New Year's resolutions: Germans toast to more time with friends and family

Rotkäppchen-Mumm Trendmonitor: Enjoyment at the end of the year

22-Dec-2023

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Celebrate and enjoy together: In difficult times, community gains in importance. 42% of Germans plan to spend more time with family and friends in 2024. Among Gen Z, as many as 55% make this resolution.* This puts their loved ones ahead of the classic New Year's resolutions of doing more sport or advancing their career.

In times of perma-crisis, the value of interpersonal relationships is increasing. This is not only reflected in the resolution to spend more time with friends and family. Small moments are also becoming more important: for 77%, meeting up with friends is a reason to get together. Three quarters of respondents value shared moments of enjoyment, such as a nice meal with selected drinks, as a little break from everyday life.*

"Society wants to counteract the general low mood by spending a lot of time together with loved ones and enjoying convivial gatherings over a nice meal with good drinks," says Christof Queisser, CEO of Rotkäppchen-Mumm. "This need to strengthen interpersonal relationships is also reflected in the growing importance of traditional festivities: For 62 percent, traditions are an important anchor in times of crisis*; their importance has risen by 36 percent since 2021," Queisser continues. One reason for this: Christmas creates a sense of cohesion and community for 74 percent, New Year's Eve for 61 percent*.

Germans' sense of tradition is also reflected in their classic choice of drink: In the run-up to Christmas, people drink mulled wine, at Christmas wine and sparkling wine belong on the festive table and on New Year's Eve they toast with sparkling wine.*

The study:

The "Genusskultur" trend study by Rotkäppchen-Mumm and Trendbüro has been published once a year at the end of 2021 and is dedicated to central questions relating to consumer behavior, preferences and occasions in a changing society. The current focus is on the effects of multiple crises on consumer behavior. The study combines findings from current sources and statistics with a representative survey of 2,000 adult respondents. This year's survey was conducted from 13.10. to 20.10.2023.

* Representative survey by Cint of 2,000 Germans of legal age who regularly consume wine, sparkling wine or spirits. (13.10. to 20.10.2023).

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