About two months ago I started thinking I wanted to have an ornament exchange with my friends instead of doing a gift exchange kind of thing. Life is crazy as always so I couldn't figure out when I wanted to do it so I crossed it off the list for this year. Then Angie was really into the idea and a week ago she insisted that we do it. So last week we sent out a quick invitation and hoped people would be available two days before Christmas. We made it simple. Bring a snack and an wrapped ornament. Simple.
Not surprising I picked polka dot and stripes for the paper goods.
Thanks to a little research last week, I made this punch that was super good. 1 bottle of champagne, 1 bottle ginger ale and a package (or two in this case) of frozen strawberries. It's so delicious!
After we ate and chatted, we opened ornaments. Every package was assigned a number and then we drew numbers to select ours. Cristina was really excited about her O-state ornament.
Cristina and I have not taken too many successful pictures together and we finally got one last night. She's so pretty!
Angie and I. She's a great co-host and made my life easier with bringing the punch bowl and a bunch of other stuff and then organizing things. Love her!
Our party favors were mittens wrapped up with a tag "warm wishes for the season" They were a hit!
Even though we gave a week's notice, we had 12 people attend. It was so nice to hang out and celebrate together.
We all signed an ornament so we can remember who attended and keep this going as a tradition for years to come.
It was a good way to enjoy the excitement of the holidays together. It sure made me feel even more in the holiday spirit. :)
Merry Christmas Eve!
1 comment:
It was fun, fun, fun thanks for hosting!!!
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