What? You've never heard of a Christmas Bauble party? Dahlink! I just can't imagine... Oh, wait. That was me two weeks ago. But then an invitation dropped into my inbox, and on Wednesday this week, I went along and was introduced to this hilarious (new) Christmas tradition. I had such a good time, I thought I would share it with you, so here's my step by step guide.
1. Invite a group of probably between 10 - 20 girlfriends over.
2. Ask your girlfriends to go out and purchase a Christmas bauble for anything from £1 - £10. (Please note; it does not have to be an actual bauble, but something that can hang on the tree is good.) Instruct them to wrap their bauble as prettily as possible - so that it can't be seen - and leave it on a table just inside the front door when they arrive, so that no-one knows who has brought which parcel.
3. Once everyone has arrived, ask them to draw a number from 1 to whatever the final number of people is, and hold onto their ticket.
4. Get everyone seated, and put the pretty packages in the middle of the room. Then invite the holder of ticket #1 to choose a parcel.
5. #1 must open the parcel in full view of everyone in the room, so that all the other guests can see what they've received.
6. Then #2 is invited to take a parcel. OR - and this is crucial - they can also choose to 'steal' the bauble that has just been opened by #1.
7. If #2 chooses to steal #1's bauble, #1 gets to choose another parcel to open. The contents of which may be stolen yet again, by #3, who#'s turn it will be next. #3, you see, gets to choose a gift from the table, or to steal either of the bauble's already in the possession of #1 and #2.
8. And so it goes on, with each subsequent person in the numbered order getting a wider choice of baubles to 'steal' from the other players - or of course they can choose, sight unseen, to take a wrapped one from decreasing number on the table.
What is very important to know, however, is that each bauble can only be 'stolen' 3 times. The person who steals it for the 3rd time gets to keep it.
This party is perfect if you have a group of friends who can be relied upon to keep their sense of humour if their new favourite Christmas decoration is stolen from them at the last minute by someone they usually call their bff, if they find themselves opening the booby prize of the most tasteless bauble imaginable, or if they end up as the new owner of the pair of novelty pants that some joker decided to throw into the mix for a laugh. Which of course didn't happen to anyone I knew...
And that, friends, is how to throw a Christmas Bauble party, and I promise you - you won't regret it.
You're welcome.
1. Invite a group of probably between 10 - 20 girlfriends over.
2. Ask your girlfriends to go out and purchase a Christmas bauble for anything from £1 - £10. (Please note; it does not have to be an actual bauble, but something that can hang on the tree is good.) Instruct them to wrap their bauble as prettily as possible - so that it can't be seen - and leave it on a table just inside the front door when they arrive, so that no-one knows who has brought which parcel.
3. Once everyone has arrived, ask them to draw a number from 1 to whatever the final number of people is, and hold onto their ticket.
4. Get everyone seated, and put the pretty packages in the middle of the room. Then invite the holder of ticket #1 to choose a parcel.
5. #1 must open the parcel in full view of everyone in the room, so that all the other guests can see what they've received.
6. Then #2 is invited to take a parcel. OR - and this is crucial - they can also choose to 'steal' the bauble that has just been opened by #1.
7. If #2 chooses to steal #1's bauble, #1 gets to choose another parcel to open. The contents of which may be stolen yet again, by #3, who#'s turn it will be next. #3, you see, gets to choose a gift from the table, or to steal either of the bauble's already in the possession of #1 and #2.
8. And so it goes on, with each subsequent person in the numbered order getting a wider choice of baubles to 'steal' from the other players - or of course they can choose, sight unseen, to take a wrapped one from decreasing number on the table.
What is very important to know, however, is that each bauble can only be 'stolen' 3 times. The person who steals it for the 3rd time gets to keep it.
This party is perfect if you have a group of friends who can be relied upon to keep their sense of humour if their new favourite Christmas decoration is stolen from them at the last minute by someone they usually call their bff, if they find themselves opening the booby prize of the most tasteless bauble imaginable, or if they end up as the new owner of the pair of novelty pants that some joker decided to throw into the mix for a laugh. Which of course didn't happen to anyone I knew...
And that, friends, is how to throw a Christmas Bauble party, and I promise you - you won't regret it.
You're welcome.
