Ornament Exchange Party (Day 16)

I always think that you should celebrate the holidays with a fun party that your guests will enjoy and remember.  Having a Christmas ornament exchange party allows your guests the opportunity to give as well as receive a gift.  You probably have heard of an ornament exchange party however, I am adding a twist.

Ask all your guest to bring a wrapped ornament.  If you want to set a price limit you can.  As your guests start to arrive their ornament is numbered and a random number is given to the guest.  When its time for the exchange the guest with the #1 chooses the gift that is labeled #1 and opens it immediately; the guest with the #2 can choose the ornament labeled #2 or they can steal the first ornament forcing that person to choose another ornament.  This sequence goes on until everyone has an ornament.

If you choose you can set a limit as to the number of times a gift exchanges hands or you do not have to use the number system at all.  You can have your guest just put their ornaments under the tree; when the exchange begins everyone can choose an ornament making sure not to select their own.

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Christmas Party Games (Day 13)

When it comes to hosting Christmas parties you want to make sure your guests are having a good time throughout the party.  I've gone to quite a few intimate/small Christmas parties and sometimes they tend to get boring.  Enhance your party by adding some Christmas party games.  I have tested the games listed and everyone had a blast.

The Snowflake Game

This is a fun ice breaker game.  The only supplies you will need is white paper.  Have everyone stand in a circle and give each person a piece of paper. With the paper behind their back, have them tear the paper into a snowflake.  When finished, everyone holds up their snowflake and the person with the best snowflake wins.  Choose one or two of your guests as the judges.

Christmas Taboo

You guessed it; this is just like the regular Taboo except you are using Christmas words instead.  You may have to create your own cards as I have not seen this in the store, but you can use the same timer and buzzer from your original Taboo game.  The same rules apply so don't add anything extra.  Have fun!

Christmas Trivia

Create two groups based on the number of guests you invited.  The groups have two minutes to answer all questions.  Have paper with Christmas questions prepared in advance.  As a group, they answer the questions on the paper and the group that answers the most questions win.  You can make your questions as hard or easy as you like.  As an example here are a few questions that I have used.

1.  Who is the title character in "It's A Wonderful Life"?

2.   Name Bob Cratchet's boss? 

3.  Name the gifts in "The Twelve Days of Christmas".

The idea of having a party is getting together with family and friends to celebrate the holidays and being thankful that you have made it through another year.  Make it fun and if it's for adults only add a few holiday cocktails and watch the laughs soar.

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