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Progressive Caroling Party

Have your holiday parties become dull? Do you find that even though your annual party starts at 7 o'clock your guests are ready to leave by 9 o'clock? This year, get together with your friends and neighbors and throw a party that will keep everyone on the move and having lots o' fun. Pull everyone's resources together to host the best Progressive Caroling Party that anyone has ever attended.

The best element about this type of party is that there isn't one specific person or couple who is in charge of everything. Throughout the evening everyone gets to act as host as well as guest. Whether you start at one house and pick up people as you carol from house to house, or have everyone meet and then travel as a group of carolers, there really is no perfect place to begin.

Invitations

Ticket Invitations are perfect for a caroling party.  Your guests will love the authentic event ticket.  Or, our Christmas Bells invitation has a music paper background.

Decorations

As long as everyone stays with the group, and goes from house to house in a timely manner, the party will be a success. Not to mention that by this time in the year everyone should have his or her houses already decorated for the holidays. If not, here is a great holiday decorating kit that will have your home looking like a Winter Wonderland in a matter of minutes. 

Menu and Activities

The only additional preparation that needs to be done for the party is to plan the menu. Make sure that you have festive paper goods on which to eat, cute table decorations like confetti in festive shapes and colors, and select the music and activities with which to entertain the guests.

In my opinion, Progressive parties work best when the entire crowd begins and ends the party as a group. Except for a few latecomers and stragglers throughout the evening it's nice when everyone can stay together. For those of you who have never attended a Progressive Party, the basic premise is that as the evening progresses so do the courses. For example, the party starts at Elaine's house where everyone is greeted with mugs of warm apple cider and gingersnaps. People chat for a while and when it looks like everyone has arrived, the caroling begins. Start by standing in front of the first lit house that you see. Make sure that the houses you are singing to are all lit because it is not fun to sing "Jingle Bells" to a dark house. Sing a couple of your favorite tunes at a few houses and then go to Joe's house for your next "course" (those of you braving the colder climates might consider these courses/stops "warming points"). At this point the group has probably worked up a bit of an appetite and is ready for some cheese and wine to take care of the winter chill. After a few nibbles and several sips of wine gather up the troops to venture off to the next house of victims... Um, I mean lucky listeners.

Throughout the evening you can really stretch out the courses if necessary, but I have found that this social gathering works best with a few houses hosting appetizers, a house for cocktails, a main course house, an after dinner drink house, and a home full of desserts. To keep your guests happy and entertained, make sure to have a few icebreakers handy at the first house in case your guests aren't all close friends (and even if they are).

 

Also, just for fun, plan little events at some of the houses or on the way to the houses. Some cool ideas are to have an ornament hunt, gift exchange, a custom candy bar wrapper, Christmas trivia, name that tune (with the Christmas songs), and Christmas themed charades.

 

Dress

 

A Progressive Caroling Party is ideal for both the people who want a casual party as well as those who want to wear their holiday best.

 

There is no dress code for moving from house to house singing holiday tunes. The only requirement is that everyone looks festive. It is really up the individual how he or she wants to show Christmas spirit. You can wear anything from a Christmas bell necklace to a pair of Reindeer Antlers. Also, since it gets dark early, make sure to wear red and green glow necklaces and Light up plush Santa hats to light your way.

Wrap Up and Favors

At the end of the evening you can even do what I did and dedicate the last house to eggnog, Christmas cookies, and fruitcake. Your guests will most likely be stuffed to the gills belting out, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." Send each person home with a festive mug and a CD of holiday songs as a reminder of a wonderful evening and the beginning of a new neighborhood tradition.

 

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