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Hosting from your home:
Entertaining Guests
required by law or rules
Mandatory
(of people) gather or assemble socially or to cooperate.
get together
a drink taken after another of a different kind, typically a nonalcoholic or weak alcoholic drink after a stronger one.
Chaser
to suppress, calm, or put an end to feelings of fear, anxiety, or worry, often by actively pacifying them or taking action to resolve the cause.
quell fears
remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush
Lurking
cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another.
divert