31.   Classics from Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and a host of others provide the perfect soundtrack for your holiday party.

32.   Company holiday parties appear to be making a comeback.

33.   Detroit journalists could not recall the last time they had received an invitation to a holiday party before Halloween.

34.   December is party time, and many holiday parties call for dressing up in something special.

35.   During the past few years, attendance at holiday parties has been lower than party planners expected, Kaplan said.

36.   Each has a gilded cord, so a collection could make an edible centerpiece at a holiday dinner party.

37.   Even interior decorators, who say this is usually a dormant period, say business has been booming for small makeovers in advance of holiday parties.

38.   Even women who wear black the rest of the time like to sparkle at holiday parties, and they have plenty of choice.

39.   Fashionistas can perform their own magic by turning one tuxedo into five fashion looks in time for holiday parties.