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How very clever you are to plan that gathering without any care given to the cost of the novelties that you will need to provide. Well, I can tell you this. I would rather attend a nice gathering with absolutely not one novelty or gimmick or whatever, if it had the right ingredients for my version of what a nice gathering should be. Now balloons are always festive and if the gathering is being held outdoors, then perhaps a few festive light up items would add to the mood. Perhaps strings of those Japanese paper lanterns or some tiki torches or that spinning colored disco ball hanging from the ceiling. But if you want me to enjoy myself, it is all about the food provided and it is all about the beverages provided and it is all about the people that are attending. I am a true foody and I am always interested in the foody items we will be served. I love to cook and I love to eat and I also like to imbibe especially an interesting beverage. I don’t need a party hat or a blow horn or those light up items you wear on top of your head or around your neck. Give me some good companions and something to fill me and make me beg for the recipe and absolutely not too many alcoholic beverages unless you intend for me to crash on your couch. That is one thing that the perfect host or hostess should stand strong on — no one leaves and gets into a car if they are driving and have had even one too many drinks or if they are riding home with someone who has had too many drinks. I suppose a great novelty for a party where alcohol is being served with very little concern to how much was consumed by anyone attending, would be for everyone to stay overnight and the party could extend to a great ‘get your head together’ breakfast the next morning. I really like that idea. Keep the number of guests limited and just open up that sleeper sofa, pull out that inflatable mattress, get the guest room tidied up for a couple of guests and call it a night whenever you are ready. Those late night partiers would have to opt for the pull out sofa and the inflatable mattress on the floor, you and a couple of the others could get a good night’s sleep and start that coffee and a hearty breakfast the next morning.