`Noon Year’s Eve': toasting the new year before midnight
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One way to combine a glittery New Year's Eve vibe with a daytime feel is by holding a British-style high tea party, suggests Maria Lucia, a designer and stylist with the online service Decorist. New York wedding and events planner Marcy Blum suggests collecting New Year's resolutions from everyone on pieces of paper, putting them in a bowl, and then reading them one by one, guessing whose is whose. EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY “A daytime NYE party should still feel special and festive,” says Greg Lofts, deputy food editor for Martha Stewart Living. “For a quick and easy idea," he says, "brew and chill hibiscus tea, then combine over ice with a squeeze of lime and high quality ginger beer.” Blum suggests Bloody Marys for a noon fete, in Mason-style jars.