How to have a Swinging Christmas Open House Party

Step one: Greet your guests with a giant silly snowman. Nothing says "the party's here" like a snowman with a beer and a pickle-on-a-stick.

Step two: Have lots of yummy food.

Here's what was on the menu:
5 assorted cheeses with olives, grape tomatoes and crackers
pickled asparagus and cheese whiz roll-ups
melon and prosciutto
pumpernickel bread with spinach dip
a veggie tray with ranch dip and homemade pita bites
yummy spicy meatballs
bruschetta
Christmas cookies
chocolate fondue with assorted fruits

Step three: Eat so much food you think your gonna die. Just kidding... don't do that.

Step four: Bring on the eggnog. We labeled ours "naughty" and "nice"

Step five: Garbage pick. Seriously. We found this foos ball table discarded by the side of the road on garbage day. Yippee. We set it up in the nursery and it entertained the hoards of children for hours and hours. Why do people throw out good stuff???

Step six: send your guests home with some yummy homemade cranberry sauce. Mmmmm.

I didn't get any pics of the party while it was actually in progress... i was much to busy tending to a swinging party to play photographer. Hopefully you found the inspiration you need to throw a big Christmassy shindig of your own next year. It was great fun.