Running a neighborhood decorating Christmas Contest

Christmas time family activities - Here's something you might enjoy doing in Christmas time and you know the whole family can participate. A Christmas contest can make your neighborhood feel the Christmas mood and enjoy the season a lot. You can organize a decorating contest. Here are some steps that you can follow to create memories that your neighbors will always remember.

• You have to determine the various categories to be used in participation and also judgment. You can have different categories like best yard decoration or most creative lights decoration and a grand prize for the overall winner.

• You must circulate flyers to let your neighbors know about the contest. This should be done in November to get the participants ready. Include your contacts in the flyers, the date of the presenting the decorations and also the categories of to be used in judgment. You should select someone who is related to the participants to help you pick the winners.

• Ask each participant to give you a small donation to help you in paying the judges. This is a good way to show courtesy to those people who will have leave their schedule to come and help you in the contest.

• Start by decorating your home with many colors and include as much decorations as you can. You should have many twinkling lights and show the other neighbors that you are ready for contest.

• The neighbors who are taking part in the Christmas contest of decorating should put clear signs on their doors. This will make the judges recognize them and assess their decoration.

• You can then host a simple tea and cookies open house and invite all the participants. This will give the judges a good opportunity to announce the winners and award them. This will make you enjoy the festive season more and your neighbors will be looking for another Christmas contest every year.

Happy Holidays!

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