A Real Swinging Party

Well my last post The Office Party, was a real swinging humdinger designed to get you all into the party mood!

Well, it gets better as we approach the 25th and the season of fun and frolics gathers pace. There are sure to be plenty of other parties scheduled to take place between now and then and of course plenty more to happen in the intervening week between Christmas day and New Year with the mother of all parties happening of course on the 31st.

But that's a way away still, so we can, for now concentrate all our energies on the Christmas parties that are going on every weekend and probably even midweek when you really look around!

So what are you looking for in a really swinging party?

Well, first and foremost, you'll want plenty of people, but not just any old people. Oh no, you want at least a good proportion of real party animals that are extrovert and mad as hatters! That way you're sure to have a party that is exciting and goes with some real old fashioned zing! You also need a pretty good mix of men and women as there's nothing worse than being a bloke and turning up to a party full of other blokes (unless of course its a gay party then no problema!)

Same goes for the girls as again, unless its a gay party who wants to be looking for a nice bloke for the evening when you're in a room full of mostly girls all fighting over the only available fella! So if you're the one doing the party arrangements, do keep that little detail very high on the list of "imperatives"!

Next you want a good selection of music. Nothing worse than trying to get to know someone when you can't hear yourself over the boom boom of your little brother's collection of house/rave/garage with no let up for the duration of the party. Again, unless of course that's what everyone is coming for, so again... no problem (although I wouldn't want to be your neighbor by the way...) Instead, make sure you have something for just about everyone, so you'll need some nice dance music mixed with real party favorites as well as some slow soul ballads for later on when people are pairing up and want to get smoochy!

Now some decorations will not go amiss as well as all the fun stuff like party poppers, balloons, silly string etc that you can probably source from a good party supplies outlet online or in a mall someplace.

What next? Well, a good supply of alcoholic beverages is par for the course as are some nice snacks and plenty of them. People who are drinking get hungry and you don't want them all leaving the party early in search of a pizza takeaway because you forgot to stock up on bites!

After all the basics are taken care of, make a point of inviting your neighbors, even if you don't like them or they wouldn't come to a party. When you invite someone, if they turn you down they'll feel less inclined to want to phone the cops when it all starts getting a bit noisy late at night! If they accept, even better because then you know there's much less chance of anyone spoiling the fun with a call to 911!

What's left?

Invite me, of course! See ya later...