Get everyone together to bring in a new year! This party guide will keep your guests happy and awake until midnight and beyond! Happy New Year!
The Food: Offer either a nice steakhouse type meal, complete with a salad and baked potato; or offer small, elegant finger foods, such as Lemon-Dill Brie, Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Dates, Cocktail Shrimp Scampi, Horseradish Steak Bites, or Fillet Con Crema (see “Appetizers” section).
The Drinks: Any of a variety of martinis is always appropriate for a New Year’s Party, especially a classic vodka or Cosmo martini (see Cocktails section). Drinks featuring champagne are also fun and quite appropriate for the occasion (see Beer and Wine section). You should also be prepared to open up some bottles of champagne shortly before midnight! As the 2 minute countdown begins, pour wine for all of your guests so that you can “cheers!” at midnight!
The Décor: The combination of black and silver or gold is quite popular for a New Year’s Eve party. Most party supply stores carry a large selection of New Year’s Eve themed décor.
The Fun: The whole fun and mystic of a New Year’s Eve Party is the idea of “out with the old, in with the new”.
- Have each guest bring a small item that they feel represents the year that they would like to have, explaining (or not) to the rest of the party crowd; place all of these items in a shoe box or other small box (label items or write an item “key” on the box). After the party is over, store the box high in a closet or in the garage until the next year’s New Year’s Eve Party; that night, bring it out and let the stories and conversation begin! (Time capsule item ideas: current photos, newspaper clippings, letters, etc.)
- Play the Resolution Guessing Game! Provide a piece of paper and a pen to each party guest. Have them write own their top New Year’s resolution, not writing their name or any other identifying information. All guests should place their slip of paper into a bowl. One at a time have each guests pick and resolution and guess who it belongs to.
Get everyone together to bring in the new year! This party guide will keep your guests happy and awake until midnight and beyond!.
Happy New Year!
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The Food: Offer either a nice steakhouse type meal, complete with a salad and baked potato; or offer small, elegant finger foods, such as Horseradish Steak Bites.
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The Drinks: Any of a variety of martinis is always appropriate for a New Year’s Party, especially a classic vodka or Cosmo martini. Drinks featuring champagne are also fun and quite appropriate for the occasion. You should also be prepared to open up some bottles of champagne shortly before midnight! As the 2 minute countdown begins, pour champagne for all of your guests so that you can “cheers!” at midnight!
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The Décor: The combination of black and silver or gold is quite popular for a New Year’s Eve party. Most party supply stores carry a large selection of New Year’s Eve themed décor.
.
The Fun: The whole fun and mystic of a New Year’s Eve Party is the idea of “out with the old, in with the new”.
- Have each guest bring a small item that they feel represents the year that they would like to have, explaining (or not) to the rest of the party crowd; place all of these items in a shoe box or other small box (label items or write an item “key” on the box). After the party is over, store the box high in a closet or in the garage until the next year’s New Year’s Eve Party; that night, bring it out and let the stories and conversation begin! (Time capsule item ideas: current photos, newspaper clippings, letters, etc.)
- Play the Resolution Guessing Game! Provide a piece of paper and a pen to each party guest. Have them write own their top New Year’s resolution, not writing their name or any other identifying information. All guests should place their slip of paper into a bowl. One at a time have each guests pick a resolution and guess who it belongs to.
