Our Holiday Hosting Plan & A Christmas Gift for You!

Our Holiday Hosting Daily Breakdown and Meals

I'm sure you've heard me talk about it before, but I use Trello to organize, well, everything.

I organize my business stuff and my personal stuff, but most notably at this time of year, I organize all our Christmas planning.

The picture above gives you a little insight into some of the pieces of this Trello board from this year, but you can also get the template for this board as part of my Christmas Prep Library.

Regardless of how you organize your planning, here is a rundown of our hosting plan for the 4 days and 3 nights we will have overnight guests.

• Pre-Guest Arrival Checklist
  • Other than the items I listed in my tips for hosting overnight guests, I'll be making sure the following is complete:
    • Pick up the house one last time
    • Wash sheets and make the beds
    • Set out extra linens and bedding for couch sleepers
    • Switch out all towels for fresh ones
    • Restock toilet paper in each bathroom
    • Double check our fridge is stocked, upstairs and down
    • Bake sweet treats for the apple cider bar
• Day One (guests arrive midday)
  • Have sandwich items ready to go for when they arrive
  • Set guests up in their rooms/areas
  • Spend some time catching up
  • Our dinner plan is always an appetizer round up, which we call the appiteaser schmorgus board, with items including…
    • Swedish meatballs
    • Crescent weinies
    • Chips and dip
    • Baked ham and cheese sandwiches
    • Shrimp and cocktail sauce
  • Finish up the evening with an activity (see below)
• Day Two (Christmas Eve)
  • Start the day with homemade breakfast sandwiches
  • Relax/Showers/Christmas movies
  • Attend Christmas Eve mass
  • Our dinner plan this year is homemade pizzas. Other years we've done a taco bar, too
  • Finish up the evening with an activity from the list.
• Day Three (Christmas)
  • Open presents!
  • My husband does a make your own omelette bar for breakfast.
    • You put what items you want in your omelette in a bowl and then he short order cooks it for you. It's pretty awesome.
  • Relax/Play with new presents or gadgets/Christmas movies/Showers
  • For dinner, we usually do a nice dinner in the dining room fully equipped with a holiday feast, including…
    • Ham
    • Pierogis
    • Polish sausage
    • Veggie Casserole
    • Sweet potatoes
    • Rolls
  • After dinner, we usually post up in the basement and play games
• Day Four (guests head home)
  • Order breakfast rolls
    • There is this place called the Kolache Factory in Fishers that has the best little goodness-filled breaded amazings that we usually go and pick up.
  • Help guests pack their car
  • Do a sweep of the house for forgotten items
  • Give hugs and see them off

And there you have it!

Our holiday hosting breakdown for overnight guests.

Now for the list of fun activities you can pull from for your holiday extravaganza…

Our List of Activities to Pull From

I usually like to have a list of activities we can do in case things seem like they need an energy boost.

Here is a list of some of the things we have on deck every year to choose from to get you started.

• Go out for fun
  • Bowling
  • Top Golf
  • Christmas Lights Tour
• Board games
  • Taboo
  • Pictionary
  • Catch Phrase
• Card/Dice games
  • Euchre is our favorite
  • Left, Right, Center
• Horseracing
  • This game is a crowd favorite betting game.
• Bar games
  • Ping pong
  • Pool
  • Darts
• Other random ideas
  • Christmas cookie decorating
  • Gingerbread house making
  • Watch a Christmas movie

My Free Christmas Gift to You!

To share in the holiday joy with you, I wanted to give you a little something to brighten your day while simultaneously picking your brain.

To help me better serve you in the coming year, I created a My Homier Home reader survey.

As a thank you for filling it out, I will give you a free Starbucks drink at the end of the survey!

The survey will take you less than 10 minutes and the Starbucks gift will be instantly available once you complete it.

I truly appreciate your feedback and can't wait to hear your thoughts to help me help you become a more CONFIDENT decorator.

You can access the survey through the bright red button below. But hurry, there's only so much gifting to go around!

Happy holidays friend!