she wants this to be a hip party, so my help is out. the people she is inviting are her co-workers from her job, 5 girls and one guy and her supervisor, so it can't be raunchy, just nice fun with good food. how long should this party be and ideas for menu are most wanted, along with what to drink and games to play, if any, it is a christmas party for young adults, so what does a mother know. o.k. kids can you help?
2006-12-10 07:13:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
3 hours+ will be good with Christmas music in the background.
finger foods are always easy and simple drinks like punch and coffee work great.
try mix of veggies and cheeses w/ dip to start and keep available. party mix with nuts and fruit is a different change that has wonderful flavor combinations.
could have bite size servings, like meatballs or easy deli meats with variety of party breads.
pasta salads and leaf salads go well with many choices.
always have room for light desserts, cookies,candies, the most likely. cakes can be made like petit fours and fruity or pumpkin tart size pies
take a little time to decorate the table with colors and sparkle to add an eye catching appeal to the party. also could include little party favors as a special touch.
if having alcohol, be a cautious host and watch for your guest safe return home.
smoking, determine if you will allow it and have a place for those who do if this might cause an issue with others.
2006-12-10 07:34:40 · answer #1 · answered by blueJean 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm just a tad bit younger then your daughter and I am also throwing a similar Christmas party.
Here's what I am doing;
The party is going to be five hours. I won't put a limit on a punctual time when everyone has to leave, but the standard timing on the invites is five hours long. The party is from 6pm-11pm. Seeing as your daughter is having fewer guests, she may want to make the party 3-4 hours.
I've decided to get different "party trays" because the people I have invited all have different taste buds. I'm buying (you can get these from your local grocery store especially pathmark, thriftway, shoprite, acme, etc.) a cheese tray. Your daughter can actually make one of these as well if she doesn't want to purchase it, but I found it to be quite inexpensive. The tray includes cheddar cheese chunks, sharp cheese chunks, white cheddar chunks, brie chunks, pepperoni slices, crackers, olives, nuts, wine jelly, and some dried fruits. It's actually very classy.
There will also be a hoagie try with minimal decisions. The choices will be Italian, Ham & Cheese, Roast Beef, and Tuna Salad. They will be sliced hoagies, so they're about the size of a square coaster.
I'm also planning to make my own dishes, this way they'll taste my baking skills. I'm making an Apple Pie, Macaroni Salad, Chicken w/ cream of broccoli & chunks of broccoli.
There will also be tortilla chips, salsa, guacamole, and spinach dip.
Bevarages vary— pepsi, diet pepsi, vodka w/ cranberry juice, spiced rum & coke, and some Sandy Creek chardonnay.
The lighting will be dim, minimal decorations. I don't want like little santa faces all over. I just want some nice red and green lights (not the blinking back and forth ones, I have the ones that stay lit) with some music in the background.
Music Selection— (I have burned a few CD's to play, here's the list of songs).
1. All I Want For Christmas Is You- Mariah Carey
2. Blue Christmas— Elvis Presley
3. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree— Brenda Lee
4. Jingle Bell Rock— Bobby Helms
5. This Christmas— Joe
6. My Only Wish This Year— Britney Spears
7. Silent Night— Boyz II Men
8. Frosty The SnowMan— Ella Fitzgerald
9.Joy To The World— Whitney Houston
10. Santa Baby—Eartha Kitt
That's my christmas CD selection. I will be also playing a CD of music that everyone can either just lay back to and enjoy and/or dance to. That selections is—
1. Since You've Been Gone— Kelly Clarkson
2. Over My Head (Cable Car)— The Fray
3. Say It Right— Nelly Furtado
4. Fergielicious— Fergie
5. Long Way 2 Go— Cassie
6. How To Save A Life— The Fray
7. Show Stopper— Danity Kane
8. Man Eater— Nelly Furtado
9. About Us— Brooke Hogan
10. Hurt— Christina Aguilera
11. Walk Away— Paula Deanda
I'm also having a Karaoke with songs by Mickey Avalon, Paris Hilton, and others (just for fun).
There'll be plenty of room for dancing, sitting, and lounging. Also, everyone is bringing a gift (inclduing myself). We're going to have them sit on a table, each will have a number, with a matching number on the stocking. If you get your own number, you dig in the bag again. This way, each person gets a gift, and everyone doesn't have to buy everyone a gift, it's a unisex gift that anyone can use too.
I'm also planning to play a trick with a gag gift, mouse traps. It'll be ammusing and then I'll give the real gift to the person who picks my number.
I'm excited and I'm sure my guest will have a great time.
2006-12-10 09:04:22 · answer #2 · answered by ♪Msz. Nena♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When i have thrown a party
i have done one and called it a "light finger buffet" and had it with some retro dishes and vague 70s theme - not like a full on 70s theme night - just things we remember from 70s and 80s - also everyone can bring a dish.
I would get all the cooking done the night before or the morning of
depending on their taste and style it can be anything from crisps and dips, posh pizza slices, salads
frozen cherry tomatoes spiked with vodka
smolked salmon rolled up and stuffed with cream cheese held together by cocktail sticks.
The important thing to remember with this is that people don't remember the food after the party they remember the people - so don't get too stressed about food. - after all it just goes straight in peoples mouths.
Get a box of wine and a bottle of one spirit a mixer and some fruit juice, and the guests should bring the rest
some cheesy music if they want to dance later
you can always play silly games like pin the tail on the donkey.
The rest is up to them.
If you want it over by midnight - say that the neighbours will complain and that we can all carry on at the local night club if we wnat to - this also stops people copping off and wanting to make out at your house.
2006-12-10 07:20:31 · answer #3 · answered by Bebe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did this last year for a similar crowd and went with family tradition.......so take it as you like.
The most fun we had was with the white elephant gift exchange. If you want more info on this let me know. It was the most exciting part of the evening. Otherwise I served a lot of casual foods...cheese tray, veggie tray, ham and turkey sandwiches. I made the turkey the night before and picked up a honey baked ham. I think the thing that went the quickest was the shrimp. There are several ways to display, my favorites are martini glasses filled with cocktail sauce or a cake dish turned upside down....the cocktail sauce in the middle of the base and the shrimp hung on the outside. Most important advise.....do as much and plan as much to complete the night before and MAKE SURE IT IS MAINTANANCE FREE the night of. You will be distracted and busy with many other things the night of, so just make sure everything is ready to go and you don't need to do anything to maintain. Christmas music is always a favorite. Make sure you plan time for pictures....it is always fun to look back!
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2006-12-11 18:09:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she needs any vegetarian food ideas there are quite a few on here : http://www.recipesforvegans.co.uk
2006-12-10 07:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOTS AND LOTS OF VODKA JELLY AND MAYBE A QUICK GAME OF SPIN THE BOTTLE
2006-12-10 07:16:50 · answer #7 · answered by mike l 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋