Making a New Year’s Eve Party Toast

12/09/2007

Christmas has been and gone and you have everything organised for your London New Year’s Eve party. The food is ready, your apartment is decorated and the music is pumping. It has gone midnight and the kissing and celebrating has died down. Then someone yells “Toast, Toast” and everyone looks to you, as the host, for the New Year’s Eve toast. To stop the situation becoming embarrassing get ready for a potential “Toast” moment with these useful tips.

The first thing to remember is to keep your New Year’s Eve party toast short. Make it about the good things to come, keep it positive and thank a few key people.

Ensure that you keep in mind the current circumstances of your family and friends so not to offend them with something you say. If a friend has just lost her job or another friend is going through a divorce make sure what you say lifts their spirits but doesn’t make them feel worse.

Practice what you will say a couple of times so you are comfortable and confident with it. If you are including a joke make sure you know where the punch line is. It is also a good idea to write your speech down on paper even if only in bullet format to remind you as you are speaking.

Try not to include too much humour. Your guests’ drunkenness, worries and fears about the past and the future may not get you the laughs that you are looking for. If you know the joke will work then use it but then move on to the rest of the toast.

If New Year’s Eve party toast doesn’t go to plan, improvise. Go with the flow and wrap it up with a communal thank you.

Keep it short, practice and go with the vibe of your party for a successful London New Year’s Eve party toast.