A housewarming party

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    Moving into a new home ranks among the more exciting events in life. It's definitely time tobreak out the bubbly and celebrate.It can also be stressful if you're moving away from friends and family. In either case, holding a housewarming party is a good way to welcome new and old friends to your home.

    Some people host a housewarming to show off(展现) their new, or newly renovated, home to old friends. In the case where the move is to a distant location（很远的地方）, a housewarming can be used as a way to meet the new community. Finally, in some cases, family or neighbors bring the housewarming party to the new homeowner as a way of welcoming him.

    If you're hosting your own party, you don't need to wait until your home is in perfect shape or until everything is unpacked. People understand that it takes a long time to get settled, and they're more curious to see what the house looks like than critical of the naked windows that don't have custom curtains hung yet.

    The good news is that despite all the busyness of your move, a housewarming can be a relatively informal and simple event. Your home is the main attraction so you don't need to plan lots of activities to keep your guests amused. They will be far more interested in touring your house than in playing party games at this time. The only game that might be useful is a simple icebreaker to introduce old friends to new neighbors. In fact, housewarmings are sometimesthe only way old neighbors get to see each other with the hectic schedules we all live.