It’s coming up to Christmas, and for many of us that means party season is here.

The Primark knitted jumpers with awkward phrases like ‘jingle my bells,’ cheap Prosecco with a strawberry in if we’re feeling fancy, office parties where everyone wakes up with The Fear – it really is the most wonderful time of the year.

Celebrities, too, are gearing up for the festive season, but they’re unlikely to rent out the back room of a pub and splash out on a £100 bar tab – they have the money to go all out, and believe me, they do.

But while they may have the funds, creating awe-inspiring events and experiences for the party often falls to party planner Christopher Mills, who has worked with massively high-profile clients for the best part of 20 years.

With a clientele of ‘millionaires and billionaires,’ Christopher admits it’s ‘quite hard for everyday people to understand’ just what that sort of money opens up in terms of planning a party.

But as they put it: ‘These people love to do these exclusive, exciting things and I get to create these wonderful dreamworlds for them.’

Christopher launched The Events Mill, a private party planning company for the stars, in order to ‘shake the status quo’ with…