Christmas Party Ideas
Make your Christmas Parties unforgettable!
Christmas Party Ideas. Some people look forward to the annual Christmas Party – family, friends, presents, food! Some people don’t – Too many family, friends, presents, too much food!!!
At the end of the page you'll find some gifts! Some fabulous Gift Tags and some Gift Certificate Templates for Free! I hope you enjoy them. I have soooo many ideas to share with you so let’s get to it! Plan that Christmas Party To take the stress out of the day – Plan, plan, plan. The more that gets done prior to any party, the more time you’ll have on the day to enjoy yourself. - Create a checklists (ahhh got to love a list…) Decisions you’ll need to make - Where are you going to hold your party (your house, park, restaurant) - What time of day? Brekky (great for friends or neighbourhood parties), Lunch, Dinner - Is it to be held on Christmas Day or a weekend prior (friends, office colleagues) - What are your family Christmas Traditions you want to incorporate? - Do you send invites or just ring and email everyone. (invites add a nice touch) - Presents, there are so many options to make the “what to get everyone” a bit easier Location, Location, Location If you are having a Daytime party why not have it a local park or picnic area. Christmas Food Christmas festivities can start at breakfast time and finish sometime the following day! The good thing about Christmas is that we love tradition so your Party Food need not be too complicated - choose some Christmas traditional recipes. Traditional can mean your Country or town or family recipes that everyone loves (you can smell the roast cooking at Nanna's now!)I have some great ideas on my Christmas Food page. Have a look at these Christmas Recipes I have selected from my favourite recipe site. You might just find some new traditional Christmas Recipes for your Christmas day. Restaurants are a great option for a change. Every few years we like to go out to a seafood buffet. Gives the cooks a break and no dishes to do! Might be a bit tricky for those really large get togethers. If you're looking for morning tea ideas or snacks for the kids then these Christmas Cookies are very cute (and very easy to make!) Ideas for Company Christmas Parties Games – see party games below. These aren’t just for kids! In other parts of the world it’s not so sunny! You’ll need an inside location for your Corporate Christmas Parties. Restaurants that offer set price offers are great so there’s no surprises. Ask your favourite restaurant to put together an offer for you. If the boss is paying, great! If not, it’s quite common to have a social club throughout the year to help subsidise the cost. Otherwise include the cost on the invite and also include whether the cost includes drinks and what type, if BYO is allowed, partners invited/ included in cost, etc. If you know of a good indoor location to use or hire this is great too, especially if you want a family occasion where the kids can come along. You’ll need a few volunteers to help set up and clean up. Catering is a great idea for food. If the budget is a bit tight make the time in the afternoon, ie after lunch and before dinner. Make it clear on the invite that afternoon tea is being provided not a meal. Have a Secret Santa to cover the present giving. If there are kids it’s great to have Santa show up and hand out small gifts. Reindeer Food Don't forget to feed the Reindeers on Christmas eve. Making some Reindeer Food is a great craft to make with the kids. Christmas Party Activities If there are going to be kids at the party set up a box of activities that you can bring out. Have a Christmas theme DVD on hand if nothing else works! Some ideas for the Inside activity box: Print a: Some ideas for Outside Christmas Party Games - Balloons on the trampoline (if you have one with a net) These are great party game ideas for the adults to get involved in also. Prior to Christmas, get the kids to track Santa via NORAD. Wikipedia provides a great explanation of how tracking Santa's position via the North American Aerospace Defense Command came about. From the 1st of December, you can track Santa via the
Santa Tracker NORAD website.
Enjoy! I hope you found some ideas here – I’d love to hear your Christmas Party Ideas and experiences – please share your ideas and I’ll add them here. Take me from Christmas Party Ideas to
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