Before the meal, we have a Bloody Mary bar and makings for Mimosas set up. During the meal, we serve water and wine or champagne. After the meal, coffee.

Sometimes we also make iced tea to have during the meal. If so, we will also have lemonade available to make Arnold Palmers out of the iced tea. And vodka, to make John Dalys as a pre-dinner cocktail. Obviously, we don’t fall into the “no alcohol” camp.

Coffee, Tea, Ice Water, Milk for actual dinner, usually. Later with sandwiches...Milk,

Hint, or Diet Coke if anyone wants them...always have ice water available.

Fewer Coffee drinkers anymore... a couple will have Tea.

Hot spiced apple cider before, wine and water at dinner, coffee, tea and port afterwards.

Depends on who is hosting. If the usual family members, champagne before dinner and wine with dinner. Always with ice water and sparkling water for the underage crowd....sodas are not well endorsed in our family. Brandy or other liqueurs after dinner and sometimes an "enhanced" coffee.....which I would prefer to have than a dessert :-)

No alcohol, none of us like the taste.

Sparkling cranberry drinks, mostly

We will sometimes serve wine with dinner but it's not a must. Water and iced tea during the meal. Coffee with dessert.

Red wine (and still water) with a turkey dinner that includes a sausage stuffing and other 'heavy' dishes. Coffee and tea are offered with dessert.

Water and beer mostly. I don't drink beer but all my relatives do. I'm adding some cocktails this year and they may try them.

Coffee with dessert.

Wine, iced tea, water with the meal. Sometimes I add Prosecco with the pre dinner wine or cocktails. DH and our guys like their Blanton’s after and I always have coffee available with dessert.

Craft beer, wine and water. Tea and decaf coffee for after. Wine puts a nice rosy mellow glow on those family dinners that is sometimes needed.

We will have sparkling water and a little bit of pop but no one seems to drink it anymore.

Cranberry juice mixed with ginger ale over ice before the meal and red or white wine with the meal. Depending on who is there, we may have Champagne or some other sparkling white wine. We seldom drink Champagne, but we keep it on hand for certain guests who request it.

Grape juice mixed with mineral water.

Coke or the or the sometimes requested dr. Pepper.

Red wine for brother-in-law when he's here.

Tea and coffee after the meal.

DN and DS still enjoy their soda pop.

Don't like pop at all myself and can't drink it anyway.

DH and I can't drink liquor except for a sip so why bother?

Alcohol drinkers at our gathering prefer the same drink; Hendricks gin with sliced cucumbers, topped with Fever Tree tonic water. We'll be dining downstairs at casino so all before and after consumption will be enjoyed in our rooms or at the Vu Bar.

Water with dinner.

Champagne with hors d'oeuvres. We'll have a few cocktails ready to do, plus the usual assortment of whiskey, gin, vodka, etc. With the meal there is wine, probably a pinot noir with Thanksgiving, though a German Riesling could be good too. A Sauternes with dessert. Coffee with liqueurs, Cognac, armagnac, the usual digestifs, even my great grandfather's beloved Fernet Branca is stocked. There is sparkling water for children.

For the big family gatherings, we serve water, iced tea, sodas and coffee. We've never served alcohol because some family members were/are alcoholics. For our annual holiday dinner party with friends, we serve champagne and open the liquor cabinet so that anyone can make a mixed drink if they want one. For Christmas breakfast, we serve mimosas or bellinis.

Water, lemonade, soda, beer and wine. Coffee or tea after dinner and/or with dessert.

We tend to serve ourselves whatever beverage we want. Everyone that hosts it had a separate fridge just for drinks that is jam packed. I always have diet soda, as do some of the others. That and regular soda or juice for the kids. (Its a holiday, not boot camp. Let them live a little) There is always bottled water,sweet and unsweet tea and beer available too. There is milk, but no one drinks that with the meal past toddler years. (Its the only thing we were allowed to drink with meals as children and I am pretty sure that NONE of us drink it straight anymore. Ick)The only wine that ever appeared was a gift to my parents from someone and it sat there for years until someone finally drank it.

Water and white wine at the meal (Milk for the kids in their wine glass).

It depends on the guests and their preferences.

In laws - Water, milk, hot chocolate, coffee, wine or beer

My family - Water, wine, milk, pre-dinner and after dinner adult beverages

Our friends - Signature cocktails, great wines, spiked eggnog, a nice sherry, cognac or cordial, water and milk.

DH, DS and the grandson always drink milk.

We're pretty much a champagne and wine group.

When visiting others for the holidays, they have included sparkling grape juice for those that are driving or prefer to not drink.

White wine with appetizers. Sometimes champagne if its particularly festive. No one on either side are soda drinkers. Kids always drank water. Main course usually red wine. Some people prefer to stick with white. We always have beer available at get togethers for those who prefer it.

At my parents home wine was always carefully chosen for each course. Before dinner aperitif and after dinner digestif. If it was someone’s birthday it was always celebrated with my mother’s gateau mocha and a champagne toast. Back in the good old days when my father was still around. He loved having company

If you’re coming to dinner at my house you can expect a decent choice of liquor and mixers available, plus wine and beer. Most gravitate towards cocktails before dinner and wine with. Coffee and tea offered with dessert. If I know you don’t drink I’ll try to find out what you like before hand, otherwise you’re with the kids and me looking for whatever happens to be in the fridge. Usually water and cranberry juice.

Only addition for a holiday meal is that my father will make eggnog which is offered (forced?) with Christmas cookies on Christmas Eve.

I generally don’t care for mixed drinks but a good cosmo is ok and back in the old days I remember whiskey sours used to be served.

Sparkling grape juice is what my kids always want, even now that they are grown.

Iced tea, milk or water at my house. I tell DIL's bring sodas or whatever their family wants to drink. We do have beer if anyone wants one, none of us are real wine drinkers. Husband usually chooses milk with his dinners and I do iced tea

I usually get whatever people want. Typically, iced tea, wine, hot tea, coffee

It changes with the year. Now that we are all of age wine/champagne/beer are the usual. Water and coffee as requested. DH is a home brewer so beer is what he brings.

Always good spring water at the start and coffee at the end. Usually tea (or at least boiling water and tea bags) is also available. Most times there are a variety of sodas at the start as well. No one drinks much booze, but it's available for those who want it, but self serve, and no mixers other than the aforementioned water and soda. Occasionally, it's an occasion that calls for some kind of hard punch, like sangria at a garden party or eggnog for New Year's. If so, there will be a non-alcoholic punch as well, not necessarily the same kind. Some holidays call for wine at the table, and we also have grape juice, or maybe apple juice (though that's a different blessing). A few of our usual number like wine and will open a bottle to go with dinner. If there's a kid who wants milk or juice with dinner, it's scrounged up from the kitchen. We have an adult milk drinker as well, but keep the milk in the fridge for him to help himself. We don't do digestifs or dessert wines or hot alcohol drinks. People are driving.

Water is the most consumed of all.

craft beer, wine, water, very little soda... if someone wants something, they bring it, as in whiskey, bourbon etc.... there are so many different tastes, so everyone just brings what they want...

we always do a shot to/for my mom and nephew who passed away recently, this is with crown royal vanilla...(thanksgiving and Christmas)

I do still drink milk, as do the Grandkids, but they like chocolate milk, whereas I take mine "straight". I also have tea, coffee, home pressed apple cider, various soft drinks and sparkling juice. Water from the tap for anyone who wants it. No one in my family drinks beer, my Mother likes red wine but only drinks a single glass in the evenings because "it's good for her heart", none of us drink mixed drinks or other alcohol. If I need extra "cold storage" I have my "second refrigerator", also known as the garage. Here in Michigan that's plenty cold enough to store beverages, sometimes too cold. Then we put them in coolers to keep them from freezing.

Annie

I will have wine and beer available for those that want it. Also unsweetened tea, Cranberry juice, Pom, and some coke or sprite. I drink tea or water usually. Coffee is usually available. If anyone would like to bring their own they are welcome to do so.

At our family holiday dinners there will be a full bar and often a signature cocktail offered...frequently a mimosa. Wine with dinner, usually a choice of a white like a sauvignon blanc and a lighter red perhaps a shiraz. coffee with dessert and of course water glasses. There is always mineral water "con gas" and coke/pepsi and 7 up/sprite for the non imbibers. And sometimes a brandy after dessert and mid football game.

Growing up, before we ate Thanksgiving dinner, Mom would serve some kind of punch over rainbow sherbet. Needless to say, my brother and I slurped ours down - and then didn't really want much dinner. I did not continue that tradition as I wanted people to eat what I worked to make! So we would have juice or (soda)pop or milk with dinner, coffee afterward. Since moving to Alabama, a gallon of Milo's Iced Tea is mandatory.

I forgot, my children adore hot, spiced apple cider at Thanksgiving and in winter in general. Also, of course sparkling cider when they were little.

For Thanksgiving? Wine (red and white), water (still and sparkling). Milk is available but I don’t put it out. Coffee with the pie.

Drinks from the bar before dinner - lots of bourbon drinkers. In winter, I prefer a glass of dry sherry $ dont like holding a cold glass with ice in cold weather, and I could drink ant whiskey “neat” if a gun where put to my head!

With Thanksgiving Turkey, Beaujolais Nouveau is served - perfect with the richness of turkey. With lobster stew dinner champagne before and during the meal. Christmas Eve beef tenderloin means a good red wine. Water goblets are always at each place as well, and children /teens still prefer milk.

Beer and soft drinks are onky served at a very informal cookout. I never serve ice tea. I know - a sacrilege in the south! I used to drink it all the time - leftover from breakfast pot of tea. I no longer make a breakfast pot and don’t like instant.

Usually just water with lemon for the meal, but there's always something else around for those who want it. Milk for the grands. I do make a cran-raspberry mix [ 1/2 and 1/2] with lemon lime soda (7 up, sprite, etc.) 'cocktail' that is popular with all, in a breakfast a tumbler with or without a cube of ice. A tasty palate cleanser of sorts over which we say a prayer and offer cheers, and to safe travels and the like ...

I’m surprised at the number of no-alcohol at festive meals, considering that 70% of adults drink at least occasionally. For the past few days I’ve been trying to think of non-drinkers that I know of, and have only come up with two. My MIL and a former colleague. I don’t drink either but I’d find it unusual to go to someone’s house for dinner and see no alcohol offered.

Before/during/after:

Cocktails, beer, wine, water, coffee. Even the minors don't drink soda or even milk at a festive dinner. just water.

"I’m surprised at the number of no-alcohol at festive meals"

In my family, being a festive meal is not a requirement! Alcohol - typically wine but sometimes beer as well - is a part of any dinner. Don't do many mixed drinks or cocktails but a pitcher of Margaritas often shows up in summer and there is the occasional Scotch drinker that will be accommodated :-)

Breakfast or brunch gatherings usually include Bloody Mary's or mimosas.

No one drinks to excess.

We are a happy family :) LOL!

The little ones at our meals do not drink pop, they are water drinkers. It is either water or iced tea for me.

Sue

We never have alcohol with dinner unless we are eating out or it is a summer BBQ.

Perfect for my family! Sparkling cider!