Admittedly, there could sometimes be a little less alcohol on the holidays. This feeling creeps up on you at the latest when grandpa and granddaughter, tipsy on eggnog, start arguing about political issues under the Christmas tree. But it’s like all things that also have negative sides: it’s all about the right dose and enjoyment.
So why not have really good drinks when Christmas music is playing on the turntable? The book “A Booze & Vinyl Christmas: Merry Music-and-Drink Pairings to Celebrate the Season” relies entirely on an exquisite combination of these two areas, where you can go wrong with bad taste.
Christmas with good drinks: “A Booze & Vinyl Christmas”
It contains sometimes iconic, sometimes seemingly teasing Christmas albums from the 1940s to the present. Each entry includes notes on the album and instructions for alcoholic beverages that complement the music or connect the drink with the musician (before you ask: there are more connections than you think!). So that it’s not just a glass, there are also selected recipes for holiday dishes.
This Best of Drink includes recommendations for records by, among others, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Justin Bieber, Gwen Stefani, Dolly Parton, Bing Crosby, Vince Guaraldi, Barbara Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Michael Bublé and John Legend.
In this way, you might be able to persuade one or the other to listen to something other than “Last Christmas” or let the mulled wine cool down for something of a higher quality. With that in mind: cheers!