We’re all pretty familiar with all of the stresses that can come along with the Christmas season. After all, who hasn’t been out shopping at 9 pm on December 23rd looking for that perfect gift for a relative you only see once a year? Our friends at the ChristmasStress.info blog have found a great online [...]
When you’re decorating your home for your Christmas dinner party, you might be tempted to buy a lot of new decorations. But have you given thought to how you can use what you already have to make your home just as beautiful and trendy as it would be if you bought every new thing you [...]
A Christmas party just wouldn’t be complete without cookies, would it? If you love oatmeal cookies and chocolate chip cookies, you can combine the two with this yummy-sounding Cowboy Cookies recipe from Christmas Goodies.
If your dinner party attendees are a fun-loving bunch who would get a kick out of a little role-playing, why not try out an interactive murder mystery game at your dinner party? Merry Mysteries sells a Christmas-themed murder mystery game called “Who Killed Santa,” that can be adapted for anywhere from 8 guests to 100 [...]
If you have a lot of dishes, glassware, and silverware to choose from, you might be wondering how to select which one is the most appropriate for your Christmas dinner party. Catering expert Stephanie Barnett has some excellent recommendations on making your selection in this video:
If everyone attending your dinner party has a good sense of humor, a gag gift exchange could be a fun element to add to the festivities. Check out JokeGifts.org for some suggestions on planning this fun gift exchange, where everyone is sure to open up something funny or embarrassing. They also have links to some [...]
If you fill up stockings for your Christmas festivities, you might be looking to save a little money on all of those goodies this year. Our friends from the Christmas Stocking Stuffers blog have put together a list of suggestions that might help you spend a little less on stocking stuffers while still making the [...]
Are you going to try to “go green” with your Christmas party this year? Have you thought about your Christmas tree? If you typically buy an artificial Christmas tree, you might think of it as greener because it’s natural and biodegradable, even if it does involve cutting down a tree. It’s also important to consider [...]
When you’re tapped to host Christmas dinner, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. How will you ever make your home look like all of those beautiful places you see in magazines? We’re here to tell you that you won’t. And that you shouldn’t even try. According to our friends over at ChristmasMyths.info, those expectations are nothing [...]
Do you want to have a nice variety of baked goods at your Christmas party without having to spend hours slaving in the kitchen, putting together dozens of different recipes? This year, try a cookie swap!
Robin Olson, owner of The Original Cookie Swap Site, came up with the idea in the 1989 when she and [...]