Christmas is around the corner and it is a great time to have a gathering with your friends and family during the holidays. How about throwing your own Christmas party? You can have your Christmas party within your budget as long as you follow these tips.
- Invite your guests through email or phone call. Sending physical invitations is quite expensive because you have to pay for the invitation cards and postage. To keep your cost low, you should invite your guests by phone or email.
- Confirm the number of guests at your party. Remember to make it clear to your guests when they are allowed to bring others along to the party and make sure they confirm with you the number of people are coming to the party. It is much easier to plan once you know the expected number of guests you will be having.
- DIY cooking or potluck. Doing your cooking at home is cheaper than catering. You can get your family or your kids to help you out. However, if each guest can help by bringing a dish, there will more food to eat and less expense to you. You can suggest to your guest to bring drinks, desserts or salads if you like.
- Keep the Christmas decorations simple. You don't have to decorate your whole house with the latest Christmas decorations. Make your Christmas tree as the focal point and use inexpensive pretty garlands and Christmas lights around the house. There isn't a requirement for your house to look very festive. The main thing is having the company of your friends and family during this happy occasion.
- Use the snow outside to chill your drinks. It not only saves you money but it adds a nice festive touch as well.
- Use handmade ornaments as party favors. You can rope in your kids or friends to help you to make inexpensive and pretty ornaments from plastic canvas and yarn using Christmas colors.
- For entertainment, you can screen movies, have karaoke or just make use of the TV programs of that day. If you don't have the karaoke machine, you can borrow it.
- If you decide to have Christmas party every year, you should start planning for the next year party once Christmas is over. You can enjoy great discount like 50% or more off regular prices for decorations or other Christmas items after the holidays.
Christmas parties can be fun even if you don't spend a lot of money on them. The important thing is that all of you have lots of fun and a memorable time. Don't just wait for someone to organize one. Do it yourself and have fun.
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