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Lighten Up Create an inviting party atmosphere as guests arrive. Line your driveway with luminaries. Purchase brown paper lunch bags. Fill each about one-third full of sand. Place a glass votive candle holder and candle in sand in each bag to anchor it. Light candles just before guests arrive. Set the Mood Pull out any Mexican or Latin American treasures you have. This could include ponchos, sombreros, pottery, blankets, maracas or piņatas. Place these around the party area to create a south-of-the-border atmosphere. String large, colorful old-fashioned Christmas lights around the room to add color. Play holiday music performed by a mariachi band. Set out plenty of poinsettias--Mexico's Christmas flower. Party Games Play Charades. If you've never played Charades before, or if it's been awhile since you've played, here's how. Divide your group into two teams. Have each team write titles of books, TV shows, movies or songs on slips of paper. Have each person take turns drawing a slip of paper from the other team. That person acts out the title using gestures as their team members guess what they are acting out. The other team can be the timekeeper and limit each charade to 1 or 2 minutes. The team guessing the most charades correctly wins. If you like, give a small gift to each member of the winning team. Spread the Cheer In the spirit of giving, invite guests to each bring a canned food that reminds them of their favorite holiday memory. Ask guests to share their memories with one another. Then donate the canned foods to the local food shelf.
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