The Boozy Bauble

THE BOOZY BAUBLE The Victorians, bless them, hung all manner of edible things from the Christmas tree: sugared plums, gilded walnuts, the occasional heroic orange. We've always felt they stopped just short of genius. Somewhere between the marzipan and the candle wax, nobody thought to hang a proper drink. We've corrected the oversight. Meet the Curatif Boozy Bauble, a handsome little drum dressed in royal blue and scarlet, standing guard over a single can of cocktail with the stiff-backed dignity of his kind. You'll notice he has given up cracking nuts in favour of holding a martini glass. We take this as a sign of excellent judgement, and of a soldier who has finally found his true calling. On the tree. Hang him by his ribbon loop among the baubles and tinsel. He's the only ornament on the branch that gets better once you take it down. For the Kris Kringle. He neatly solves the season's oldest riddle: what to give the colleague you know only by their coffee order. Everyone, it turns out, likes a cocktail and a nutcracker. In the stocking. He slips snugly into the toe, where he has every intention of outranking the traditional mandarin. At Christmas lunch. Set one at each place and let him stand sentry beside the name cards. Come the hour when the pudding arrives and the cricket comes on, your guests will find their reward waiting. A small, festive bit of theatre that makes the season a little more magical, one drop at a time. The details: Each ornament holds one single Curatif can of your choice. Ribbon loop for hanging. A keepsake worth bringing back out every December, long after the cocktail has done its good work.