Traditional Christmas Fancy Dress parties are very popular, but some of you out there may prefer a little variety away from the obvious Santa, Elves and Angels costumes. You will have to decide whether you’re going to stick to one theme or have a free-for-all. For the little ones in the family, there is an endless choice of costumes, some for fun, some pretty and others pretty hilarious. Here are a few ideas to look at.INFANT TEDDY COSTUME – There’ll be plenty of aaaahs when you take your little Teddy out on Christmas Day in this outfit. Designed for babies’ comfort, these brown chenille fur and flannel jumpsuits have cream-coloured tummy and feet. They usually come with detachable hoods that have cute bear ears. This is perfect if it’s cold where you live, but, always remember when your baby wears this kind of costume, make sure they don’t overheat if you’re indoors for a while. This is a hugely popular style of costume.THEMES – Think of Disney and the choice of Fancy Dress costume is endless for both boys and girls from princesses to princes, from Snow White to dwarves, from Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella to evil Witches. We have traditional cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Scooby Doo, plus animals and superheroes in the style of Spiderman, Batman and Robin, X-men, Captain America, Iron Man and Power Rangers. Pirates, Ghouls, Monsters and Vampires are all high up the popularity list for those who don’t want traditional.INFANT PUMPKIN PRINCESS COSTUME – She’ll be the ruler of the Pumpkin Patch in this little stunner. A beautiful vegetable costume often used for Halloween, this is just too gorgeous to wear only once a year. The dress is made up of a frilly, puffy skirt in a vivid orange colour with a green bodice section imitating the leaves.  Have some sort of matching headband and your little sweetheart will take centre stage wherever you are.

INFANT BUZZY BEE COSTUME – Amid the fabulously fun costumes for both boys and girls, the Bumble Bee is a winner with the little ones. For the girls, it’s all pretty and cute with typical black and yellow striped dress. For the toddler costumes, you will find most of these are elasticised around the chest for ease and comfort. Adorable detachable wings should fit on the back. Adding black tights and little ballet-style pumps creates a great finishing touch as your little bee buzzes around everyone’s feet all night. She’ll be an absolute honey all night.INFANT PRETTY PRINCESS WITCH COSTUME – It may be Christmas, but your darling little girl will still look a smasher in her Princess Witch costume. A wide variety of designs and colours are available with this outfit so choose one that matches her character. Most have mock corset fronts with coloured criss-cross ribbon as decoration. Long sleeves tend to be the norm with full tiered skirts. You will find many designs beautifully decorated with glittery thread and/or sequins. Make sure you have a tall witch’s hat for the right effect. Black leggings and ballet-style shoes make this a gorgeous alternative. Your little girl will have everyone enchanted.

TODDLER LITTLE DEVIL – If you have a boy and girl in the family, then an ideal match to the Princess Witch could be the Little Devil. For the baby boy and toddler, these typically come as red all-in-one bodysuits with a matching removable hood, sporting cute attached black horns, and detachable black wings. Little black booties would be a devilishly stylish final touch.TODDLER ANIMAL COSTUMES – Just a few of the many hundreds to choose from that are cute, cuddly and funny. The toddler Frog will have youngsters on the hop, while Scaredy Bats see boys and girls in full flight for a real fright night. T-Rex could be a roaring success, and infant Lobster and Lil Man-Eating Shark are all set to make a big splash.

It doesn’t matter our age we women just love an excuse to dress up and with the festive season so close we don’t need any other reason to don our favourite christmas fancy dress costume.Girls, get ready to jingle Santa’s bells, rein in the reindeer and make Christmas a real cracker as we take a look at some stunning super sexy or just traditional festive fancy dress costumes around this year.

LADIES’ SEXY MINI SANTA DRESS: Too sexy for words if you have the figure to wear these little stunners. Whether you choose your little number with sleeves, straps or basque style, all of them are white fur-trimmed. If you’re feeling glitzy, you can even get them in sparkly or sequinned material, just look around. A hat or red glittery hair band would look great depending on your age, but a great finisher would be some long, red, sexy gloves edged with the white fur if you’re an adult with a sleeveless dress. Just don’t stand too close to any mistletoe while wearing this outfit!!!If you really want to stand out and shine, you may wish to consider a ladies’ light-up Santa costume. These outfits have minute lights sewn into the skirt part of the dress. It’s up to you when you decide to switch them on, but there’s one thing for sure – they‘re not to be worn if you want to avoid anyone. A great fun outfit.

VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CAROLLER: For those ladies that want to dress up but cover up a bit more, this beautiful traditional costume will take you back to the old-style Dickensian Christmas card and films. The costume is traditionally calf or ankle length and green is the most popular colour. A hooded cape edged in some kind of red plaid would set off the era of the costume and a large white fur muff is a perfect finisher. This would be a great outfit to keep you nice and warm if you go carolling on a cold night while looking truly authentic..

SEXY ELF: You can be one of Santa’s little helpers in this festive frock, but I would suggest not wearing this if you still have all the presents to put out around the tree. The elf costume edges are usually shaped into points around the skirt bottom and sleeves. You must wear the hat if you want to be traditional. TIP: If it’s cold where you live, then get some long-legged, striped elf stockings; they look terrific and funky, honest, and don’t forget the elf slippers if you’re looking to do the whole theme.

ADULT FAIRY: If you’re into ultra-feminine, then this costume would be a perfect choice. It tends to come in various lengths along with halo and wings. Hints of pale pinks and blues are often found in the material with some touches of glitter and sequins sewn on, making this a stunning and quite beautiful costume to wear. Just be careful you don’t snag your wings while partying!!

With Christmas fancy dress costumes, it’s all about sparkle and spangles so add some facial glitter high on the cheekbones and get some fabulous red lipstick and a good quality lip gloss as you don’t want it running. Red, silver, gold, glittery or sequinned bows, earrings, hair bands all help to set the festive scene; oh, and girls, don’t forget to carry a sprig of mistletoe when partying.

With the Christmas countdown under way, Santa has the elves working overtime in their toy workshop – and households everywhere are making plans for a bumper festive season celebration. Christmas fancy dress parties are major events for many and for those of you that have young family it can sometimes be a bit difficult getting all the costumes sorted out. With that in mind let’s have a look at some Christmas fancy dress classics.

INFANT ANGEL – Too cute and beautiful for words is the range of infant angel costumes available for the little girl in the family. When she’s dressed in this costume you’ll be forgiven for believing a piece of heaven is in your arms. Comfort is very important for the little ones so make sure the material isn’t too stiff etc making it uncomfortable when they’re ready for a nap. Angel costume comes in various materials but popular is panne and generally with gold edged lace and white puffy sleeves. A comfortable halo, scrunchie or headpiece and wings  are must have’s. Your little sweetheart will melt everyone’s hearts in this heavenly creation. KIDDIES ELF COSTUMES – Santa’s helpers have never looked cuter! These kiddies elf Costumes are traditional in colour and usually consist of a red tunic with some kind of  belt, green velvet pants and a matching red and green hat. To be totally authentic looking from head to toe add some red or green elf shoes with bells.! You’ll be ready to help the big guy on the most important night of the year! You can get these costumes for adults too, so great for dads with a sense of humour.MARY AND JOSEPH – Ideal if you have both boy and girl in the family. Simple but effective are these costumes and perfect for your Nativity scene or church pageant. The Mary costume includes pale coloured robe, often blue, with some kind of gold trim. A white inlet and matching headpiece finishes the look of this serene costume. JOSEPH – A super little costume and once again ideal for a nativity scene or Christmas play. The Joseph child costume consists of a caftan style robe with a contrasting inset and lace-up neckline. A matching shepherd’s headpiece makes this historically authentic. Add a Shepherd’s crook for a perfect finish.

BABY BOYS SANTA SUIT – Mums will have to keep watch on their baby in this costume as everyone will want to hold him. These gorgeous baby Santa suits are usually made up of red velvet trimmed in faux fur. Designed for comfort as an all-in-one the feet sections are non slip with fake look belt making this costume a little knock-out little winter wonder.