Holiday Party Planning is Simple Fun and Easy

If you have never planned a party before, it is really not all that difficult. There are a few steps to holiday party planning, but once you get the basics down, you can change the theme and size and location to fit the party with no problem.

There are a lot of major holidays that give people a reason to throw a holiday party. Valentine’s Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas…any of these holidays can be great reasons to get a small or big group of your friends together and have some fun. But the theme of the party will change according to the holiday – for instance, Fourth of July will typically be barbecues and pool parties, and Thanksgiving might be a dinner party with all the trimmings. Christmas can be a celebration of with gifts and cocktails and enjoying your family and friends in front of a fireplace.

The first thing to do is to consider how large you want your guest list to be. Like any party, any holiday party planning has to take into consideration the location of the party, whether it is a small apartment, a large home or a hotel ballroom! If you choose the hotel or another venue, you have to consider the rental fee, renting chairs, catering, decorations, and other expenses associated with this type of party planning.

Secondly, you have to remember that since this is a holiday party, other people will have plans too and you need to plan it either on or around the holiday. Thanksgiving celebrations often take place on the day, but Christmas parties can be any weekend in December, usually not right before the holiday but a week or two in advance. The Christmas season is especially busy so people need to find time to go amid all their gift-buying and planning for their own celebration, and so your invitations need to go out well in advance to save a space on their calendar for YOUR event.