorating the Christmas Tree
Whether you have a real or artificial Christmas tree its always exciting putting up the Christmas decorations. This year it could be the perfect opportunity to get your friends and family together to help decorate the tree and to get into some Christmas spirit.
If you are feeling creative why not try creating your own Christmas decorations this year, with upcycling old material you have lying around the house. This can also be a great way to get the whole family involved!
Create a Christmas centrepiece
Holiday centrepiece decorations are a great way to wow your guests if you are having family and friend gatherings over the Christmas period. Upcycle pinecones and green foliage with a light frosting of artificial snow. You could even use cranberries, baubles…not forgetting the candles.
Upcycling a Red Door Gin bottle is also a fantastic idea for a centrepiece, the trick is to add fairy lights into the bottle to add to that Christmas feel.
The drinks
Christmas wouldn’t be complete without the drink’s selection! Thinking of cocktails to create that are going to wow your guests can be a challenge, but don’t worry here at Red Door Gin we have you covered to help you can have the perfect Christmas, catching up with loved ones this year!
Why not try creating some of our signature serves whilst using the base of our Red Door Winter botanicals which combines festive flavours such as allspice and sultanas with the signature notes from our classic gin, such as sea buckthorn.
Red Door Gingerbread White Russian
Try Red Door’s festive twist on the classic White Russian cocktail by adding the warmth of lightly spiced gingerbread syrup to creamy coffee flavours.
Red Door Rossini
Our pretty Red Door Rossini combines fresh strawberries with Prosecco for a sparkling Christmas cocktail.
Red Door Snowball
Our Red Door take on this classic Christmas cocktail, with rich, creamy Advocaat balanced with fresh lime juice and topped with cloudy lemonade, is always in style.
Fancy trying your hand at making these cocktails? Click here to find out more about Red Door with Winter Botanicals.
Christmas Wreaths
Who doesn’t love a door wreath, especially at Christmas! Over the weeks why not start collecting wreath making supplies, this could be parts of fallen shrub and sticks when out on your winter walks with family and friends. You could also visit your local garden centre of craft store for supplies. A grapevine wreath is a Christmas classic, and the sturdiest too.
Entwined with bundles of twigs it creates a natural charm holiday feel. By adding twigs, juniper sprigs, eucalyptus pods to the base of the wreath with wire topped with snowberries this will impress your guests.
Create Christmas games at home
Bring your family and friends together this Christmas for a well-deserved catch up. Gather everyone together to play charades and why not pull together a quiz!
Cocktail Masterclass
Bring the cocktail masterclass home this year. Creating a cocktail masterclass from the comfort of your own home is a perfect way to reconnect this Christmas. Pick out some of your favourite Red Door signature serves and get creative! Try experimenting with different tonic waters and mixers, garnishing cocktails with different fruits! The more creative the better.
Keep an eye out on our social media platforms as we will be sharing cocktails every Friday that you could include in your cocktail masterclass. Don’t forget to tag us in your cocktail creations!
Red Door Orange and Cardamon Martini
Notes of Christmas spices with aromatic cardamom and bitter sweet orange marmalade come together in our deliciously decadent martini.
Red Snapper
Tall and refreshing, spicy and savoury, our Red Snapper combines tomato juice, Worcester sauce and a dash of fiery Tabasco to taste, for the perfect festive brunch cocktail.
Red Door Apple and Cinnamon Martini
Cinnamon syrup joins cloudy apple juice and fresh lime for our Red Door festive martini with a deliciously spicy kick.
Fancy trying your hand at making these cocktails? Click here to find out more about Red Door with Winter Botanicals.
The Food
Fancy a Christmas bake off amongst friends and family this festive season? Here are a few ideas to help get the competition going at home.
Mince Pie Bake-off
Who can bake the best mince pie from scratch? The festive period always includes mince pies so why not try baking your own mince pies at home. You can bring your friends and family together to taste all the mince pies and crown the best mince pie baker!
Build a gingerbread house
Although many shops now stock gingerbread house kits, why not try creating a gingerbread house from scratch, start by getting a simple gingerbread recipe and cutting out all the shapes you would like to build your house together, ensure you have thick icing to ensure the house will be stuck together well! Building a gingerbread house is always fun and a great activity to do with friends and family, especially if there is a prize at stake for the best gingerbread house building!
Baking Christmas cookies and cakes
Everyone likes Christmas cookies and cakes so why not treat your friends and family to some fresh home bakes this holiday season. Encourage your family to get involved with baking and decorating those Christmas goodies. Invite your friends and family over for a well needed catch up over your selection of bakes.
Don’t forget to tag us in your Christmas catch up photos on social media using the hashtag #RedDoorMoments
Open, serve and share the good times
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