My oldest DS has a Nov 23 birthday and we always hit the streak where it falls the day before Thanksgiving, on Thanksgiving or the day after Thanksgiving. It makes for some pretty crappy birthdays....so what I do is I have his party usually the first weekend in December...I find that parents are willing to and actually anxious to get rid of their kids....hey 2 hours of kid free Christmas shopping....who wouldn't wan that!?!?!
So maybe you could have him a little friend party 2 weekends before his actually birthday and you might find people more willing to attend...and it doesn't have to be his whole class....what about just the boys (our school still let's kids pass out invites as long as it one of the following: the whole class, just the boys or just the girls) or if you want it smaller just a friend or two and call to invite them or mail the invites!!!
This year I am doing a Hot Chocolate Bar for his party...not lunch involved...it will be from 1 to 3 PM and only the boys from his class. We hare going to have hot chocolate with every known mix in you can thing of and hot chocolate flavored cupcakes and we are going to make a hot chocolate mix thing as a "party favor" (instead of a goodie bag).
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Elizabeth
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