Hipster Friday: Hipster Holiday Parties
Happy Hipster Friday! This is the last Hipster Friday of 2009, we’ll keep updating the rest of the holidays, but we take off for Christmas and New Years because we’re lazy.
Hipsters celebrate the Holiday’s just like everyone else. While Becky and Chad are out at fancy cocktail parties, hipsters have their own types of parties to celebrate the season. To have your very own hipster holiday party follow the steps below.
1) Choose what holiday you’re celebrating.
While a lot of hipsters choose to have a Christmas, Hanukkah or general holiday party, others choose to go the pop culture route in an attempt to be witty and relevant. Most often this will will result in having either a Festivus or Chrismukkah . Festivus is a holiday copped from Seinfeld and Chrismukkah is a holiday copped from The O.C.. While both were awesome shows, and they’re both interesting holiday ideas, both shows only live on in syndication and have been off the air since 1998 and 2007 respectively.
2) Decorate properly.
If a hipster is doing a Christmas or Hanukkah themed party the decorations will be minimal at best. Perhaps a sad looking Charlie Brown Tree or an electric Menorah will make an appearance. If you’re doing a Chrismukkah party, BOTH a sad looking Charlie Brown Tree and an electric Menorah are necessary.
Festivus is a little trickier since you need the traditional aluminum Festivus poll. Any other piece of Seinfeld paraphernalia will also work for decoration.
Entire neighborhoods get in on this action. Ex. Adams Morgan in D.C.
3) Choose a gimmick to force your guests to participate in.
Party time!
No hipster holiday party is complete without the completely unnecessary gimmick. Some parties require you to wearan ugly sweater, you know because there are a lot of ugly holiday sweaters out there. This is an attempt to mock the sartorial choices of others. If you hate your friends, we suggest going this route.
If it’s a Festivus party hosts will often make the guests air their grievances, just like Seinfeld. this can get a little hairy amongst friends/frenemies, especially with the booze flowing. Feats of strength could also be attempted if the booze/nose candy is involved.
