You've heard of Christmas in July parties, but what about a July at Christmas party?

Invitations

There are lots of fun  ways to invite friends and family to your July at Christmas party. If you are hand delivering your invitations, tie the party information onto a red and green shovel and bucket! Or write it on a red and green inner tube (this you can deflate and send in the mail).

You can use a Christmas invitation, a luau invitation or a fabulous custom caricature of yourself dressed as Santa, lying on the beach! Your friends will definitely get a kick out of that!

You can ask your guests to come in sundresses, shorts and t-shirts. And remember, it's OK to wear white since this Christmas comes before Labor Day! You can either add Santa hats and sunglasses with the invitations or give them out as your guests enter the party.

For something even snappier, try our personalized holiday candy bars.  You can mail these in a small padded envelope.

Decorations and Party Supplies

Welcome guests with a Surfin' Santa Personalized Banner!  It's perfect!

Decorations should be a mix of a summer bash and a traditional Christmas! Use red and white checkered tablecloths, maybe a few citronella candles. Beach balls, sand castles, buckets as vases with fresh tropical flowers and shovel, as well as poinsettias, snowflake confetti, and holiday wire garlands. (We've got a ton of beach decorations to choose from!)

On the walls, have a Tropical Scene Window display with Christmas lights around the top!

Display large beach umbrellas, beach chairs, beach balls, and plastic buckets around the room or hanging from the ceiling (places where your guests can't trip over them). Additional Christmas decorations are yours for the taking.

Don't forget to make room for Santa's Tiki Hut!

Activities

Limbo! Play some fun music while your friends stand in line waiting to bend backwards low enough to fit under the limbo stick (use a broom stick or a themed luau stick). In order to win, the limbo master must not touch the stick or fall on the floor while limbo-ing under the stick (which is usually held by 2 people). You can decorate your limbo stick with red and green ribbon available at your local craft store.

There are also some great Christmas games you can play!

Menu

Stick to a traditional Christmas meal for this one. It may be July at your house, but it's still a Christmas party! You can find some great suggestions in our PartyMenu411 section.

Favors

Send your guests home with their sunglasses and Santa hats.  Also give out a Personalized Photo Chocolate Ornaments complete with a family photo on the beach!