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By Astonished

Two and a half hours for a 4th grade party? I will be praying that you will be sane afterwards. Is it school-wide policy for parties to be that long? Classes I have had usually have fun, but once it goes beyond forty-five
minutes or so, they get bored (or worse, start to complain that the activities are not fun enough, blah, blah, blah).
Use most of the time for teaching something (students could do Reader's Theatre or recite Christmas tales, write/share about their favorite Christmas, have them write descriptions of what famous characters would have on their Christmas list--then classmates try to guess

whose list it is, you could compile a list of holiday sentences and have the kids pick out facts/opinions, have them "work" an advertisement for toys finding (so many math concepts could be used), ANYTHING that might help when you teach/review down the road).

A wonderful teacher I was with during student teaching had a review session of everything up to that point in the year at each party. She would then pass out candy to those who answered questions. The students loved it, they remained on-task (excited as well), and she did not lose another teaching day.

Best of luck to you!