How to celebrate the 60th birthday of a woman?

Each birthday must be prepared carefully and for a long time, and in the case of the sixtieth anniversary, this is especially important. The holiday should be remembered for many years to come, not only for the hero of the occasion herself, but also for each of the invited guests - in most cases, such dates are simply not customary to celebrate in a narrow circle of close relatives.

Age 60 is special for a woman. On the one hand, one can already talk about the enormous achievements received in his entire life, about the respect from the numerous environment and love. With another, For women, considerable age has always been a sore subject - no one wants to grow old, but this concerns ladies in particular.

In view of this, oddly enough, the holiday should not at all taste like mothballs - instead, an element of activity and movement should be added. It is wrong to organize banal gatherings at the table - the hero of the occasion should herself feel that she still has strength in her. At the same time, it is categorically unacceptable to come up with such an active program, participation in which a woman will definitely not pull, and it is also unacceptable to hold contests and competitions where the birthday girl will inevitably lose to younger guests.

In this case, you will have to take into account the physical form and the guests themselves, because no competition will work if you cannot recruit at least two participants. Yet again, in a large group of guests, only two or three people cannot take the rap for everyone.

Besides, a festival of this magnitude cannot be held in the absence of a large number of important people. Let's be objective: the sixtieth anniversary may be the last high-profile anniversary that a woman can and wants to spend surrounded by a large crowd, while she is still able to consider all the options for celebration. In this situation, it is important to gather at the event absolutely everyone who is at least more or less important. At the same time, sometimes the list of such guests turns out to be so gigantic that it is reasonable to divide the holiday into two or even three parts. This allows not to bring together a priori unfamiliar guests - then at work you can be noted in the women's team, and at home - in the circle of relatives.

In adulthood, many people are drawn to nostalgia - simply because the old days, when you were young and promising, life seemed especially attractive and interesting. In such a situation, it is tempting to organize a party in the style of the early youth of the birthday girl, but in fact there is no point in chasing her conditional eighteenth birthday, because the conditional peak of life could have happened later.

In addition, even "Soviet" theme parties can vary significantly depending on which era they are copying.

• In the style of the 60s. Diving even deeper into history, if we are talking specifically about nostalgia, makes no sense - modern people of sixty years of older periods simply will not remember. The sixties in the USSR were not yet a period of powerful development of culture in the modern sense, therefore, the main emphasis is on reproducing the festive life of those times. The walls can be decorated with congratulatory posters and banners that are absolutely typical for this time, "branded" Soviet delicacies can be put on the table - Olivier salad, herring under a fur coat, sprats, but delights are cooler than boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes - no tiramisu!

• In the style of the 70s. This will be the most accurate hit in the era when the birthday girl, then still a girl, was very young. True, themed parties in the style of those times may not correspond to what it was, therefore it is necessary to clarify how close the lady is to the aesthetics of dandies. It is worth clarifying what images were fashionable at that time - both men and their companions wore bright clothes and loved very lush hairstyles. Various hits of those times will fit as musical accompaniment - at that time the first stars in the modern sense of the word had already appeared.

• Party of the 90s. On the one hand, such a theme does not take a sixty-year-old woman straight into her youth, on the other hand, in those days she was far from old, but she had already managed to achieve something in life, which means that she may well be nostalgic for those times. This period in history was very bright, and it can be played up with humor, inviting guests to pose as “new Russians”. We still remember the playlists of those times, but new dishes appeared on the table - the same red caviar, which is desirable to eat with a spoon, various overseas pineapples, expensive meat delicacies. You can drink both vodka and something more elite.

You should think in advance about where to hold the event, and you need to start from two criteria first of all - the number of guests and their preferences. In the first case, the location must cope with such an influx of people (the establishment may have to be booked in advance), in the second, it is important to think about what place will provide the guests with a sufficient level of comfort.

In fact, there can be quite a few options for holding, but most often one of the three typical locations is considered.

The most obvious option for a holiday venue is, of course, a cafe or restaurant. The choice in favor of such a place is logical, if only because a huge layer of responsibility is removed from the shoulders of the organizers for the numerous moments associated with setting the table and entertaining guests.

In the first case, you can use the restaurant's standard menu or agree in advance with the administration of the festive menu - the cafe employees will buy food themselves, cook everything deliciously, serve and remove the dishes. In the second, they most often use the services of an invited toastmaster who has experience in holding such holidays and knows how not to let citizens of pre-retirement age get bored.

As for a particular cafe, then the choice depends on who and how will celebrate. For example, a priori, the anniversary of the boss cannot be celebrated in cheap establishments - only a restaurant is needed, because the birthday girl probably does not consider herself a poor person. If the holiday is organized for a colleague or even more so a close friend, then the emphasis should be placed rather on comfort and convenience, and not on pathos.

The type of cuisine and other characteristics of the cafe or restaurant are chosen according to the same logic. If the hero of the occasion is very archaic and prone to nostalgia, you should look for an institution that largely preserves traditions, without a huge number of unknown overseas dishes - in any case, conditional fondue will be better than sushi. However, there are also ladies who are open to everything new - for them, the choice can be based on just the opposite, because they are constantly looking for discoveries and will be pleasantly surprised by the opportunity to try a new cuisine.

The option of celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of a woman outside the city is also very relevant - at least if she lives somewhere in the center of a large city and gets a little tired of the hustle and bustle. Of course, the outdoor celebration puts forward some restrictions, because in bad weather it is unlikely to be a good idea, and in the cold season it is generally inappropriate. On the other hand, it would be wrong to perceive a holiday in nature as a typical "savage" trip to the forest - you can rent a small manor in the village, where you will be able to hide indoors at any time.

For many women who led a very active lifestyle in their youth, this version of the time machine will be very useful. They, even having achieved a lot, will be sincerely glad to just sit by the fire with friends, sing songs with a guitar and taste meat and vegetables cooked on the grill. You don't need much for such a nostalgic celebration - in fact, the most difficult thing will be gathering all the important people. If the emphasis is still on celebration with an increased level of comfort, then the holiday there is valuable for the opportunity to change the atmosphere, which is also very useful.

The option of a home celebration is usually appropriate if they plan to celebrate with the family with the invitation of perhaps those friends with whom all household members have already known for decades. A holiday at home is in many ways more economical than alternatives, because it involves the purchase of ordinary products in a supermarket with their subsequent preparation by future guests - this means that you will not have to pay for their services.Again, if one of the relatives specially travels to a holiday from afar, you can immediately leave him for the night - this also saves money.

The disadvantage of organizing a home party for a mother-in-law or grandmother is that it takes a huge amount of time and effort to organize every detail. Here you are not a cafe - no one, except the organizers themselves, will puzzle over the menu, look for the right products, buy them and cook them. This is not a celebration in nature either - at a large festive table, no one will be delighted with just fried meat, and ordinary home walls are perceived as a decor for the anniversary with less enthusiasm than a forest and a river.

People of pre-retirement and retirement age are still citizens of a bygone era, when it was customary to emphasize festivity very clearly. This is not surprising - they had to live in conditions of dullness and inexpressiveness, therefore, at least on a holiday, they want more colors. This is understandable, so a hall in a cafe or a room at home should be decorated with all diligence.

Actually, nostalgic parties in the Soviet style are so good that in most cases no special delicacies are needed - at that time they simply did not exist. No supernatural decorations needed. The issue is solved with the help of garlands (ordinary and floral), as well as colorful balloons. You can also draw posters or make small wall newspapers with the brightest shots from the life of the birthday girl. All this can be arranged not in random order, but in the form of letters that add up to congratulate you on the anniversary.

At the same time, you can show a little more originality in order to decorate the room in an unusual way. Here, Of course, it is more difficult to give specific advice, but it can be advised to play up the preferences and aspects of the hero of the occasion more intensively. For example, if a lady likes to do embroidery or some other handicraft, you can decorate the walls of the room with her crafts to create a kind of art exhibition.

Nowadays, it is somehow not customary to celebrate purely at the table - there must be a certain celebration program that will provide positive emotions and make it possible to thoroughly settle everything that has been eaten. A professional host is often invited to a cafe for holidays, but it is possible to hold an event without a toastmaster, because his services increase the budget of the event, and with ideas that are truly interesting and incendiary, even a specialist is in trouble. Besides, at home, a person who deliberately makes noise and draws attention to himself may displease neighbors.

Most people have a competitive spirit. Here it is important that the contests are funny, perky and funny, because the main thing is not victory or even participation, but the fact that all those present come together on one day. At the same time, the competition program should take into account the peculiarities of the guests - there are certainly representatives of different generations at the table.

The simplest version of the competition for the older generation is knitting a double-row thread for a certain period of time. Here, of course, we must remember that stereotypical thinking is not always relevant - in some companies, none of the grandmothers will be able to knit.Alternatively, you can hold a competition for the title of the best dancer, unexpectedly and unpredictably changing the melody and styles of soundtrack - then it is better for the competitors to perform all at the same time, and the audience chooses the winner.

That being said, the dance competition can be made even more difficult with trickier rules. Contestants are divided into pairs, and a paper or cardboard fish is tied to the waist of each participant, which will drag freely along the floor. When the music turns on, the couples begin to dance, and the task of the men is to cut off other people's fish by stepping on them with their feet, but at the same time protecting their partner from attack.

The contests described above imply significant mobility of the participants, and older guests, even if they are ready to try to win, will not be able to compete on an equal footing with everyone else for the whole evening. In view of this, it is worth offering less mobile entertainment that will help pass the time right at the table without getting up. In theory, even various board games will do, if only they could involve a sufficiently large number of guests and be interesting for everyone.

But you can think of something more interesting, like the game "Anti-song song". The conditions are quite simple - one team starts a certain song, and the second must respond with another hit with a meaning that is roughly the opposite of what the previous participants "went" with. If a neutral presenter is connected to the game, for ease of searching for songs, he can set a general direction of thought - for example, require the song "white / black", "man / woman", and so on. At the same time, it is advisable to limit the commands in the time that is given for recalling songs - this will allow you to determine who wins.

Another good version of the game is "True or False." It’s wise not to tell potential players in advance what game we’re going to play now, just by announcing that we need two teams. The fact is that the essence of the game is to determine true or false facts from the biography of the hero of the occasion, so dividing the participants into groups at random will keep the intrigue about the winner. A list of facts should be compiled by a person who knows the biography of the birthday girl, the emphasis is usually on not the most obvious events and incidents, so that guests have to wonder if this could really happen or not.

To draw up a full-fledged program of the event, you should provide the audience with as much entertainment content as possible, therefore touching short scenes that do not imply any winner or losers will be especially relevant. Roles in such productions are usually given to children, who can act out any anecdotes or even scenes from the real life of a grandmother, supplemented by subtle humor from the organizer-scriptwriter.

Alternatively, a whole competition based on sketches could be held. To begin with, two or three teams of two or three people are recruited, who only after that are given a task: you need to independently invent and show the audience a scene at your discretion. The teams are given 3-5 minutes to confer with each other and agree on the script, and then the presenter dazzles them with one more detail - it turns out that you have to pull a fant out of the hat, which will indicate the exact genre of the production!