I don't know about you, but when I think of Christmas parties, I meet warmly with family and close friends. A cozy fire filled with passionate stories. Did we ever actually let a year go by without mentioning "You'll shoot your eye child" from "A Christmas Story.
Or maybe your idea of a Christmas party is like the "Christmas holiday of the National Lampoon"? Okay, maybe not that eventful - but here are some ideas to start your holiday season off right!
Christmas parties are thrown to a wide variety of guests, and each must be considered to be successful. A Christmas party can be for family, friends, office colleagues, or a big joint party. Here are some ideas for various guests
Activity ideas
- Christmas Carol Party. Go caroling in the neighborhood and invite the group to your home later for hot chocolate and desserts.
- Potluck Dinner. Please arrange to bring a dish for everyone to share. This not only makes it easier for you but gets your guests to try new dishes and show off their culinary skills.
- Christmas dinnerware around the world. Do guests bring dishes that reflect their ethnicity and countries of origin?
- Volunteer in a charitable organization. Arrange for your group to collect items needed for donation, such as a hunger center. Go the real reason for the season and give back to the community. Come back to the hosts' house and share your experiences over coffee.
- Holiday lights tour. Enjoy caravans and festive lights and decorations through local neighborhoods.
- Cookie Baking Parties. Take a large group together and bake a storm. Distribute the dessert to each guest so that they each have a variety for their own holiday guests.
- Christmas craft creations. Each guest must be responsible for a craft, including the purchase of supplies. Each guest will know how to do the craft, and the other guests will try to make their own. you have 15 guests, each will go home with 15 new Christmas crafts to decorate their homes.
- The child is friendly. Any Christmas party can cater to children by having a separate area for Christmas videos, crafts, and Shirley temples.
Sport
- Pin Rudolf to the nose
- what's in the bag? Take a bag and place it in Christmas items such as stockings, candy canes, etc. Each guest reaches his or her hand in the bag and must guess the item. The best estimator wins a prize.
- Christmas Trivia. Test your knowledge about popular movies, TV, pop culture, and other general knowledge.
- Christmas Bingo. Create a bingo card with a Christmas related theme in between as a snowman.
- Christmas word scramble. Think of words like reindeer, stockings, etc., and rinse them on a small cardboard page.
- Name that tune. A Christmas CD and the first time to guess correctly wins a prize.
I hope this Christmas party idea helped to spark some fun ideas for your upcoming celebration!
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Dee Scroker has put together hundreds of theme party tips and fun ideas for easy (and budget-conscious!) Party planning.