xmas party ideas

Brunch is the perfect way to relax on a holiday morning. Use our brunch menu, timeline, and recipe suggestions to make your guests feel at home for a memorable holiday party.

If you get snowed in, theres no reason for you to stay inside! Watch the weather forecast for a weekend when heavy snowfall is predicted, then set a tentative date with family and friends. When the flurries start to fall, bundle up, grab a few warm drinks and sleds, and head to the hill. Spend an afternoon (or just an hour or two) sledding, then retreat back inside for a warm dinner.

Inspire creativity in both kids and adults with this easy Christmas party idea. To save time, prebake and cut the gingerbread into house shapes beforehand or use graham crackers as an even quicker foundation for house building. Set out colored frosting and candies in easytoreach bowls, and lay down paper on the tables so party cleanup is easy.

Whether youre inside or outside, caroling with a group of friends or family is always a soulwarming holiday party goto. Print our free holiday songbooks, available below, and gather around a keyboard, piano, or fireplace (for a cappella caroling) for hours of simple holiday fun. If its not too chilly, bring the party outside and around the neighborhood for everyone else to enjoy, too.

An easy and tasty way to bring people together over the holidays is with a cookie exchange. Each guest bakes a batch of their holiday favorites, and the host displays all the cookies on beautiful plates and platters, each one labeled with the name of the person who brought the cookies. Serve hot chocolate and cider for guests to mingle over, and provide small paper boxes for guests to mix and match a dozen cookies to bring home.

Check gift wrapping off your holiday todo list and enjoy the company of a few friends at the same time with this party idea. Have guests bring the gifts they need to wrap and a few contributions to the supply table, from wrapping paper and bows to pens and ribbons. Organize the supplies into an efficient gift wrapping station and get creative lastminute gift wrapping wont seem tedious when you have friends around.