Throw a Progressive Dinner Party

Few things are more fun than a progressive dinner party. It's a great opportunity for a group of friends or neighbors to get together -- especially during the busy holiday season -- and visit several homes in a single afternoon or evening. The dinner involves everyone going from home to home, and enjoying a different course of the meal at each home. Each person/couple can offer part of the meal or several people may offer different courses of the meal to all. Keep your numbers manageable so that everyone hosting can accommodate the number on the guest list.
Develop the guest list. Keep this to a manageable number. While some hosts may be able to accommodate 24 people for a sit-down dinner, most can only comfortably accommodate 6 to 12.
Send out invitations. Include the times and addresses for each host's house, and include a request to RSVP.
Follow up with guests who don't respond. You want an accurate count of guests, especially for the host who's handling the main course.
Follow up with each host a week before the scheduled date. Be sure each one knows the final number of guests and is still prepared to host his/her/their part of the meal.
Have fun!

Consider having cocktails & appetizers at the first home, the main course at the second, and dessert at the third.
Consider parking space at each home. If parking space is limited, perhaps guests can carpool from a central location.

Don't try to accommodate more guests than the hosts can manage.
Be aware of time. If you schedule just an hour for appetizers & desserts and two hours for the main course, that's three hours -- a manageable period for most people. But if you add a soup & salad course, that's five hours, which can become a burden if the travel time between homes is significant.
Don't try to accommodate too many hosts in a single evening. Depending on the distance between homes, four may be too many.