That sounds like something that works best in company? Or can you also enjoy them alone, and if so, would you enjoy them that way if you'd never earlier perform

That sounds like something that works best in company? Or can you also enjoy them alone, and if so, would you enjoy them that way if you'd never earlier performed that observance in company? For me, of a perforce-alone evening I can sometimes toast myself with: "nur ein Schwein trinkt allein" (only a pig drinks alone), but it's in memory of times the blessing was conjoint, so joyous not melancholic.