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2012-02-14    13:26:10  Holidays 

  Here is a fun Holiday link for Valentines, via Facebook: 
Twilight Lonely Hearts Club Band:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003586416860&sk=notes_drafts#!/notes/teresa-ellen-reeves/the-twilight-zone-mother-teresas-lonely-hearts-club-band-looking-for-love-from-a/10150089000176837

 

I'm trying to install a special comment box to share holidays with - most world wide holidays are at Solstices and Equinoxes: share holiday greetings, click on    My CORKBOARD ;)

  • March 21, Sping Equinox
  • June 21, Summer Solstice;   
  • Sept 21, Autumn Equinox;   
  • Dec 21, Winter Solstice
Holidays

Two Essays so far:

Plan a small group to meet a few times a year
Hold a sub-event to go with the big yearly family or office event.

Plan a small holiday group to meet up just a few times a year

 

Many people have groups that meet up only for holidays

This comes down to about once each season or 4 to 6 times a year.

 

This is especially done by unique groups, such as special religious functions or those who enjoy

watching the yearly cosmos.

 

Most social events, any most religious events, are held according to the Sun and Moon transits:

on the Equinoxes and Solstices. Observing these times, and knowing how the natural year

passes helps you connect with the world around you, and helps you plan for seasonal changes

 

Some apartment groups and neighborhood ‘blocks’ hold seasonal festivals or parties. If such

an event is not in your community, think about setting up something.

 
  • It doesn’t have to be religious.
  • It doesn’t have to be a large crowd: 3-6 people is common
  • It doesn’t require a large meal, just some beverage and snacks are fine
  • It doesn’t require a large ‘ceremony’ - just meeting and acknowledging the season is fine
  • In the park or anywhere outdoors is good, that is where most of such events are held, but
    in Winter, head indoors, hopefully by a big Fire place.
  • meet in a park for awhile, then head to a café afterwards for snacks and a chance to talk
    together more
  • Some have one main leader, but often, such leadership is voted on annually. The leader is
    the one to organize it, send out notices, choose a location, etc
  • Money gathered for the event needs to be arranged - usually those attending donate 
       This money goes to renting a place in a park mainly, and some snacks. This can be
       done once a year as     plans are made for the year ahead - usually between the passing
        leader and the one newly elected

            If you don’t have money to rent park shelters, don’t let that stop you, especially if your
            groups is small. As long as you don’t interfere with others at the park you should still 
            have room to enjoy yourselves.

 

Such groups ebb and flow with time. People come for awhile and then move on. Events such
as these, which are stable and dependable, are a great asset to the community and to those
who attend them.

  



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Host a yearly Sub Event to go with the yearly Grand family or office event. 

It’s often best to have your event sometime during that week, or if small enough, the same day.

If during the week, make it active and something everyone can be part of. If the same day, realize they may be very tired from travels and partying all day at the Grand event.

 

Most grand yearly events are a big meal. So, counter or compliment it with a big sporty or  game event; perhaps a dance - whichever - consider something active. This way there is no competition with the meal but a compliment to it.

 

You’ll have to tease and plead a bit to get them coming. It might be difficult to get them to come over on the same day. Offer them great snack food or drinks. Tease their curiosity. Challenge their skills. The splashier and sportier it is might draw them. Hosting a party is a trial and error affair. I have hosted several and each one came out different.

 

The best expectations of arrivals are those who know you well, personally and face to face. Random Internet groups rarely show up in large numbers - if at all, until a year or more of routine invitations. Random neighborhood invitations can produce an array of anything, but surprisingly can bring out quite a few.

The problem with random neighborhood invitations is not having any idea just how many will come.

 

Mailing Written Invitations:

 

Many people go nowhere unless they get a formal and personal invitation. Oddly, this exists most commonly between family relatives, even those whose home is open to many and in which you often visit. They are comfortable with people feeling at home in their own home, but are terrified of other homes, no matter how well they know you. Give them a special written invitation. It will bolster their courage.

 

Send out mailed invitations and ask for replies if you want to host a more formal event, or to bring out those stay at homes, not comfortable in the homes of others. Make sure you don’t slight anyone, who will wonder why they didn’t get an invitation. It will always be the one you thought didn’t need an invitation - like your best friend. It will end up with them not coming and being huffy because you didn’t invite them.

 

You can offer many things. Here is a listing to give you some ideas:

 

A game day at your home such as

            sports on TV

            board games, such as an annual RPG event.

            Yard games

            Card games and standard board games