The holiday season is a time of year when you spend your evenings hopping from one party to the next. Be it a gathering of friends and family or just the annual holiday office party, get-togethers seem to dictate everyone's social schedule come the end of the year. Chances are you're even hosting your own party this season. If that's the case, worry not, as here are some helpful tips that should help make your holiday gathering one of the most memorable.
1. Create a theme. Get guests excited by creating a theme that promises fun. Decorate your home around a favorite holiday movie, or have friends and family dress as their favorite holiday personalities.
2. Give beverages a boost. Stock your bar with wine, beer and spirits. Keep the offering simple yet with enough variety to satisfy non-drinkers. In addition, add some fun by creating personalized name tags or charms for your guests' wineglasses and beer mugs.
3. Set the mood. Use candles and twinkling strings of lights to help set the holiday mood. Make a CD of classic holiday music, or ask guests to share their iPod playlists.
4. Generate conversation starters. Write down questions or interesting holiday facts on 3-by-5 index cards and place them in conspicuous locations.
5. Cook up some entertaining munchies. Theme your munchies to look like holiday decorations. Star-shaped sugar cookies or cheese and crackers decorated with sliced red and green peppers are festive treats.
6. Make a local charity part of the party. Remember those in need - like victims of hurricane Katrina - and ask guests to bring a small item for donation.
7. Take photos. Put out your digital camera and photo printer and have your guests start taking photos. You can award little prizes for the funniest photos taken throughout the evening.
8. Plan an activity. Give a themed goodie (like a wine charm) with a guest's name on it to each person upon arrival. In order to have a drink, each guest must find the person named and introduce him or herself. This is a fun way for people to get to know one another.
9. Make your own dessert. Let your guests be dessert chefs. Set out an ice- cream sundae station, chocolate fondue, or have guests add their own finishing touches to cupcakes.
10. Play a board game. Pick a game that is designed to create conversation or one that keeps sports fans entertained during hours of pre-game hoopla. A board game like the ESPN All Sports Trivia Challenge is a good one. It's an exciting and unpredictable game that offers sports fans of all ages challenging head-to-head competition. Fun team play and media/movies trivia can even get non-sports fans in on the action. Available at Barnes & Noble, Dick's Sporting Goods, Champs Sports, JC Penney and www.usaopoly.com.
Following some of these tips will ensure a memorable holiday get-together filled with laughter and good times for family and friends.
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