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'Twas The Night Before Christmas... PARTY!

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Throw the best birthday party ever!
'Twas The Night Before Christmas... PARTY!
Ready for St. Nick?

Just before Santa makes his Christmas Eve delivery... let the children have a party of their own to help ease the tension of waiting for his arrival...

Let them help make the invitations and help prepare the food.

Due to the hectic holiday season mail or hand deliver party invitations a bit earlier than usual. Your guests will need enough time to get the party date on their parents' calendars.

Get someone to play "Santa". Suggest ahead of time that he tell a story or two about his favorite Christmas adventures after he has chatted with each child.  Don't forget to have your camera and film ready to snap lots of pictures at this party.  Be sure to get a picture of each child on Santa's lap or take a group picture with Santa as the center of attention.  You can then send one copy to each child in attendance at your party.

Invitations: You don't have to break your budget to have great attention- grabbing invitations. The ones for this party look great and yet are reasonably priced and easy enough for the children to make. Start with St. Nick stationary and envelopes. Using a versatile and reusable "It's a Party" rubber stamp and an ink pad, the children can print their own invitations.

Have them practice on scratch paper. Seal each envelope with a Christmas sticker.

Activities include the stories and talking with Santa and a gift exchange.

Gift Exchange
Have each child bring a small gift no more than $5. Or encourage children to be creative and have the gift be hand made. Be sure they make them generic so either a boy or girl will be happy with it. Have them bring it wrapped. Then when it is time for the exchange - place all gifts in the middle of the room and have all the children form a circle around the gifts. Each child will take a turn picking one gift. If you are really adventurous... have the first child pick a gift and open it. Then the second child can either take a gift or take the first child's gift. If they take the first child's gift than the first child chooses again and opens it. Then it is the third persons turn. The third person can then choose a gift or take the one from child 1 or 2. Continue till all children have a gift. Then take one last turn around the room and to choose from each other until all have had a second chance to take the gift they want. A gift can not be stolen more than once by each person.

Elf Confetti Dip
2/3 cup sour cream
1/3 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
1 2 oz. jar diced pimiento drained
2 tbs firmly chopped chives
1 tbs finely chopped onion
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Combine all ingredients. Cover and chill up to 2 days, or serve immediately with assorted fresh vegetables. Makes about 1-1/4 cups.

 'Twas The Night Before...

Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring... except for the mouse trying to get a hold of these delectable treats...

Reindeer Nibbles

2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
2/3 cup honey
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups regular oats, uncooked
1 cup unsalted peanuts
1-1/2 cups raisins

Combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thoroughly heated (do not boil). Stir in vanilla.

Spread oats in a lightly greased 15z10x1 inch jellyroll pan. pour peanut butter mixture over oats; stir to coat evenly. Bake at 300 F for 35 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in peanuts. Turn oven off, and cool in oven 1-1/2 hours with door closed, stirring occasionally. Remove from oven; stir in raisins. Makes 8 cups.

Snowy Pretzels

1 cup ready-to-spread vanilla frosting
1 (10-oz.) bag large pretzel twists

Place frosting in a 2-cup glass measuring cup; microwave at HIGH 30 to 45 seconds or until frosting melts, stirring once. Dip half of each pretzel into frosting, allowing excess to drip. Place on wax paper; let dry 2 hours or until no longer sticky. Serve same day. Makes 2 dozen.

Santa Claus Milk

4 cups milk
1 (2-inch) stick cinnamon
3 to 4 whole cloves
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbs cornstarch
2 tbs cold milk
ground nutmeg

Combine first 3 ingredients in a saucepan; cook over medium heat 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. (heat thoroughly but do not boil). Remove and discard cinnamon and cloves.
Combine sugar and cornstarch; add 2 tbs cold milk, stirring mixture until smooth. Add cold milk mixing constantly. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Ladle into mugs, and sprinkle with nutmeg. Makes 4 cups.

Santa's Hat

1/2 gallon cherry-vanilla ice cream
1 33.8 oz. bottle of ginger ale
1 8.75 oz. can refrigerated instant whipped cream
Red decorator sugar crystals
8 long-stemmed maraschino cherries

Spoon 1 cup ice cream into each of 8 glasses or mugs; pour 1/2 cup ginger ale over each. Top each with whipped cream, sugar crystals, and a cherry. Makes 8 servings.


  



 

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