For me it was definitely COVID. I went last weekend to my first (indoor, winter) party since the pandemic started, and it was absolutely lovely. Still haven't t

For me it was definitely COVID. I went last weekend to my first (indoor, winter) party since the pandemic started, and it was absolutely lovely. Still haven't thrown one but it makes me think I should; my 5yo got the bivalent booster in Dec. and we're rebalancing our risk / reward tradeoff. For us, at least, I expect parties to increase substantially over the coming six months.