Nacho2dope Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 My wife was put in charge of our ward Christmas party, just wanted to get some advice on what others have seen work, and what to stay away from? Thanks Link to comment
MustardSeed Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 For families we like Saturday morning breakfast. It's quick and easy. Santa of course comes at the end. No big production, - some games - and of course a canned food drive. 1 Link to comment
rpn Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 I have a readers theater that has lots of scriptures and music that requires almost no practice and allows the kids to dress up as whatever they want on the day in question and just go on in that role: Takes between 20 and 40 minutes depending on how many verses of the songs. PM me if you want me to send a copy. 1 Link to comment
Traela Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I know of one ward that went with an “Authentic Night in Bethlehem!” theme, but also decided on ham for the main dish. Yeah, don’t do that. 2 Link to comment
bluebell Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 We have three wards in our building so all the bishops decided to do all the Christmas parties the first weekend of December. The first ward to meet on Sunday always has their Christmas party on the first Friday night. They set up all the tables according to a template that fits the most seats into the cultural hall. They take nothing down and only clean up their mess and decorations. The ward that meets second on Sunday always has their Christmas party on Saturday Morning. They don't have to set anything up or take anything down. The ward that meets last on Sunday always has their Christmas party Saturday night. They set nothing up but are in charge of taking everything down. Every year when the Sunday meeting schedule rotates the Christmas party schedule rotates as well. We meet at 9 on Sunday morning so that means we are doing our Christmas party Friday night. We're doing potluck chili and cinnamon roles/corn bread for the food, with simple table decorations. The Elder's Quorum and YW are in charge of the party this year so they are doing it daddy/daughter style with dads and girls creating a cute area for Santa to meet with the kids, with a background so that parents can take pictures with Santa if they want. And some of the YW are going to dress up as elves (with the dad of one of our nonmember girls being Santa). Last year the RS was in charge and they had Santa in one half of the building and then had all the YW/YM in the RS room to create a living nativity that ward members could walk through. The kids were all dressed up (with extras as angels), with the lights turned down low and instrumental Christmas hymns playing in the background. It was really beautiful. 1 Link to comment
Tacenda Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 58 minutes ago, bluebell said: We have three wards in our building so all the bishops decided to do all the Christmas parties the first weekend of December. The first ward to meet on Sunday always has their Christmas party on the first Friday night. They set up all the tables according to a template that fits the most seats into the cultural hall. They take nothing down and only clean up their mess and decorations. The ward that meets second on Sunday always has their Christmas party on Saturday Morning. They don't have to set anything up or take anything down. The ward that meets last on Sunday always has their Christmas party Saturday night. They set nothing up but are in charge of taking everything down. Every year when the Sunday meeting schedule rotates the Christmas party schedule rotates as well. We meet at 9 on Sunday morning so that means we are doing our Christmas party Friday night. We're doing potluck chili and cinnamon roles/corn bread for the food, with simple table decorations. The Elder's Quorum and YW are in charge of the party this year so they are doing it daddy/daughter style with dads and girls creating a cute area for Santa to meet with the kids, with a background so that parents can take pictures with Santa if they want. And some of the YW are going to dress up as elves (with the dad of one of our nonmember girls being Santa). Last year the RS was in charge and they had Santa in one half of the building and then had all the YW/YM in the RS room to create a living nativity that ward members could walk through. The kids were all dressed up (with extras as angels), with the lights turned down low and instrumental Christmas hymns playing in the background. It was really beautiful. This sounds awesome!! Link to comment
Amulek Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 When my wife and I moved to our first family ward after getting married, we had someone come dressed up as The Grinch instead of Santa, and I thought it was about the greatest thing ever. The kids seemed to get a kick out of it as well. 1 Link to comment
Garden Girl Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Our ward had a talent show, including exhibits of crafts, arts, etc (I showed several paintings)... we hung them on the wall... we had refreshments, and a visit from Santa... and a reading from the Bible of the Savior's birth. GG 3 Link to comment
Tacenda Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 11 hours ago, Garden Girl said: Our ward had a talent show, including exhibits of crafts, arts, etc (I showed several paintings)... we hung them on the wall... we had refreshments, and a visit from Santa... and a reading from the Bible of the Savior's birth. GG Very cool idea! Link to comment
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