Picture the room before the guests arrive: a piano, a bass, a saxophone, candles on small tables, snow falling past the window and a tree in the corner. That is the mood of this invitation, and it sets the tone for a grown-up Christmas cocktail party before anyone reads the date.
It works for a holiday party at a bar or a restaurant, a supper club night at home, a company party that wants to feel like an evening out, or a Friendsmas with a playlist of old standards. Name the hosts, give the time window and the address, and add a line about dress if the evening calls for it.
A few ideas to match the card: a signature cocktail with cranberry and bourbon, a jazz playlist from the fifties, a late dessert of chocolate and espresso, and low lamps instead of overhead lights. Send the invitation from your phone and it lands in the chat looking like the night you are planning.
