Taking the headache out of party season

Follow the survival strategies outlined here and you’ll enjoy a Christmas and New Year hangover-free, while keeping additional calories to a minimum.

CHRISTMAS is coming with its whirlwind of parties and late nights. Some of you are thrilled with the thought of what’s to come but others are dreading the inevitable hangovers.

Is this really all there is to look forward to? A festive fortnight of hangovers followed by a January of regret-fuelled abstinence as you try to lose the 2kgs (4.5lbs) most of us gain by eating and drinking too much at Christmas?