How to Make Christmas Special.

Sky is getting darker, and the earth is covered with white, the nights in winter are dreadful until the Christmas day arrives. In long, and horrific wintery nights the Christmas season appears like a candle of hope, peace and joy. For most of the people, the season of Christmas starts with December but for me it starts at the beginning of new year and I await a whole year about thinking that how to make Christmas special? This feeling becomes more strong and I feel more excited at Christmas eve because the day of happiness is almost there. Most of the people around the world are also pulled towards making their Christmas event special and exceptional but they don’t know how.

Just fantasies for a moment, and divert your mind, towards the wintery nights, deep silence, darkness, resting people and imagine a wintery night, white snowy ground, glowing lights, decorated trees, and music. Now ask yourself which one looks best to you, and it will be definitely the second one but when there are billions of people who are throwing parties, organising Christmas events, it becomes difficult for you to distinguish yourself and make your Christmas quite special for yourself and your family and friends.

As the Christmas season is upon us, and you are getting, emails, texts, calls, and advertisements on social media about deals, and offers to make your Christmas event special. I bet, these promotional tactics can’t make your Christmas eve special because they are just promoting, the real joy and happiness that will make your Christmas special will come from inside. Now put all the worries and hustle and bustle of the world away from you and sit for a moment, in wintery night and think that what can bring happiness to you? Is it Christmas itself, or throwing a fantastic Christmas party to your friends and family. Considering myself, I will say both because Christmas is all about celebrations that erupt from the darker nights of winters.

Pope Francis repeatedly stated that,

“God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.”

By considering the overall worth of this Christmas gift, it is our responsibility to celebrate it with all of our efforts.

Think Christmas is a cultural or religious celebration?

This will definitely confuse you because some of the people will led it towards the religious celebration while some will say cultural. In my own point of view, for making a Christmas special it is necessary to consider both aspects because culture ultimately has some ties with the religion. For making your Christmas special, first consider the religious aspect that symbolizes the themes of sacrifice, rebirth, forgiveness, renewal and grace. Now come to the cultural aspect that is all about traditional celebrations that we make at out Christmas event. The celebration or cultural aspect is the most important when you think of making your Christmas party or event special in front of your friends and family members.

Christmas event ideas, that you can adopt easily

We all know that Christmas is the delightful time of year and everyone is filled with lot of things to do. Many of us, feel exhausted, at the final day of Christmas and thankful that it’s finally over. But the Christmas, doesn’t need to be this way and we should make the Christmas more meaningful and relaxing.

It’s holiday season and you had a lot of time to think that how you can make your Christmas event special with different Christmas event ideas in your mind. I know, the Christmas ideas are already there in your mind, now it’s time to pull them and implement and if you don’t have, I have a perfect game plan for you to organize a stress-free event.

Be organized on this Christmas

First of all, organize yourself and make a complete list of things you want to do on this Christmas. Make it simple, and feasible and don’t put your head in complexities. Evaluate your event management skills and if you don’t have essential skills, be patient and consult a professional event manager, if your budget allows you. In case of short budgets, you can get event management skills in very short time by taking event management course offered by online training providers because it is economical and you can complete it in short time. Taking an event management course, can bring you lot of knowledge, and skills about organizing a stress free Christmas event.

Seek for a window out of Christmas events

After getting the right skills and knowledge about event management, now seek for a window, I mean an exact date because your friends and family members are also setting the grounds for Christmas parties. Seeking a window out of these parties will allow you to be relaxed for your own Christmas event.

Consider your budget, and select a venue

Before jumping into organizing a Christmas event think about the total budget and select a venue. Remember, a venue can also contribute greatly towards making Christmas special, thus careful selection of venue is important.

Select a Theme, Be creative now

After getting organized, and understanding the basic ways to make Christmas special, it’s time for you to select a theme or concept for your Christmas event. Here comes the creativity that will lead you to make your Christmas party special and memorable. Some of the themes that you may consider are;

We Three Kings (Inspired by three wise men, it is religious, and elegant party theme)
Santa Clause Soiree (Inspired by Saint Nicholas, you can make it more creative by integrating Santa into different decorative items)
Reindeer Party Theme (Charismatic reindeer party with red and green colour palette)
Cookie Exchange Theme (Best for Kids)
Nutcracker Ballet Theme (If your higher in budget nutcracker ballet party should be your first choice)
Winter Wonder-land Theme (Turn the venue or your house in this elegant theme with plenty of white and silver decorations)
Elf Party Theme (Remember the Santa’s little helper)
Christmas Costume Theme (based on the characters and Christmas costumes)
Peppermint Party Theme (A food oriented party with classic red and white striped theme)

These are the major themes or you can use a traditional decorative theme with a creative approach. But don’t mix up different themes in a single event because it will look messy and stressful.

Make your selected theme or idea more creative and special

Now have look on the other ideas that can help you to making this Christmas special for you.

For instance, to make your themes more creative you can use modern technologies more effectively especially when it comes to decorative items. Effective use of modern technologies will help you to make the theme simple in decoration and memorable for guests.
Include, gameplays within themes because it will bring cheer, laughter and joy in your Christmas. Keep the guest in full of energy and avoid them getting bored include the games like white elephant, Christmas gift wrap relay, gingerbread house decorating, and stocking relay.
If there are kids in the party, set a table for kids for making Christmas arts and crafts.
Setup a cookie decorating table for guests if you are setting up a cookie exchange party.
To make your themes more creative more creative it is necessary to include hand-made items especially the gifts that are hand-made may have more value to your guests.

Other things to do to make this Christmas Special

Besides, celebrations always focus on the real purpose of the Christmas which is sacrifice, rebirth, forgiveness and happiness. In my point of view, if you follow some simple steps on this Christmas, this will bring more happiness than ever before.

Just sit in a calm night and study the biblical stories of Christmas.
Make a promise with yourself about forgiving others while they make mistakes.
Adopt a habit of sacrifice, that will give you inner peace and will make you happy throughout your life.
Be social, gather with friends and family, give them proper time and you will see they had a lot for you.
Enter in the new year with a fresh start and wait for the next Christmas to evaluate yourself.

How to make Christmas Eve Special?

You have made your plans I have made mine for the day Christmas but, we are going to spoil the golden moment of Christmas eve that brings the real happiness. Most of us are messing around at Christmas eve in buying and delivering gifts, making arrangements for next-day celebrations, rushing into the shops, looking for best deals etc. without saying merry Christmas eve, but this is not the way to make Christmas eve special.

As I have said earlier, organize and be prepared earlier for the Christmas celebration and same is true for Christmas eve because this is a magical moment that decides about your upcoming days. Don’t get messed at this moment and clear your shopping lists, and deliver gifts before it arrives. At Christmas eve, sit around silently, listen to music, read biblical stories, write about Christmas, think about your upcoming plans and adventures that you are going to do this on this Christmas. In my opinion, you just need to inhale deeply and fill your soul with the freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resins will make your Christmas eve quite special.