We are hosting a house cooling party before we move away.
house cooling party
idiomA party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.
Origin
Coined as an opposite of housewarming.
Since they were moving to a new city, they invited all their neighbors to a house cooling party.
After years of memories in their first apartment, they decided to host a house cooling party to say goodbye to the space and help the new tenants settle in.
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