I have been toying with this idea. Since it is still a dark cold winter here, I propose to put up the lights, Christmas tree, and have a party! We could have Christmas carols, a sit down dineer and even small gift exchanges.
I was thinking of what to call it -a “Post hristmas Party” or maybe, a “Mid Winter Holiday Party”?
Whaddaya think?
I find the idea grossly offensive but would attend for free cake.
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We have a mid winter cookout every year. Why do Christmas again? Get out the grill, the margaritas and beer, and make it a potluck. Everyone brings the snowmobiles, the 4-wheelers, the sleds and the tubes.
Hell, have a theme like a luau or similar if you want to go all out.
No. It’s time to move on. Have a party with a different theme.
God NO. I enjoy the mid-January to late-August respite from Xmas that we get every year, thanks.
I thought it was bad when the stores brought out the decorations in October.
I would run away screaming from a Christmas party in February. Sorry!
Why not a Valentine’s party, if the guests would be mainly couples, or if it’s mainly not couples, an anti-Valentine’s party. Or you could do a President’s Day party, and do presidentially themed food (regional items based on the president’s birthplace, or something snarky, like George Bush Blackwater punch made with that really dark purple grape koolaid or Clinton’s Cupcakes, decorated to look like Gennifer Flowers and Monica Lewinsky) and so on. It’s late now, but I’ve twice gone to Groundhog Parties. Those were fun. If you’re able to do it justice, you could do a Black history month party.
There are a lot of options in February. Reliving Christmas seems pretty low on the list.
Christ on a cracker, no. We wouldn’t even go to DoctorJ’s office Christmas party when they were having it the weekend before Thanksgiving. I love Christmas, but it really needs to be confined to December.
We tend to have a party sometime in February, for exactly the reasons you want to have one. Something to break up the monotony of cold, dark, and wet. It doesn’t have a theme, though. We throw out a bunch of munchies, turn on the fireplace, come up with some signature cocktail that’s seasonally appropriate, and either crank up the tunes or fire up the Wii. A good time is had by all.
Just yesterday I got my mail and was surprised to find a Christmas card!
Christmas party? I would be less than thrilled…seems like it was just yesterday anyway.
May I suggest a beach party instead? Turn up the heat, make everyone wear beach attire, throw some sand on the floor, put up some sun lamps around the room, have towel and beach balls, play Beach Boys music and give everyone a squirt gun. That would be more fun, seeing as how it is cold and snowy where you are.
Good God, NO! Haven’t we all suffered enough already? What the hell are you thinking of? The thought of yet more Christmas is just…vomitous.
Darwin’s 200th birthday is coming up - you could have an evolution party!
I suppose I might–if say, a good buddy or close relative had spent late December in the hospital and now wanted to celebrate Christmas one last time.
But in general, I support the idea of having Mid-February Anti-Blah Party which is NOT Christmas themed–and not Valentine themed–with Valentine’s Day being the better holiday if you must pick an over-celebrated holiday to focus on.
I was toying with the idea of having a “Cosby sweater” party (where people wear outrageous 80’s style sweaters). My sister thought it was a great idea when I mentioned it around Christmastime. Of course, it being Christmastime, I had no time to pull it off. However, February could just be a possibility.
My mom’s company once had their “Holiday party” in the middle of January (don’t remember why). I thought the OP would go along those lines.
It’s one thing to celebrate “Christmas in July” or the like, since if you’re going to have a Christmas party at a time that’s not Christmas, you might as well play up the incongruity and have it as far from the real date as possible. But in February? It’s far too close to be an anti-Christmas party, but yet too far to be a real Christmas party.
I’ll show up to almost any kind of party, if you want to string lights around your house and wear a Santa hat then I’ll show up with a six pack of beer and drink eggnog. Having to sing carols would push me over the edge, ditto for having to buy a Christmas gift in February.
Nope, I am kinda sick of Christmas by the end of November. How about something like “The First Annual Mid-Winter Classic Ribs and Chilli Cookoff.” I’d go for that!
No!
If you want a seasonal celebration–how about Mardi Gras? Carnival officially starts on 12th Night & ends the night before Ash Wednesday. This year, Fat Tuesday is February 24th.
Get some lights in Mardi Gras colors–green, gold & purple. Cook up some fine Louisiana food. Play sounds by Doctor John & The Neville Brothers. There’s lots more great New Orleans blues & rock; include some Cajun & Zydeco for a country style celebration.
Ask people to come in costume–or just have some masks on hand.
Please–no more Christmas…
Feb 20th is Hoodie-Hoo Day, when you go outside and yell Hoodie-Hoo to chase away winter. That might be fun!