Christmas Partay

tomylovelyreaders :
Here are some tips for planning out an entertaining christmas party.

1. Set a date preferably a theme for your party. As christmas gets closer, people tend tog get more busy. It is important to choose an early dat eand also having a theme-setting will create excitement.
2. Send out invitations at the start of December. This is if the invites are donethrough e-mailing or telephone. Ensure that it's RSVP, so you  will know how many people to be expected.
3. Plan your menu. Plan your menu several days or a week in advance as it ensures foods served are appropriate for the occasion and leaves much time for entertaining.
4. Decorate and ensure that the guest's area is clean.  Put in a Christmas tree, ornaments, colorful balloons, Christmas banner and party kits for all the guest and a few accompanying chairs.
5. Welcoming guests. Make introductions if your guests are not acquainted with each other and start off the conversation. Delegate sending drinks to one of the guests if he/ she is particularly shy as it is an effective ice-breaker.
6. Choose appropriate music for the occasion according to your preference. Essential to set the mood not too loud as people will want to be able to talk.
7. Exchange Christmas gifts. Christmas gifts exchanging is fun for guests of all ages. You might end up with an unexpected gift.
8. Host games. Lively games are often entertaining and popular. Arrange games according to age group. Popular ones are musical chairs, truth ar dare, card games, pictorial even scribbles.
9. Have fun! Being the host people will be at ease if you are smiling, rellaxed and humorous.Therefore, enjoy yourself and your guests will enjoy too : )

Important tips to remember : )

• During Christmas, ensure the music is lively.
• To have an unforgettable Christmas party, enquire your guests about the food and desserts that they like.
• Make sure guests have drinks.
• Decorations are important to enhance the atmosphere. At the same time, it shouldn't be too $$$.
• To make it more interesting, hide a few Christmas toys to entertain children.
• The more, the merrier doesn't always hold true as the room size, amount of food and the number of people need to be taken into consideration.
• Provide a safe play area for children.
• Remove any items that might get broken in any way.

have a wonderful Christmas : )