Christmas Parties

I love a good party - making a fun appetizer or dessert, getting dressed up, listening to festive music, hanging out with friends and family. There are so many fun things to do this time of year it can get overwhelming! It is all worth it though, because you know that in a month, it will all calm down. Your decorations will be put away, the music will go back to what it was before, your pants won't be so tight, and your bank account will start to replenish itself. But then, maybe your life goes back to being a bit too normal. I think that Christmas should always be the biggest and brightest celebration of our year! If we celebrated all the time, it wouldn't feel special. But, don't you think we need just a few more parties every now and then to make life a little more glam? Maybe you go to fun parties all the time and you are sitting there thinking that I'm a big lame-o. And I'm not talking about the occasional birthday party, 4th of July picnic, or such thing. I've come to realize that people get so busy with their own lives and their own schedules that we sometimes don't stay as connected as we can. We spend the year going at a frantic pace, too busy all the time. Then, when December rolls around we try and play catch up with the people we have missed all year. Why? That is why I think we should make more occasions, celebrations! Everyone likes to be invited to a fun party. You don't need presents and a "holiday" to do it. Start thinking of new things to celebrate like a "Post Christmas Cocktail Party." Wouldn't it be great if in mid-January we all got together to celebrate the fact that we made it through another holiday season? It would be a fun way to ease out of the festivities without having to quit cold turkey! So I say that when this year's holidays are coming to an end...party on, party people!