Once again, it is time for holiday parties. While everyone is downsizing and looking for new ways to cut costs, a holiday party at a lower price may not be a good answer. The following list of useful tips will help and assist you in creating pleasant and successful holiday cheer.

1. The Venue Choosing a good venue needs a lot of thought. If you choose your venue too big, your guests will feel lost. Choose a venue that is too small and not all guests will fit in. But size is not all that needs to be considered. If you want to have people remember that event forever, choose a venue that is not a typical place for a holiday party. Be creative. Would you remember a party in a barn, an airplane, a mall, zoo, an indoor pool, an airplane hangar, a theater, a railway car, or an old historic church building? You see, there are other places than hotels and restaurants.

2. The Party Theme Not every holiday party needs to look like a mall in December. Find a theme that makes it interesting to come to event. It sounds much more interesting to visit a party with a theme like "Jungle Christmas", "Santa's laboratory", "Party under Sea", "Dude Ranch", "Out of Box"...

3. The Decoration Once you’ve found a great theme, think about decoration that supports theme. You can create your own labels for bottles, rent trees, collect large boxes from surrounding retailers, borrow some cattle (though that might cause some problems....), free lab coats for everyone with company logo and rubber gloves (who said your employees are thrilled with getting yet another company t-shirt as a Christmas bonus?), rent an "electric cow" (the rodeo thing...), dress up some cardboard Rudolphs with lab coats and goggles, or strap some reindeer antlers to borrowed cows. Dress up waiters as Santas or mad scientists. In other words, turn your venue into a stage set for a fun time by making it match theme. Place single use cameras on tables so your guests can make pictures for their memories. And don’t forget good lighting. Creative lighting will contribute much to atmosphere.

4. The Music To find right music for your event, you have to visualize your guests. See event through your guest's eyes. While a string quartet might fit great to your theme, result may be that your guests fall asleep. If you get bored from DJs and bands, try a cowbell orchestra, a square-dance lesson, or a barbershop quartet.