Christmas and holiday party invitations

Ugly sweaters, cookie swaps, open houses and the office thing you did not volunteer for. Add a Secret Santa draw to any of them without a second tool.

Pages for this holiday

• Christmas cookie exchange invitation

  How many dozen each guest bakes, how to stop four people turning up with chocolate chip, and what the swap looks like on the table..

• Christmas party invitation

  Pick the date, write six lines, send one link.

• Secret Santa gifts under $25

  Real categories, real prices, and the three mistakes that produce a drawer of unused Secret Santa gifts..

• Holiday open house invitation

  A window instead of a start time, wording that tells guests they can stay twenty minutes or three hours, and a food table that survives the whole afternoon..

• Office holiday party invitation

  Wording for a work party that a mixed team can read without wincing: optional attendance, clear rules on partners and the bar, and the access details people are too polite to ask about..

• Secret Santa generator

  Add the names, block the couples, run the draw.

• Secret Santa rules

  The rules that matter are the ones you write down before the draw.

• Secret Santa wishlist ideas

  A wishlist is a brief for a stranger with a budget and forty minutes.

• Tree trimming party invitation

  An invite your guests can answer with one tap, and a plan for the hour when twelve people are holding glass baubles at the same time..

• Ugly sweater party invitation

  Wording you can paste, a judging format that takes ten minutes, and the five places a guest can still get a sweater the night before..

• What to write in a Christmas party invitation

  Eight invitations you can paste and edit, plus the exact sentences for a dress code, a gift limit, an end time and an adults-only evening..

• White elephant gift exchange rules

  Numbered turns, stealing, a freeze after three steals, and one last swap for whoever went first.

• Holiday potluck sign up sheet

  Named slots instead of "bring a dish", amounts per person you can hand to a guest, and a way to end up with two desserts rather than seven..