What is Cardiff’s favourite Christmas tipple?

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Christmas around Wales often centres around having a drink with friends and family, for better or worse, Wales loves a Christmas tipple. From a classic bailey’s to a pina colada, we’ve all got our personal favourites, so we find out what Cardiff enjoys over christmas, and whether the drinking might all be a bit much this time of year.

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00:00 I love a bit of mulled wine.

00:04 Absolutely love a glass of mulled wine.

00:07 So yeah, that's my go-to.

00:09 I take it after my mum, I drink a lot of gin.

00:11 It'll be whatever we've got, whatever fancy thing I've found and brought back.

00:15 So when it's with the family, when we're eating for Christmas dinner,

00:20 we do schlö, it's not even a drink, it's not even an alcohol to be fair.

00:25 It's just our thing that we've had every year.

00:29 Later on, we might go for the heavier drinks.

00:33 But I'm not really a drinker anymore.

00:36 Celebration involves round drinking.

00:39 Any event involves round drinking.

00:42 I don't drink a massive amount.

00:46 I usually have something like a Baileys or partial to gin and tonic.

00:53 And pina coladas, something like that.

00:56 We only have one or two, we don't go mad.

01:00 We've always got lots of drink, but it never seems to get drunk.

01:04 Well, some of it does.

01:06 The beer.

01:09 Hardly ever really.

01:11 My wife doesn't drink at all.

01:13 I might share a bottle of wine if there's somebody else around who drinks wine.

01:18 But I don't go out of my way.

01:20 I certainly don't buy alcohol from the supermarket for Christmas.

01:23 I might have some mulled wine, I might have a glass of wine, that would be about it.

01:28 Gin or Bacardi.

01:31 And then I'll also have the fruity cider and Guinness.

01:38 Not all in one glass, of course.

01:41 That might be a trial.

01:43 How about you, Paul?

01:45 Cider or whiskey, I suppose.

01:47 Jack, isn't it?

01:49 Jack or...

01:51 With no Coke.

01:53 Why do they put Coke in Jack?

01:57 She's from Ukraine.

02:00 It's orthodox with her.

02:02 7th of January.

02:04 Yeah, champagne in a wine.

02:07 Oh yeah, not since last year.

02:10 I'm a non-alcoholic, I'm a footballer, me, so I say no.

02:15 I'd just stick to the orange juice and maybe stick a rum and Coke in there somewhere.

02:20 I like a bit of AU personally.

02:23 The vodka, the big gold bottle, I think it's lovely.

02:27 Good taste, you can have loads of flavours as well.

02:31 It's a big part of Christmas.

02:34 It's good with your meals as well, it's nice to have a little drink with your family and get together.

02:38 Can't forget about the Bugsfish though, that's the fan favourite at the Christmas table.

02:43 Like a baby, yes.

02:45 You wouldn't think of it any other time of the year, but at Christmas time, yes, you do.

02:51 So, yes, maybe, but I could finish a bottle because you feel as if you're not drinking really.

03:00 That's the downside of it.

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