Christmas in July: For those among us who can't get enough to the holiday season (or never seem to have time to do all the Martha Stewart-type things we think will make "the perfect holiday"), the Christmas in July party is great.    Invitations/decorations: Snowmen with the face of the honoree, particulars about the party on the snowman's belly, or angel wings with the honoree's face as the angel and the particulars printed on the wings - close the wings around the angel, like a sleeping bird.  Decorations are whatever Christmas stuff you have around that you keep "just because it's too nice to throw away" and buy July 4th red plates, cutlery, and cups after the holiday is over. Fake poinsettias and holiday table cloths make good finishing touches.  Hang a cloth or plastic Christmas wreath on the door.  Party Favors: Christmas gift bags or plain handle bags with holiday paper glued around the edges and tinsel wrapped around the handles, fill with striped candy sticks (if canes are not available), red felt Santa hats on jars of peanut brittle (canning jars are cute with these hats on them), toy train sections with gold coin candy in them (they carry them at our Dollar Tree) [or boxes painted to look like trains - add button wheels, and an inverted "V" slanted cardboard top and "cow catcher", paint top red, sides green, cow catcher silver, and paint "Santa Express" on the side in frosted-top letters or glitter glue], crochet little wreath key chains or get Oriental Trading Company holiday key chains - they sell Christmas items year round, so look there for other holiday filler items like pencils, erasers, balls, etc.  Games: 1) Pin the buttons on the snowman (cardboard snowman, paper buttons backed with double sided tape), 2) pass the snowman's hat (pass around a top hat, also from the after July 4th sale, but paint over the stars and stripes with black spray paint) to Christmas music and whoever is stuck with it is out, 3) Paint a gingerbread man, either a cookie with icings or a cut out with markers and stickers, 4) Dough ornaments (best to use the no-bake kind, so you don't need to heat up the oven in July!) made with Christmas cookie cutters you already have, 5) Snowball fight (water balloons), 6) Make a Santa beard - on paper plate edges attached to yarn, glue white faux fur, yarn, or cotton balls, 7) Decorate a small artificial tree (this is great to keep the little ones busy) with popcorn strings, cookies, paper cut outs, 8) Decorate a paper plate deer (attach construction paper antlers, red pom pom nose, wiggle eyes), 9) Make paper ring garland and put stickers on the rings.  Foods: honey ham or turkey deli sandwiches with stuffing, cranberry sauce and green bean casserole; gingerbread men, striped mints, Hostess white snowball cupcakes instead of a cake.   If you are like me, you buy so much after-Christmas sale stuff you could throw this party without having to go to the store for anything.  If you're nt an after Christmas sale person, try it this year in January and put in all in a box marked Christmas In July and try it next summer!