home party

Residential social event

A home party is a social gathering held at someone's residence, often organized around a sales pitch for products like kitchenware, cosmetics, or jewelry: She invited friends to a home party to sell candles.

The host typically provides refreshments while a representative demonstrates merchandise.

Tupperware parties established the format in mid-20th-century America.

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snacks · finger food · drinks · hostess · living room · music · dancing · mingling · ice breaker · small talk · cocktails · housewarming · potluck · invite · open house · decorations · birthday · game night

Categories
Opposites
venue type

home partyclub night

Recurring entertainment evening

warehouse party · concert · beach party

formality and scale

home partygala

Festive formal occasion

formal reception · corporate event · state dinner · charity ball · awards ceremony

social context

home partyhermit lifestyle

Withdrawn, isolated way of living

social isolation

Family

home, party, homes, homed, homing, homeless, homely, homeward, homeland

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G