Musings: Bring parties back home
Maybe it’s time to reconsider having parties at home once again. Credit: Noah K. Murray
I have cherished memories of birthday parties in my house in the 1960s. My mother thought nothing of making spaghetti for a group of eight 10-year-old girls and having them play bingo with a few prizes and sing-alongs.
In the 1980s and ’90s, my children’s parties eventually embraced a different venue. I was an elementary schoolteacher with friends in the same profession, and I was more than able to entertain a group of children in my house with a variety of activities for a couple of hours.
As the children grew older, though, they went to parties in bowling alleys, the Ground Round restaurant, gymnastic studios and even Adventureland. My house no longer was an acceptable place to entertain.
Today, parties have no boundaries and come with such expensive fees.
Maybe it’s time to reconsider having parties at home once again. Who knows, maybe it can be a revival.
— Adrienne Horowitz, Old Bethpage
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