Christmas Parties in general

Oh, Dear. The Invite said: Staff Party! 7.30 till late Bring a mate! All rather dubious...The last staff party I went to, I ended up doing splits on the stage. I SWORE I wasnt going to do it again. I wore trousers, this year. Just to make sure that if I was tempted, I wouldnt, er, embarrass myself (Yes, I did the splits again)I made my infamous peach and mango Vodka smoothies, drank more vodka, ate a teeny little piece of cheese...Then mobbed poor old John (the D.J). I promised to leave him alone this year. Last year, I took over the Karaoke machine, and sang Patsy Clines Crazy and Last Christmas and looooots more. But he shaved his mullett off this ...

I'm going to sound a bore here on the whole Christmas party thing but I recently read an interesting article on the 'goings on' at Christmas parties. My belief is that Christmas should be enjoyed by everyone (however commercialised it has become) and it is a good time to sit back and reflect on the past year, family and friends and those loved ones you claim to love so dearly. For those single people out there this doesn't really apply to you but is worth thinking about. Apparently 64% of workers who are in a relationship see the Christmas party as a great opprotunity to have a 'quickie' with someone. However exciting and ...

Last week we had a party. Nothing unusual about that, apart from the fact that despite the fact that I was organizing the event, I knew less than 1% of the guests beforehand. Still, the party went well, all the guests seemed happy enough, so I guess we can class it as a success. Being in charge of such a large party can be pretty daunting, but here’s how we did it. ~~~ PLANNING ~~~ You can never really begin planning early enough. Believe it or not, the initial steps for our annual Christmas party are taken in July. Yep, smack bang wallop in the middle of summer. It takes a long time to organize because, as well as the 250 + ...