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Grinch PartyI've had a Grinch Party for the last 7 or 8 years. The idea is that a stress-free evening with the girls can help you cope.
I invite a group of women who have all been friends for years, so it's a comfortable place to vent, if necessary. I hold it a couple of weeks before Christmas--just when the stress is starting to get to everyone. It's held on a weeknight, so it's less likely to conflict with other holiday parties. These are the rules for my guests:
1. Dress comfy. Most of the women come in jammies. Seriously. I wear jammies, too. Some of them have started buying special Christmas jammies just for the party.
2. Don't bring anything. With so many things to make for various carry-ins during the holidays, this is a "no obligations" gathering.
Pretty simple, right? The invitation says that the party is from 7 to 8 p.m. This allows everyone the opportunity to leave after an hour if they need to. Most of them stay until close to midnight. I provide the kinds of foods we used to eat at sleep-overs--chips, sodas, candy, popcorn, etc. (This year I'm adding the brownie floral cupcakes with peppermint marshmallow sauce.)
As everyone's arriving, we fill our plates and get comfy. At about 7:15, I start the How the Grinch Stole Christmas video (the 1960's animated version). We watch, and laugh, and some of us cry. One friend mouths the words along with all of the characters. We're considering seeking help for her.
That's about it. It really is fun. Friends start asking me in November when I'm having the Grinch Party. The biggest problem is that the girls have a hard time explaining to other people why they have to go home and change into their jammies to go to a party.
I invite a group of women who have all been friends for years, so it's a comfortable place to vent, if necessary. I hold it a couple of weeks before Christmas--just when the stress is starting to get to everyone. It's held on a weeknight, so it's less likely to conflict with other holiday parties. These are the rules for my guests:
1. Dress comfy. Most of the women come in jammies. Seriously. I wear jammies, too. Some of them have started buying special Christmas jammies just for the party.
2. Don't bring anything. With so many things to make for various carry-ins during the holidays, this is a "no obligations" gathering.
Pretty simple, right? The invitation says that the party is from 7 to 8 p.m. This allows everyone the opportunity to leave after an hour if they need to. Most of them stay until close to midnight. I provide the kinds of foods we used to eat at sleep-overs--chips, sodas, candy, popcorn, etc. (This year I'm adding the brownie floral cupcakes with peppermint marshmallow sauce.)
As everyone's arriving, we fill our plates and get comfy. At about 7:15, I start the How the Grinch Stole Christmas video (the 1960's animated version). We watch, and laugh, and some of us cry. One friend mouths the words along with all of the characters. We're considering seeking help for her.
That's about it. It really is fun. Friends start asking me in November when I'm having the Grinch Party. The biggest problem is that the girls have a hard time explaining to other people why they have to go home and change into their jammies to go to a party.
