Christmas Parties
Everyone loves a good Christmas party! The spread of food that lets you try so many holiday cookies without having to make a dozen different batches yourself. And the chance to see people who you might not have seen in quite a long time. It’s easy to see why they’re so popular. And when you think about it, what we do each Christmas season is essentially throw twenty-five different mini holiday parties.
This year, however, we didn’t have any “traditional” holiday parties lined up with invites and a community gathering. And so, to remedy our lack of a holiday party, we invited ourselves to someone else’s party! Ben’s family has been hosting a neighborhood and friends party for over twenty years. And since it’s been several years since he’s been able to attend, we headed off to his hometown for a good old-fashioned holiday party. We donned our Christmas sweaters and festive attire and brought our own goodies to share (coconut cherry bars as is a Sommerfeld classic). We blared a playlist of some of the best Christmas party jams on the ride over to Wisconsin and then chatted and mingled our way through the evening!
And while we had a lot of fun in general, we also learned a lot about holiday parties and the wide range that they come in. We perused a fascinating infographic that detailed all the holiday party trends over the last fifty years and how the foods and music have changed. And we also looked at some record breaking parties including the 2018 Kris-Mas Eve Party hosted by Kim and Kanye West that was said to have cost $1.3 million dollars. $350,000 of their grand budget was spent covering the whole property in artificial flakes! There was also a holiday party in Australia in 2017 that set a record with over 1,554 people in attendance. And on the flip side, the record for the longest “Christmas Party for One” involved Ben Eckerson spending 78 hours in an inflatable snow globe. And now you know!
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