BFFs Christmas Eve

Each friend has her own rail of velvet dresses, satin skirts, metallic tops, good knitwear, heeled boots and jewelry with some sparkle, in deep green, red, gold and cream. Hair and a makeup stage are handled per character.

Christmas Eve is a specific register, dressed up but indoors, and getting it right means resisting both the ballgown and the jumper. Doing that for several friends without them matching is the exercise. Warm, seasonal and a nicer brief than the party-only games.