Closing MacBook without closing programs?

Well this has been a quesion that is bugging me. Say I am on iChat and I am talking away and then my younger family comes along and they great me. I don't want them to see what I am doing on the computer, so I close it. But when I closed it I got signed off. Now some progrmas don't get affected, like Safari. But I recall that iTunes also completely quit.
Is there a way that you can completely close the MacBook without any programs quitting? Like I have Sleep disable because I keep it on at night once in a while in case someone talks to me, like a family member far away that I have been meaning to talk to. So sleep is disabled, or something like that because I turn the screen brigtness to 0 and then after like 5 minutes the little white light shows. And, that never causes me any closings or things.
So is there any possible way that I could close my MacBook without any programs quitting?

No. When the computer is put to sleep all processes are suspended. If you use a wireless connection for the internet the Airport is also suspended during sleep. It will reconnect when the computer wakes up.
In order for the computer to continue working with the lid closed you need to connect an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
There are one or two third-party utilities that are supposed to keep the computer awake with the lid closed. You'll find them at VersionTracker or MacUpdate. I've never used them so I have no idea if they work.
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