insideKENT Magazine Issue 56 - November 2016 | Page 49

CHRISTMAS

What to do?
Other than eat your fill, have a few drinks and catch up with your nearest
and dearest, there’s not an awful lot anyone needs to ‘do’ at Christmas
parties, and there’s nothing worse than a forced schedule of games.
That said, you need to set the scene and give people the option to have
a laugh if they want to. Make sure there’s space suitable for a bit of a
boogie if you have known movers and shakers among your peers.
Next, music. Compile your party playlist well ahead of time – for the
musically challenged among us, there’s lots of inspiration and preprepared playlists that you can legally pinch from streaming services like
Spotify and Soundcloud. Make sure you’re plugged into a good speaker
too.
It won’t do you any harm to hire a karaoke machine. They’re a relatively
cheap option (you’ll probably be able to borrow one if you ask around)
and can simply be set up somewhere to be pounced on as and when
your guests may feel the need to belt out a bit of Meatloaf, before
launching into an existential debate about what on earth it could have
been that he wouldn’t do for love.
If you’re feeling extremely generous, you could stretch to a fancy farewell
in the form of a goodie bag – no need to go all ‘Oscars’ and hand out
Rolex’s, but a few chocolate truffles in a personalised box is a nice