16 Signs You're at a Hipster Holiday Party

A hipster knows the right way to start a party is with shots of Jack Daniel's . . . chased by Pabst.

Any good hipster party comes with plenty of fermented items: beer, artisanal cheese, and sourdough bread are just plain givens.

The Christmas tree is adorned with ironic ornaments, like a slice of pizza or another junk food.

During the Prohibition era, speakeasies served cocktails in teacups. Ultimate hipsters have a mismatched collection to serve up cocktails.

If you're being served a French 75, Tuxedo #2, or bourbon old fashioned, you're at a hipster party.

"Pass the duck prosciutto" is not an uncommon request at a hipster party.

A hipster needs only the slightest excuse to whip out a chalkboard, whether it's to share the cocktails being served at a party and the hard-to-pronounce cheeses on the cheese plate or even to display a Christmas countdown.

Hipsters enjoy the opportunity to bust out their copper mug collection to serve ice-cold moscow mules, a vodka-based drink served with ginger beer and fresh lime.

It's no secret that hipsters feel immense pride in growing out elaborate mustaches. A hipster wouldn't bake any old gingerbread man. Instead, you're likely to see mustache cookies.

Once again, a hipster Christmas tree can't be decorated with ordinary sparkly ribbons. A hipstah may throw it back to the '90s and thread popcorn onto string to create a homemade garland. Better yet, the garland may be made of kiddie cereals, and if they're looking to impress, they may thread the mallows only from Lucky Charms cereal.

No guest should go home without a mason jar. Pickles, homemade sriracha, and cookies (along with the recipe) are likely gifts that naturally fit in mason jars.

Pumpkin beer, maple beer, and other festive flavors make beer-loving hipsters extremely hoppy.

The only thing better than receiving a jar of Nutella as a Christmas gift is being gifted with a fun-sized jar of Nutella, whether it's edible or on a chain necklace.

A hot yoddy — a warm, spiced bourbon cocktail — is a hipster's alternative method of consuming bourbon when the weather is way too chilly for an old fashioned.

Hipsters, aka secondhand kings and queens, usually find ugly Christmas sweater gold at resale stores. Why not translate those exceptionally tacky finds into adorable ugly-sweater cookies?

Instant hot cocoa simply won't do. Here's the recipe for a hipster's hot chocolate: 1 cup steamed whole pastured cow's milk (from the farmers market) and 1/4 cup single-origin dark chocolate, stirred together and garnished with a big, fluffy homemade marshmallow cube.