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Hello out there in blog land.  Your old pals from the 123Print Blog are back with the exciting conclusion of The Retro-Chic Guide to Holiday Entertaining where we’ll finish up with our tips for throwing the mid-1960s style Christmas party that will have the whole town talking!  Stay tuned and don’t touch that dial! In our last episode we covered invitations, attire and food for your retro-chic celebration.  In tonight’s installment we’ll cover the all-important topics of beverages, music and décor – the crowning touches for your throwback holiday get-together. Beverages People in the mid-‘60s drank alcohol; sometimes a lot and in situations where we would not do so today.  We’re not in any way endorsing drinking alcohol with the gusto and carelessness they did back then; in fact we’re…

Maybe you’ve noticed or maybe you haven’t but there is currently an infatuation with the mid-1960s.  The era’s influence is everywhere from fashion to home décor to design and of course television with AMC’s Mad Men pretty much pioneering the movement.  With the holiday season naturally lending itself to decking out your home, sporting more dapper duds than normal and most importantly entertaining; it’s the perfect opportunity to throw yourself a holiday shindig that any Kennedy-era advertising exec would feel at home at! Before we go any further you have to remember that the traditional social graces of the 1950s and earlier were only starting to mix with the beginnings of what would become the psychedelic, swinging, do your own thing late 1960s and 70s.  That means entertaining was still…