I have to admit that initially I was a tad disappointed. Shouldn’t a place called Santa’s Party House have at least one nativity scene? Or a fat man in red velvet or a pine tree or, at the bare minimum, some tinsel? The new downtown club of that name doesn’t have a single Christmas reference—but it turned out that was OK. In fact, after a few minutes it was clear that an evening here would hardly be a Silent Night. On Wednesday, the place was the site of the Earnest Sewn after-party, which was packed with more hipsters than you could snap an intentionally exposed bra strap at. Two nights later V magazine and Hedi Slimane hosted a hoedown with performances by Slimane discoveries Hayes Peebles and Jeff the Brotherhood and DJ sets by downtown legends-in-the-making Dan Colen, Nate Lowman, and Leo Fitzpatrick. And on Saturday, the MisShapes chose the venue to christen their return to nightlife and the launch of their Web site. Saturday night was also the birthday of club icon Sophia Lamar, who was celebrating in a ruffled pink dress. She announced she was her own birthday cake, which begs the question, Did everyone get a piece? (I kid, I kid.) The Lamar crowd, which included Lou Doillon, Joy Bryant, Byrdie Bell, and Olivier Zahm, seemed like a pretty good indication that Santa’s House Party will be a fun place for the guy in red velvet to hang out at in his downtime.—Derek Blasberg

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