Small wedding reception ideas?

You might be able to book out a small restaurant?

I wouldnt hang around as places might be booked for Christmas but you might be lucky in that its so close, people may not have booked IYSWIM?

Booking out a small restaurant is a great idea, or a pub function room would also be good. Why do you not want to go back to your parents? If there will be space for everyone it might be a really good option- if budget allows you could get caterers in, or do food that could all be prepared in advance. You could have a lot of fun decorating the place exactly as you want it.

You could hire a small function, village hall or conference room somewhere. Maybe they will let you do your own catering to keep costs low. Some golf clubs have smaller rooms that may not be in use at that time of year....x

We're having a very small reception too (ours is abroad) and we will either be going to a restaurant and asking if they can push some tables together on one side of the restaurant or our other option is to have everyone back to the villa where we are staying, we haven't decided yet.?

An awful lot of restaurants have private dining areas which will often seat 20. We were contemplating that at one point and I know in Belfast we had a lot of choice. Just google "private dining" and your city.