Holiday Party Ideas: Fun Food and Drinks

Online magazine UrbanDaddy held a holiday party for its New York readers with a dessert bar piled high with macaroons, cakes, and other sweets from several local bakeries.

Match Restaurant created a menu inspired by fairy tales and 1960s op art, the theme of Toronto-based marketing agency Capital C's party. Psychedelic trays held chicken dipped in gooseberry-plum sauce.

At the AIDS Foundation of Chicago's holiday-themed World of Chocolate event, guests sipped vanilla- and cinnamon-spiced hot chocolate from mini pipettes by the Signature Room at the 95th.

Capital C's event also had seasonal cocktails like Santa's Beard (white chocolate liqueur, half and half, a hint of peppermint, and crushed candy canes).

At a holiday party hosted by Style Boston and Boston Magazine, the Catered Affair served tuna tartare with wasabi aioli on a tray accented with wheatgrass and peppers—traditional Christmas colors on unexpected objects.