2023 is going sneak up on us sooner than we know it, if you want to avoid the hassle of going out on New Year’s Eve, you can always host your own New Year’s Eve celebration at home. If you’re hosting a New Year’s Eve bash, you should start your party planning now and it doesn’t have to be stressful or break the bank either!

A few basic tips:

Host your party after dinnertime and ask guests to bring their own drinks and allocate a certain snack to each person. Dim your lights and flood the house with votive candles. Candles are the most romantic and cost effective way to create a festive atmosphere! To make your candles burn longer, put them in a zip lock bag in the freezer the day before your party.

Buy pink bulbs and swap them into your lamps for the night; you will be amazed at the difference it makes and the atmosphere it creates!. They may be silly, but people still love the traditional New Year’s Eve party items such as noisemakers, hats, tiaras, boas, and horns. Put these items on a platter or in a big decorative bowl and let people grab items as they wish.

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Be creative about the countdown. You can pop a balloon for every second starting at 10.Ask all of your guests to give you their three favourite songs when they RSVP for the party. Create a custom CD from this list with all of your guests’ favourites! Burn extra CDs for your guests with a custom cover created on your computer to give as party favours in the end of the evening.

As a favour, give your guests fun care packages in small paper totes for New Year’s Day. Fill the bags with aspirin, tomato cocktail, vitamin C, and the CD of the all the music you created! For fun it’s nice to give guests hot chocolate in a to-go container for the drive home!

Have phone numbers on-hand for your local taxi cab companies in case some of your guests need a lift home. Whatever you do don’t drink and drive and be safe.