Possible Clues:

• Party for some who may have gone downhill fast
• Winter holiday fun
• Overcoming resistance, sip sake, involved in social occasion
• King and I joining a crowd relaxing after sport
• Social activity following session on the piste
• One needs to iron top half of kilt for socialising later
• There's a sort of party and King in Persia's getting drunk
• Evening activities in, say, Zermatt
• Mountain social
• Nightlife after going on the piste