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Just because guests aren’t huddling around the big screen to watch the Super Bowl or the ball drop on New Year’s Eve doesn’t mean you can’t use your TV during a gathering. Instead of leaving a big black void in the middle of the room, play a loop of an appropriate movie or video:

for a bridal shower,

Runaway Bride

or the Yule log

It’s A Wonderful Life

for Christmas, for

Sixteen Candles

a birthday, etc. All on mute or low volume, of course, so your guests can still mingle—it might even give them something to chat about.