Ward Christmas Party

Our ward Christmas party was on December 18th, and I think it was a big success. I had a lot of help, and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. The theme of the party was "The Symbols of Christmas." I wanted the party to be a little fancier, so I had the tables set ahead of time. Of course, once the party started, I was too busy to take any other pictures!

I made suckers for the centerpieces in the shapes of the symbols of Christmas. The Young Women came over one evening for mutual and learned how to make suckers and helped me wrap them all up. They were a big hit!

I decided to keep the evening really simple by just having dinner and a short program. I provided the ham and rolls for dinner, and the Relief Society sisters brought sides. I was trying to save money, so I bought the hams, carved them at home and warmed them up in the oven. If I had to do it again, I probably would because it worked out really well, but it was a lot of work. Now I have a tone of ham hocks in my freezer that I am trying to get rid of!

For the program, I had a brother in our ward narrate for us, and I just wrote a paragraph for each of the symbols and a few scriptures that went with it, and then we sang some Christmas hymns in between. I was pleased with the program, but it could have been a little more reverent. I wasn't expecting Sacrament meeting reverence, but all the kids were running around, and the teenagers were off in the corners talking, so if I do a Christmas program again, I think I will redo it a little differently.

I enjoyed doing the activities, but I'm not sad that it's over. There is no more activities committee, so I am done with that calling. I am still teaching in Primary, though, and this year I am teaching the CTR 7 class, and they are all so excited to learn and get baptized.