If you wrote invitations, gave presents, hosted or invited people you don’t like, this suggests that you have been neglecting your social life and need to revitalize it.
If you invited people you like, this suggests that you need to have more fun in your life. Being showered with gifts or attention at a party may be a wish-fulfillment dream. Dream parties and social events may also reflect a desire to widen your social circle or forge new work contacts.
If you were the life and soul of the party or event, this indicates a longing to be popular, self-assured and socially confident. Pay attention to how you behave at the party and how you interact with others as it will be commenting on your social skills.
If you confidently mixed with everyone at a New Year’s party, this is a positive message but if you were a shy wallflower, your dreaming mind may have been suggesting that you should try to interact more.
Conversations at parties with someone you know suggest a desire to get to know that person more; if you do not know the person, your dreaming mind is encouraging you to discover hidden aspects of yourself.
If someone gatecrashes your party, this could reflect your feelings towards someone who is pestering you in waking life or hindering your progress.
Festive gathering at restaurants will also have relevance to your waking relationships. Pay attention to who is attending and if the atmosphere is pleasant; this could indicate the people that you feel sustain you emotionally or who you wish would perform this role.
If you are the family cook in waking life, your dream may also have been urging you to treat yourself.
If wine was served at the meal, this suggests relaxation but if champagne was served, celebration.
If you are puzzling over menu choices in your dream, this may be reflecting uncertainty in your waking life or the number of tempting choices available to you.