The party was potluck style, so everyone brought a dish to share. We were in charge of the desserts (of course, my favorite), and BBQ meatballs in the crockpot. All the food was delicious. For the desserts, I made eggnog cupcakes with adorable fondant cupcake toppers that I made custom for the party. We also had white chocolate dipped strawberries that resembled Santa hats, chocolate dipped pretzel rods and strawberry topped brownie bites, that when assembled, looked like Christmas trees.
For the dessert table, I used a plain red table cloth and took a long piece of ugly sweater wrapping paper (from Target) and made a runner the length of the table. For the backdrop, I covered a trifold poster board with the same ugly sweater wrapping paper. In the center of the table was a small, fake Christmas tree with pinecones scatted on it. I elevated the Christmas tree, so that it would be the focal point of the table, on a wood slab cake stand (from World Market). I added large pinecones to the table and had an Ugly, Uglier and Ugliest banner that I printed at home.
We also had a hot chocolate bar where guests could choose different ingredients to add to their hot chocolate. They could choose from chocolate dipped marshmallows, carmel, chocolate chips, peppermint sticks, etc.
To serve the desserts, I made super cute platters out of peppermints (tutorial below). They were easy and really gave a unique appearance to the desserts.
Everyone showed up to the party with an ugly Christmas sweater. Some were store bought and some were homemade, but everyone came looking very festive! We held a contest for Ugly, Uglier and Ugliest sweater between the adults and kids and at the end of the night, votes were tallied and the winners were crowned. We also had a photo booth set up where everyone could take photos using various props like antlers, santa hat, santa beard, elf hat, mistletoe, etc.
We had such a fun night and enjoyed the company of our friends and family. So much so that we are throwing another Christmas party this year. We are now in a new place, and the party theme is a bit different, but it has still been a blast to plan and will be even more fun to throw! Here is a sneak peek of this years party, which I will share the week of Christmas.
Peppermint Serving Platters
You will need:
Red and green bag of peppermints
parchment paper
cookie sheet
Preheat the oven to 350*. Place parchment paper on cookie sheet. Arranged unwrapped mints in platter form desired (square, rectangle, oval, circle, etc.). The mints will spread when they melt so leave an inch or so of a free boarder around mints. Cook for 8-10 minutes. Allow to completely cool before removing parchment paper. Be very careful when removing parchment paper, as platters will be very fragile.
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