How to Throw a St. Patrick's Day Party

Everyone's Irish on the 17th of March or at least willing to celebrate. It doesn't have to be a falling-down-drunk kind of party. Try this formula for an easy to plan and execute party.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• friends
• beverages
• space to hold the party

1. Send out invitations (email or regular mail or hand deliver). Keep the wording simple:
   ST PADDY'S HAPPY HOUR at XXX's house,
   Sunday, March 16, from 5 pm to whenever the food runs out,
   BRING AN APPETIZER TO SHARE, DRINKS PROVIDED,
   RSVP phone number, address.
2. Tidy up the place where the party will be.
3. Put around a few banners with Happy St. Patrick's Day or other seasonal decorations. Most craft stores carry these.
4. Play some Irish music to set the mood. You can borrow celtic music from the public library but it's in big demand at this time of year. It's probably best to just buy 2 or 3 CDs to use year after year.
5. Chill your drinks. It's nice to have some Killian's Irish beer and maybe a few Guinness (though some people aren't up to those). Make some green punch for the non-beer drinkers.
6. Let everyone settle in, having a good time eating the appetizers, drinking the drinks and visiting.
7. Part way through the party, hand out voting slips to the guests to vote on categories like:
   *Best dressed Irish lad
   *Best dressed Irish lass
   *Guest wearing the most green
   *Guest with the most blarney.
   Have everyone put their own name on a plain slip to go in the drawing for the Guest with the most LUCK OF THE IRISH. Have some simple prizes to give out to the winners.