Christmas is by far one of the happiest, most lovely times of the year. Families and friends gather everywhere to celebrate this holiday. Cinnamon, sugar cookies, and peppermint candy canes filling the air. Red, white and green tinseling the streets of towns everywhere. Big, fat, jolly Santas filling the malls. Twinkling, colored lights snake around the windows, doors, and bushes of houses and streets. White powered snow sprinkling on the lawns of residents. Wreaths with big, red ribbons on doors. Plates of big, round chocolate chip cookies waiting for Santa’s big tummy. Carrot sticks waiting for the rein deers chomps. Rudolph’s red nose glimpsed by imaginative, giddy children everywhere. Christmas music filling houses and cars. Stores and offices. Everyone seemingly infected by the light, jolliness of the Christmas season

The party throwers of all the Christmas shenanigans can chooses whatever idea best fits their liking.The first goal is to come up a Christmas theme that will be enjoyed by everyone. The options are endless. The ugly Christmas sweater party or the Christmas sweater party. The secret Santa party. The elves and Santa party. The Christmas fundraiser party to raise money for less fortunate kids. The ornament exchange party. The gingerbread house decorating party. The Christmas tree decorating party. The stocking stuffer party. The winter wonderland theme party. The mistletoe party for singles w cocktails. The ornament making party. Or pick your favorite Christmas movie and make the theme based on that. The twas the night before Christmas party. The the Grinch or scrooge themed party. Choose the one that you like best or come up with your own. Have fun with it!

Next pick out your invite list. Decide whether you want your party to be for friends, coworkers, family, just close friends, or all of the above. Try picking out some invitations that correlate with your theme. If you can’t find any, go online and design your own!

To have some Christmas party fun- pick out some games for everyone to enjoy. The candy cane toss. Have the guest stand back a few feet from the Christmas tree. Then have them try to throw the candy cane onto a tree branch. If it lands they get a prize. Fruitcake musical chairs is another fun one. Have everyone stand in a circle and pass around the fruitcake. When the music stops the player with the fruitcake is out. The last one standing gets the prize. Christmas bingo is another old classic fun one. Pin the nose on the Santa will bring some giggles. The Santa gift raffle is also a classic. Another fun one is dirty Santa. Draw the order that players go in. The first person picks a gift and unwraps it. The following person has the option of stealing a previous persons gift or picking a new one. Any gift is only allowed to be picked three times.

Other fun ideas are to have everyone who’s helping with the party dress up as elves. You can even have a Santa Clause! You can also put on a small Christmas themed play for your guests.

Make sure to bring some popular Christmas music to put your guests in the spirit. Some popular tunes are necessary. A favorite is Neil Diamonds “A Cherry Cherry Christmas”. Another is Jackson 5′s ” The Ultimate Christmas Collection”. Another is Bob Dylan’s ” Christmas in the Heart”. Another favorite is Micheal McDonald’s “This Christmas”. Another is Sting’s ” If On A Winter’s Night”. Another is Andrea Bocelli’s ” My Christmas”. You can download them or pick up your own favorites.

Decorating for the party can be a blast, especially if you can get some close friends to help you. You can decorate the room with tinsel and lights. You can make your own snowflakes, sprinkle them with red and green glitter, and hang them from the ceiling. Put up a Christmas tree for everyone to enjoy. Make popcorn strings and decorate with those. Use Christmas wrapping paper to decorate by taping it over any tables, pictures, and anything else that it will work on.

The appetizers, hors d’oeuvres, and meal all depend on your budget, your preference, and your theme. You can just have a Christmas cookies and hot cocoa. Or eggnog and cold cuts. Pizzas and clubs. Turkey and ham. Chicken and pie. Whatever you Christmas party needs.

At the beginning of the party you can pass out Santa and elves hats. To tie up the end of the party you can have goody bags made out of small Christmas stockings that are filled with candy and goodies. These little details that a party thrower pays attention to are what guest remember most.

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Make the most of you party and let it be talked about all year long!