Christmas lunch, with the city drifting past.

There’s a certain kind of Christmas Day host who would rather be a guest. On 25 December, Elizabeth Anne sails twice — a lunch cruise and a sunset cruise — with gourmet Christmas canapés served roaming, and not a single dish waiting in anyone’s sink.

The saloon settles your family into restored leather and polished teak; the deck offers the river in midsummer light. The crew does the rest, as they do every other day of the year.