My daughters birthday is on December 17 and she will be turning 5! since we will be having her party on the 20th i decided to do a Christmas party which she totolly loved! I printed invitations from my hallmark card maker on my computer, it has a pic of a cute lil girl(which looked just like my lilly) eating cake and had snowflakes behind her. the invitation read: Your invited on the front, The inside read: Dress your holiday best and join us at our christmas party celebrating Lillys 5th birthday, date,time,place and r.s.v.p info on the other side. My daughter created a wish list at wal-mart so i included the registry info as well. we always decorate the house for Christmas the day after thanksgiving and this year our tree is decorated with lime green pink purple and turquoise decorations,I also baught tool which happened to be on sale at hobby lobby and cut into rectangles, gathered in the middle and tied with a silver ribbon, we stuffed those through out the tree and also used the tool under the tree. so our colors of the party matched the tree, green table cloths pink plates purple utensils and turquoise curling ribbon on corners of tables. i purchased mini stockings at hobby lobby that came in a pack of six ( we have 12 kids attending) i also bought pencils mini notebooks and mini games at walmart & put them inside. for the adults i bought coffee mugs at the dollar store which were prefilled with candies inside i will also put my daughters Birthday pic ( i take my girls every year for their birthday to an instant photo shop at the mall) we wil have 3 activities and two games, activities will be painting christmas plaster figures, making and decorating cookies ( i premade each child their own dough), and making ornaments with a funny pic of each kid ( i had the parents send me a funny pic a week before party so i can print them out). we will devide the kids in to 3 teams of 4 and each will have their turn at an activity. games included will be the snow ball game; each child in their team will have to wear mittens use and use a spoon to pick up the snowballs (cotton) and race to other side where they will try to fill up their pitcher. Christmas music, like the Chipmunks, which is my daughters favorite,and old time classics will be played through out the time of the party. for food i wanted to stay away from traditional christmas food since everyone will be eating it 5 days later so i asked my daughter what she would like & she said she wants salad! =) i know... so i will order big salad from dions or olive garden (which is her favorite) and we will have spagetti and mini garlic breads i will also be making bruschetta. we will have koolaid all different colors as well as eggnog, hot chocolate w/ marshmallows, coffee and sodas. we ordered her cake from albertsons which is a yummie land theme, it went well with colors of party and my daughter loves the yummie land girls. presents were put under the tree and when it was time to open her gifts i had a special song to play for her. i got it from itunes, it is a personalized birthday song with her name. the time for the party will be from 5 to 8pm but i know the kids will be having so much fun so who knows when it will really end. all that matters is that my daughter has a perfect day!