In the south we like to have our parties. We will have a party for just about anything. There are normal parties like birthday, wedding, anniversery, football game parties, championship game parties, graduation party, holiday parties, New years and forth of July are some of the crazier ones. Then are those just cause party. For most formal parties there are some expenses involved with invitations, catering and a room to book. There are lots of money spent on Wedding invites, Birthday invitations, Anniversary invites and for some fun parties Halloween invitations. We all like to dress up and pretend you are someone or some thing else for the night.  I believe to stick with the informal parties like hey there is a good game on the tube and I have a cold keg of beer, want to bring food and come over to watch the game on the big screen. Simple this way. Getting feed and watching the big game priceless.