Responsibility for parent's anniversary

Answer 1

* Generally any grown children in the family (the younger ones can participate as well) will give a party for their parents by putting a list of their parent's friends together and inviting them to the party. Having it in your own home is cheaper, but a hall can be rented. Generally parties are much more fun than sitting at a nice restaurant. * Find a way to get your parents out of the house while you are preparing for the party on 'the day.' * Many guests will offer to bring food to the party and it's up to you to decide if you will accept their gesture or if you want to completely do this on your own. * It is also important that you let the guests know that you will not be providing Alcoholic Beverages and it is up to them to bring their own, or, (if you can afford it) it's best to provide the wine or champagne (for a toast) and different mixers for the guests drinks as well as the appetizers (can be mixed nuts; a cheese ball with crackers; crackers with different sausages and cheeses, etc. If there are 15 or less guests then you could have a 'pot luck dinner' with salads, a cooked ham, scalloped potatoes, etc. * Keep the party simple if you have a budget to go by. Appetizers are acceptable and not a full course meal. * If you can (or get a friend) download music in the era of which your parents grew up (50's up) and burn it on disc, but have a good selection of music with a couple of fast ones and then a slow dance. Have that 'special dance' for your parents. * Order the cake personally and be sure you give the baker a week to 10 days before the event and be sure to mark down the day and time you have to pick up the cake. * After sending out invitations check to see who has responded and if they haven't done so then you will have to phone them to be sure whether they are coming or not. * The gift. The party you prepared could be a gift, or, if you can afford it get your parents a special gift (it can be memorable such as putting together a collage of their life together along with the family and friends. People love to to look at collages (get the foam 3 paneled business boards to paste the pictures on and be sure to put 'captions' on the bottom of the pictures. If you can afford it you could send your parents away for a weekend. Whatever you decide will honor your parents and that would be the greatest gift you could give.