How To Host a New Years Eve Party

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How To Host a New Years Eve Party

But there's a lot of work that goes into preparing both your physical and mental space ahead of the new year.

Parties should be interactive. Ensure that guests are mingling, chatting and having a good time by setting up stations that encourage activity. Consider a drink station, a place for games, a photo booth and a television screening area for watching the ball drop.

Depending on the layout of your house, you may want to consider which areas would be most congested with people – food stations often lead to congestion for all of those hungry guests – and figure out a way to ease up heavy traffic. Instead of cutting your guest list, pay attention to the flow of the room. If you have the ability to break up the food into smaller parts around the room, you’ll be more likely to spread out the traffic, as well.

If you’re not into having alcohol in the house for the party, take friends to a local bar for a few libations and have the after-party at your home. You’ll reduce your wait time on a busy night and get your favorite brew faster. Just make sure that you have a designated driver!

If you’re supplying alcohol or your parties have become notorious on the block for being a little rowdy, consider making up places for people to sleep. Rather than have someone unsafe behind the wheel, encourage them to stay with a small pallet of blankets and a fluffy pillow.

If space is an issue, make sure each carload has its own designated driver to ensure the safety of your guests.

New Year’s Eve parties can be a lot of fun, and so can getting ready for one. If you plan to be the host this year, use these tips to get your house prepped for party success.