pour a drink and walk around like you're visiting zoo exhibits. for me it's like this:

spend some time with the Almost-Able-to-Legally-Drink-So-We-Let-Them group and learn about the latest rapper twitter beefs.

walk over to the Drunk Uncles for some football talk and inside jokes you won't understand.

you can go to the kitchen to hang out with the Aunts while they talk about their latest trip and sample the foods before they're ready.

your other aunt who has two kids can be fun if you like young kids or want to get away from everyone.

or hang out with your cousins closest in age and just drink while not really talking to one another but they're cool so it's nice.

hopefully after dinner Drunk Uncle Joe pulls out the guitar so we can sing some rock songs.

by this point i'm drunk and just want to brag about my children (read: snakes). no one wants to listen so i look at photos of them on my phone while drinking.

we go home.