Christmas Crackers and New Years Poppers

So last New Year’s Eve, when the living room still sorta looked like this (minus the wrapped presents)…

and the tree was decorated like this…

…we had a small party of five (our family + my parents!). We ate leftover candy and nuts and played board games and waited for the ball to drop so we could drink our sparkling grape juice and it was all awesome and relaxed and we opened the most random gift ever… the Christmas crackers. In case you’re not in the know (just like I wasn’t last year, click here to see an example…and click here to see where they originated from…)

Ok, now that we’re all on the same page, let me tell you we had the most hilarious time cracking those things and the “prizes” were even more hilarious- tissue paper crowns, fingernail clippers, shoe horns..!? (my box was the “luxury” crackers…!) Anyway, we laughed until we cried and then we laughed some more.

This year, there weren’t any crackers, so I had some “poppers” at my party instead..! We figured we would up the food factor from nuts to party food that was easily popped in your mouth because our hands needed to be free to make that triple word score on the scrabble board…!

Here’s  sampling of what we had:

pigs in a blanket…the boy’s favorite…!

Chips and Salsa….easy!

cheesy bacon potato bites…yum..!

ham and cheese sliders…good but messy…!

wings and shrimp…surprise..!

peanut butter fruit dip…for something semi-healthy..

Food was devoured, points were awarded and a good time was had by all! That’s how we rolled, how did y’all party this year?

Happy New Year’s Everyone!