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Hosting Celebration Parties

Explore our collection below of our best celebration party etiquette, including: children's birthday parties, graduation parties, retirement parties, housewarming parties and more. 

  • bat mitzvah with two young girls surrounded by their mother and father at the temple's altar

    Bar and Bat Mitzvahs

    All about bar and bat mitzvahs, one of the most important events in a young Jewish person’s life, and…
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    Children’s Birthday Party Etiquette

    Happy Birthday! Here are helpful tips for throwing a fun and manageable children's birthday party.
  • graduates tossing their caps in the air

    Graduation: Ceremony, Celebration, or Both?

    Graduation marks a milepost in the lives of student. It’s a serious yet joyful event. And therein lies…
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    Graduation Etiquette

    Graduation is a big event in someones life and there is etiquette for gifts, ceremony invitations, announcements,…
  • photo: two hands on top of each other with matching turquois rings

    Engagement Party Timing

    When is too soon--or too late--to hold an engagement party? Who hosts the engagement party?
  • table setting for an engagement party including champagne glasses, candles, and flowers

    Engagement Party Gifts

    Should you bring a gift to an engagement party? In the past, engagement gifts were not obligatory or…
  • photo: three young women siting on a bench talking and laughing in sunhats

    Ideas for Theme Wedding Showers

    A shower needs no theme other than to have a good time and celebrate the upcoming marriage of a couple.…