Originally Posted by
loulou1981 
It will feel alien to me to cook that sort of meal with no red wine in hand melting away the anxieties.
From one cook to another loulou1981, you'll cook a much finer meal without that red wine, you'll taste it and enjoy it for the first time in years. And you'll wake up on Boxing Day ready to enjoy that.
Get yourself a fabulously expensive bottle of mineral water -- I love Norwegian! -- and some limes or lemons. Find a beautiful glass and enjoy.