The Day After New Year's Eve Parties
Planning events for the day after New Year's Eve will set you event or celebration apart from the crowd. There are great choices for New Years Day festivities. How early you want to start the festivities depends to some extent on how your guests chose to celebrate New Year's Eve. Early planning with considering the type of guest in mind can determine the activity like catching the early sales! Plan in advance with your guests to have everyone come armed with sales papers, coupons and ads. Spend the morning shopping for bargains and then have a relaxing lunch at a unique restaurant before continuing the shopping party. Keep the costs down with free printable New Year's invitations.
Festivities for the day after New Year's Eve may include inviting guests to a "living healthy in the New Year" event. If you have exercise equipment to use that's great, but it isn't necessary. You can get a few exercise DVDs and clear a space for firends to exercise or plan a good route for a group hike. For refreshments, try fresh fruits and a veggie tray. Mini sliders with cheeses and healthy white meats served with natural juices for drinks. This would be a great time to ask guests in advance to bring copies of their favorite healthy recipes and share them with the group.
Of course celebrations for the day after New Year's Eve may include a football celebration. Send out invitations several weeks in advance and then since this is such a busy season, send out, "looking forward to seeing you at the celebration" reminders. Decorate with team colors from both teams that will be playing, unless you know that everyone will be cheering for the same team. Use a football field tablecloth and put snacks and finger foods on football shaped trays. Have themed party blowers as decorations on the refreshment table and also sprinkled throughout the room so guests can use them during the game. Try placing a big banner on one wall that reads, "Time to Party!" Sprinkle some foam rubber footballs throughout the room so guests can play with them. Nerd type toys can also be thrown around even at the TV screen.
In many households, the Festivities for the day after New Year's Eve include traditional New Year's Day "lucky" food. Different cultures have different foods which when consumed on New Year's Day are said to bring good luck. In the southern United States collard greens or cabbage, black-eyed peas and pork are often the traditional lucky New Year's Day meal. The collard greens and cabbage stand for paper money and the black-eyed peas for pocket change. One Asian tradition has long noodles which must be eaten without breaking any, as the lucky New Years food. Invite family and friends to a Lucky New Year's Day event and serve them several dishes that should bring them good luck in the New Year.
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Mrs. Party... Gail Leino gives her two cents worth on entertaining at the holidays with a New Years eve bash. Plus, she generously provides information on free party games (http://party-games-etc.com), activities, and party supplies (http://partysuppliesshop.com).
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