First we sent out invitations to everyone with a turkey in an ugly holiday sweater and asked everyone to wear their holiday best! The invite was entitled "Thanksgiving Holiday Style!"
Due to the nature of the event we decided to make it really festive, combining both Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations. The tables had Christmas table clothes with orange plates and Thanksgiving napkins. The centerpieces had a combination of Santa's and Christmas trees, next to corn-a-copias and turkeys.
We spent a few weeks preparing for the event by making the kids their fashionable holiday sweaters and shopping at the D.I. for Christmas vests and turtle necks. We made Jaxson's shirt into a Christmas tree and let him decorate it with lights and ornaments. We topped it off with a festive Christmas hat including a start for the top. Madi's sweater became an advent calendar, full of surprises in each numbered pocket. Reagan had a beautiful red velvet Christmas dress, decked out with ornaments. Dan decided to go with the Uncle Eddie look from Christmas vacation, but more festive, sporting a red holiday dickie and a thin white sweater, accompanied with a holiday vest. I was decked out with a poinsettia turtle neck and custom made Santa head sweater vest. I must say we were dressed to the nines! The best part of preparing for this holiday afternoon was spending time with our family and laughing the entire time as we came up with our attire.
During our feast we had a CD playing of the worst Christmas music we could find on itunes. We hosted a contest for the best holiday sweater and the winner received the coveted prize - FRUIT CAKE! We also played BUNCO and the dollar game; no one left empty handed, we had prizes for everyone.
It was a fantastic evening, such a fun party that included everyone. Not sure what we are going to do next year to top this!
