Munch the movies at Christmas: hosting a dinner party movie screening

Ever watched a (Christmas) movie and thought, damn that looks tasty... 

... I'll have what she's having?

Well now, you can

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Welcome to this festive edition of our series DINNER AND A MOVIE. In this series, we show you an array of recipes to eat along with your favourite characters, as you host epic dinner party movie screenings. With timecodes to remind you when to serve each dish, and table dressing ideas to set the scene, you can create an immersive cinematic experience at home.

This festive season, we are celebrating all the culinary delights on offer in the ultimate chrimbo classic HOME ALONE. If your palette is akin to that of a 8 year old boy then goodness do we have some treats in store for you... Get ready to carb load this Christmas!

You can find the written recipes here, but if you haven’t watched the episode yet, go show it some love here.

Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

THE TABLE:

A few nods to the movie mixed with some festive touches make for a superbly immersive and dramatic setting for your cinematic dinner. We're most proud of our doodled Home Alone tablecloth, an homage to Kevin's 'Battle Plan'. It's an inexpensive and fun ode the film, and it doesn't matter how bad you are at drawing, thankfully it's actually meant to look like an 8 year old did it.

We drew on this tablecloth with these pens to create the Battle Plan for our dinner.

To serve up our starter, we made 'Little Neros' stickers for these mini pizza boxes

Toy soldiers: Kevin's weapon of choice is our decoration of choice

These napkins celebrate Kevin's love of all things tartan. Alternatively, you could just wear your PJs.

 THE MENU    

STARTER

Make both yours and Kevin's dreams come true with a lovely cheese pizza just for one. We've scaled down to little pies for starter size and recommend serving in little pizza boxes because.... well, it's just cute as hell.

LITTLE NERO'S CHEESE PIZZA  

Served at 9 mins

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SNACKETY SNACK

Kevin knows you can't watch a good movie without the salty, crunchy hit of a good bowl of crisps (read chips on Kevin's side of the pond) and making your own is both the ultimate flex and easier than you might think. Winner.  

BBQ CRISPS 

Served at 23 mins 35 secs

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FISH COURSE

The McCallisters know that every sophisticated dinner party should have a  fish course, and their shrimp cocktail is simple, impressive and has just the right dose of nostalgia. 

SHRIMP COCKTAIL

Served at 46 mins 25 secs

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MAIN COURSE

If Kevin's beloved boxed mac and cheese doesn't quite do it for you, then our indulgent home made version is just the level up that you're looking for. 
Get your camera ready for this cheese pull...

MAC AND CHEESE 

Served at 1 hour 16 mins

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DESSERT

An ice cream sundae bar is (literally) the cherry on top of this menu and despite what the name suggests, is suitable for any day of the week.

ICE CREAM SUNDAE

Served at... when you fancy!

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