New Year's Eve is the perfect time to throw a party --everyone is in a festive mood, looking to mark the end of the year and to kick-off the new one with a bang.

And if you want to throw a truly memorable bash, here is Dame Barbara Cartland's guide to social etiquette, written 50 years ago, that provides a few things you can do to make sure your guests have the best time and your party goes without a hitch.

Cartland, who died 10 years ago aged 98, explains how to throw the perfect New Year's Eve partyu00a0-- and how to be a star guest, reports the Daily Mail.