50th birthday celebration ideas

Booklady
Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:45:14 +0000

I threw a surprise 50th for my husband a few years ago. I’m not very creative, so it was simply cocktails/dinner in a nice restaurant, but I had asked people, in lieu of gifts, to bring an anecdote about H. During the meal many of the guests (who ranged from people who had gone to elementary school with H and known him for 40+ years, to more recent work colleagues) got up and told funny or poignant stories about him. That not only provided wonderful entertainment for the evening, but also showed people sides of H they hadn’t known about before. He loved it, and everyone seemed to have a great time.