Christmas Party Ideas

Christmas Party Ideas

When you think of Christmas parties, it usually consists of warm, cozy get-togethers with our families and close friends. Unless your idea of a Christmas party is more like National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation? Either way, here are a few Christmas party ideas that might come in handy:

Always remember that Christmas parties are thrown for a wide variety of guests, and each one should be considered in order for it to successful. Christmas parties can be for family, friends, office co-workers, or one big combined party.

Activity Ideas

- Christmas caroling party: Go caroling in the neighborhood and invite the group to your house afterward for hot chocolate and desserts. This one is always the most likes - for obvious reasons.

- Potluck dinners: Arrange for everyone to bring a dish to share. It not only makes it easier for you, but your guests get to try new dishes and show off their culinary skills.

- Christmas around the world potluck dinner: Have guests bring dishes that reflect their ethnicities and countries of origin.

- Volunteer at a charitable organization: Arrange for your group to gather needed items for a charity, such as a hunger center. Get the real "reason for the season" going and give back to the community.

- Holiday lights tour: Caravan through local neighborhoods and enjoy the festive lights and decorations.

- Cookie baking parties: Get a large group together and bake up a storm. Divvy up the desserts to each guest so that each has a variety to have for their own holiday guests.

- Christmas craft creations: Have each guest be responsible for one craft to make, including the purchase of supplies. Each guest will demonstrate how to do the craft, and other guests will try to make their own. If you have 15 guests, each will go home with 15 new Christmas crafts to decorate their homes.

- Kid friendly: Any Christmas party can cater to kids by having a separate area for Christmas videos, crafts and off course, Shirley Temples.

 

Games

- Pin the nose on Rudolph

- What's in the bag: Take a bag and put in Christmas items such as a stockings, candy canes, etc. Each guest reaches her hand in the bag and must guess the item. The best guesser wins a prize.

- Christmas trivia: Test your knowledge about popular movies, TV, pop culture, and other trivia.

- Christmas bingo: Create a bingo card with a Christmas-related theme in the middle, such as a snowman.

- Christmas word scramble: Think of words such as reindeer, stocking, etc, and scramble them on a small cardboard page.

- Name that tune: Play a Christmas CD and the first to guess correctly, wins a prize

Hopefully these Christmas party ideas will make your holiday season more worth while!

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