Such a date is very significant, which means that congratulations on the 65th anniversary should be at the highest level. Of course, you can use the services of special agencies that will take over as the whole organization of the celebration, that and its direct holding.
However, no agency can cope with the task of organizing birthday celebrations better than close and dear people who know the birthday person. None of the employees of the holiday agency has an idea about the tastes and preferences of the hero of the day or about any delicate points that need to be taken into account.
Therefore, the best way to celebrate such a holiday would be an individual scenario for the anniversary of the “Man of 65” without the host and the participation of professional organizers.
How to choose a scenario?
There are many things to consider when choosing the right scenario for celebrating such an important date. The main points from which you need to build on are:
- place and conditions;
- the planned number of guests present;
- the state of health of the birthday person;
- tastes, perceptions and preferences of the hero of the day.
Such nuances as the day of the week, the time allotted for the celebration, when holding a celebration in a restaurant and so on, can be ignored on a similar date. For the sake of such an anniversary, you can always take time off from work or service, not skimp on the time of renting the hall or, if there are few guests, just celebrate at home.
The main criteria that the scenario of the jubilee “65 years of the man” must meet is the idea of the birthday of the birthday man himself, his wishes, tastes and preferences. On this day everything should be subordinated to this - from the type and number of snacks on the festive table to the content of the entertainment program of the anniversary.
Why consider health?
The birthday state of health is the cornerstone in determining what exactly will be included in the celebration program. This is important so that the anniversary becomes comfortable for the hero of the occasion.
If the birthday boy has radiculitis - from the celebration program it is necessary to exclude mobile active contests with squats, running in bags, riding children on their backs and other similar entertainments. If an elderly person suffers from a tendency to bloating or flatulence - you do not need to lift the hero of the day from the table, invite him to the center of the hall and force him to take part in an active competition. Since this can lead to an unpleasant embarrassing situation.
Of course, you don’t need to memorize every entry in the medical record, we are talking about the need to take into account when organizing the holiday those painful manifestations that can interfere with the chosen type of fun. For example, if a person has poor eyesight, then entertainment like playing a dart board or reading notes with predictions is worth it or not to use at all, or think through their implementation so that the birthday person can take part in the fun.
Is it possible to celebrate at home?
Of course, it is better to mark this date especially, to go out. But in the event that there are few guests or a trip to the restaurant is unacceptable for other reasons, the scenario of the jubilee “65 years of the man” can well be embodied at home.
Home celebration has many advantages, if you approach its organization without platitudes. The most important thing in preparing a celebration at home is food. It should be decided on a restaurant or culinary, where snacks and cake will be ordered for a 65-year-old man. This avoids the kitchen hassles that often overshadow home celebrations. If you wish the hero of the day to see a dish from the "home menu", you can cook it yourself alone.
You should also think about the decorations of the room in which you have to realize the home scenario of the jubilee "65 years of man." Most people have become in the habit of decorating rooms with balls. This is a good way to create a festive atmosphere, but not the only one.
An important point in decorating a room for celebrating such a date is the attitude to the decoration of the birthday. For example, paper flower balls look very unusual, elegant, solemn and original. However, some older people associate them with a scattering of artificial flowers sold at Easter in cemeteries, and not with the celebration of the anniversary. That is, when choosing a decor, one should start from the presentation of the type of jewelry by the birthday man himself.
What should be in the script?
The scenario of the jubilee “65 years of the man”, regardless of the venue, includes a number of basic moments that make up it, the same for home celebrations and evenings in the restaurant.
The holiday consists of the following stages:
- reception of guests and gifts by the hero of the day;
- accommodation at the table;
- opening speech - opening a feast;
- a series of congratulations;
- break;
- program with contests or other entertainment in combination with toasts;
- pause in fun;
- closing speech and continued fun.
Opens the celebration in the absence of the leading organizer. The first congratulations are delivered by family members - spouse, brothers and sisters, if any, children, their wives and husbands, grandchildren. After the relatives have spoken, one should interrupt, and then continue the feast with alternating entertainments and congratulatory toasts from all the other guests.
Of course, there is no clear line in the change of stages of the celebration. For example, if the anniversary is celebrated at home, and there are only 5-6 people at the table, then interrupting after 3-4 congratulations from family members and leaving a couple of toasts for friends is not required.
What is customary to give?
This question is important not only for those invited to the celebration, but also for its organizers. In the case when the entire ceremony of congratulation on the 65th anniversary is planned to be held at home, and all the guests are close people, the question of what is best given as a birthday present is often asked to family members who organize the celebration.
Of course, the gift must match the date. However, it does not have to be expensive. It may be something economical in cost, but it is necessarily impressive, original and consistent with the tastes of the birthday man.
No need to give food or drinks on that date. A gift for a man’s 65th birthday should be “eternal”, but at the same time so that the hero of the day can use it. Good options are watches, not necessarily wrist watches, sets of useful items for a birthday hobby, if he has one. You can give a fisherman a set of camping items, similar to picnic baskets or some specific accessories, such as sinkers or hooks. Mushroom picker - a wicker satchel-basket, elderly people who love autumn hiking in the forest, are pleased with such gifts.
The criterion of how to choose the best gift for a man’s 65th birthday should not be his price, but his demand for the hero of the day and his taste.
How to fill out a home holiday program?
Active physical contests are not always convenient to hold at home. Moreover, activity is not the best way to have fun for such a serious date.
Entertainment is worth choosing those in which it will be interesting to participate in the birthday party itself. It can be songs; for a man’s 65th birthday, you can prepare a home medley of his favorite compositions. If there are no more than 10 guests at a holiday, then everyone should be involved.
If you have guests of different sexes in equal numbers, at least three women and men, you can hold a contest “Guess your spouse”. The bottom line is that a person is blindfolded or asked to turn away. After which, three participants, among whom there is the hero of the day, if his wife is playing, or vice versa, are utterly phrased with banal phrases. You can say anything - cooked soup, caught a bream, went to the store, removed his socks and so on. The player’s task is to guess his “soul mate” by ear.
You can also arrange a mini-competition of toasts and congratulations. Win-win options are table contests, built on the principle of "question-answer" and games in associations. Such entertainments are absolutely universal and amuse everyone, both young children and elderly participants in the feast.
What should children do at home?
A good option to fill the festive program are performances at the festival of grandchildren of the hero of the day. In principle, if a person has not one grandson, but at least two, this can be limited. Several children's rooms will completely cope with the entertainment of the birthday man and people close to him. And the children themselves will feel necessary, bringing benefits and joy at a family holiday, which is also important.
Children's rooms can be any. For example, if a child is engaged in a music school, then you need to use this in one of his "outings to the public." In general, children should do what they themselves want. It can be sketches, songs, dances, poetry reading - anything.
Most children read poetry, but this does not mean that you can’t tell fables, play skits or arrange a home performance of a puppet theater.
How to congratulate with verses?
Poems with the anniversary “65 years of man” are short and soulful are appropriate from adult guests as congratulatory toasts. Children participating in the celebration program read longer poems, which, of course, are not a toast, but a "concert number."
A verse from an adult guest might be:
“We gathered here not by chance,
Thanks for the bread, for salt and for cognac,
Do not forget - celebrate today
Great holiday - your anniversary (name).
And joining in the congratulations
I want to say - they have no power over you for a year.
May the moments fly away forever
But they are waiting for many years to come! ”
How to finish the script?
The end of the script is not the end of the celebration. This is just the end of that part, when all the guests strive to pronounce the necessary words, the organizer tries to amuse those present, and the hero of the day warily awaits what is to come during the celebration.
A cake with candles can very effectively end the anniversary of the “65 years old man”, followed by fireworks from home pyrotechnics or crackers.