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A sleepover, also known as a pajama party or a slumber party, is a party where a guest or guests are invited to stay overnight. They are most frequently held by children and may be combined with a birthday party or other specific occasion. Another common type of a sleepover is a lock-in, where the participants stay at a public place. In the UK, teenage boys sometimes call a sleepover a crash.

Common practices

Typical participant activities include staying up late, talking, eating and playing until they fall asleep. Sleepovers are usually held at one participant's house, with other guests sometimes bringing their bedtime paraphernalia, such as pillows or sleeping bags. Common activities include playing board games, having pillow fights, watching movies, playing Truth or Dare or building forts out of pillows and blankets, playing video games, or, for girls, having a "spa night", in which girls paint their nails and toes and put on face masks. Sleepovers are practiced by both girls and boys, mostly pre-teen or teen, and usually by same-sex friends.

In popular culture

On television and in movies, sleepovers are portrayed as a fun-filled night of laughs, music and talking. The popular film "Sleepover" is an example of this.
Pajamas or pyjamas (see also spelling differences) is a word with several different, related meanings in the field of clothing.
  • The original pajamas — are loose, lightweight drawstring trousers tied around the waist and worn in South and West Asia.

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Locked in or lock in may refer to:
  • , a sleepover party in a public place
  • Lock-in (pub), a term used to describe the owner of a pub allowing certain patrons to drink illegally past the official closing time

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A board game is a game played with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface, usually specific to that game). Simple board games often make ideal "family entertainment" since they are often appropriate for all ages.
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A pillow fight is a common game mostly played by young children (but can also occur with teens and adults) in which they attack each other with pillows. Many times pillow fights occur during children's sleepovers. Since pillows are soft, injuries rarely occur.
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Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects.
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Truth or Dare? is a party game requiring a minimum of two players. The game is very popular with adolescents, but is also played by some adults.

Rules

One player starts the game by asking another player, "Truth or dare?" If the queried player answers, "truth," then the
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video game is a game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.

The word video in video game traditionally refers to a raster display device.
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SPA or spa can refer to
  • a therapeutic water treatment; see spa
  • Spa, a town in Belgium
  • A spa town, noted for its spa, for example Bath in England
  • A hot tub
  • A destination spa or day spa
  • the racing circuit Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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