How To Throw a Christmas Party

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Throw a Christmas party using these tips and show your loved ones how much they mean to you.

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Step 1: Plan
Plan the kind of Christmas party you want to throw: formal or informal, pals or family, with or without kids. Based on the mix, your budget, and the age of the guests, come up with creative ideas that will keep people interacting while they relax.

Step 2: Send invitations
Send personalized invitations, announcing the theme and purpose, and list the date and time. Have fun with it and sign each one "Santa."

Tip
Save money and trouble by raiding the local dollar store for festive flatware, tablecloths, cups, and plates. Find unusual items and dress up your home on the cheap.

Step 3: Decorate
Decorate the house with bright lights and mistletoe; add old-fashioned popcorn strings. Accompany this with special scented candles that might trigger fond memories.

Step 4: Prepare food
Bake gingerbread, shortbread, pumpkin pie, and other aromatic and memory-laden foods for your guests. Lay out finger snacks, cheeses, sweetbreads, cookies, and cakes for nibbling with egg nog.

Step 5: Play music
Play Christmas music and hand out song sheets for a sing-along if you want to get real sentimental. If you serve your guests spiced egg nog, you may get a few to go caroling around the neighborhood.

Step 6: Plan games
Stage Christmas games, like Pictionary Carols or Pin the Nose on Rudolph. Have a gag gift exchange to get everyone involved.

Step 7: Tell stories
Tell stories by the fireplace if you have one, especially if the guests have a common past to share.

Step 8: Film
Film the party if no one minds, for posterity and perhaps evidence. This is a sacred time to give thanks for one another and to share memories. And of course, to eat until you explode.

Did You Know?
It is believed that Saint Nicholas, the inspiration for Santa Claus, was born sometime around 280 C.E. in Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey.

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[princedarkus1]

Wait, if kids are watching this, u want to get AWAY from a christmas party because all of your relitives come and pinch your cheeks and kiss you wih giant beards and say  'look how much you've grown"

[TheChocorooms]

I should invite my Jewish friends

[IVANx830]

Gayest party ever -__-

[EricDanYoSho]

hey checkout the new cat vid! way better then the tredmill cat vid!

[cfrology]

way to not give any ideas

[yanlay101]

That party looked a bit, boring...

[Sebastian Tamez]

15 people don't believe in God...:/

[VelaToNorma7]

I love how stupid assholes rush the holidays. You can all fucking die.

[sickindamind1]

Not to sound mean or anything, but I think this is more for white people lol.

Im Mexican all we need is some beer, tequila, tamales, chaporrado, tequila, a few bootlegged movies, if we are playing games we bust out the Loteria and the beans to keep track of that shit lol....did i mention beer and tequila? Ok. We are set. lol

[xAo2xSmurf]

You put up a tree and get booze and some smokes. There ya go.