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Office party

chessygal — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:27:26 GMT

Do you have a holiday/Christmas party at your workplace?

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I am still oxox — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:28:07 GMT

I am retied and my last place of work there was no party

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Meowingkitty — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:29:26 GMT

When I worked yes but I never went. I am not a fan of parties in general. I would occasionally go to my husbands parties but frankly I would have rather been home doing laundry. Fortunately for both of us the office party went by the wayside long ago.

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vermint — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:33:47 GMT

When I worked for a large company, they had an off-site party every year...I went exactly twice in the 13 years I worked there. Way too much drunken behavior!

Before my time, there was dancing, but the CEO put a stop to that because some were "taking it too far". According to some of my co-workers, it looked like they were having "relations" on the dance floor!

The two I attended, well, they were the beginning of the end of a couple of marriages!

I don't know how people can act liike that in front of their bosses!

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Desertdi — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:51:03 GMT

@vermint wrote:
When I worked for a large company, they had an off-site party every year...I went exactly twice in the 13 years I worked there. Way too much drunken behavior!

Before my time, there was dancing, but the CEO put a stop to that because some were "taking it too far". According to some of my co-workers, it looked like they were having "relations" on the dance floor!

The two I attended, well, they were the beginning of the end of a couple of marriages!

I don't know how people can act liike that in front of their bosses!

@vermint

Same "scene" with my employer. Luckily, I got to stay behind in the office..."because I knew how to handle a switchboard".

It was a "catered affair" and I heard from the rumor mill that attendees were also stealing the china and silverware...but also filling ziplock bags with food to take home. di

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:18:59 GMT

I always worked in small law offices. The place where I worked the longest (17 years) we had lunch in the office Christmas Eve day and then we left right after lunch.

We were a close group and during the summer the one associate attorney would tell us, "porch party at my house Friday". We would get food and he provided the drinks. It was always nice to relax and visit. Our husbands joined us.

The big boss had everyone at his house on occasion. Nothing was ever formal, thank goodness.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:43:21 GMT

I forgot to add that Christmas at the office was not complete without the huge tray of cookies made by the Mother of one of my coworkers.

She started baking in September the cookies. I have no idea how many dozen she made. It had to be hundreds. Always 6 or 7 kinds.

She was one of the nicest people I ever met in my life. I think she is about 90 now. One of my most favorite people ever.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:15:53 GMT

I used to go, but no longer. It was fun years ago. I can find something else to do with my free time that I really enjoy. I don't go to the huge corporate Party.

I had to edit my reply to say that our team which consists of about 27 people, we all have a decorate your office contest, a potluck and a white elephant gift exchange, also this year we had a 1000 piece Christmas Puzzle that we all participated in-which was very fun. We also had a Christmas Family Feud game that was so fun. We just didn't go outside of the office for any of this. It was a different type of party feel.. Much more relaxed!!!

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Puzzle Piece — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:06:20 GMT

I wouldn't participate. The married men look for opportunities to goose and feel up the younger gals in wishing them a happy holiday. People just let loose and for what reason?

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RedTop — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:12:22 GMT

Yes, the office went LIVE with everything Christmas Thanksgiving weekend. I'd walk in on Monday after the holiday to find the tree up, decorated, lights on, and everyone's cubicle covered in decorations. Pictures of the decor were taken every year, dated, filed, and another color was used the next year.

But that was only the beginning. The entire month was a snack fest; office party, whole department party, pod party, entire floor party, and the big holiday reception for all employees! An entire month of snacks; meatballs, sausage balls, ham biscuits, sausage biscuits, tiny pigs in a blanket, Chex mix, fudge, nuts, punch, hot cider, cookies, etc., was pretty much my lunch every day in December.

Some of it was fun, other parts not so much; I've never missed it.

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We rescue cats — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:12:53 GMT

When I had my business we took everyone to a great local restaurant for dinner each year, we had it in one of their small private rooms-it was lovely. DH's company has a party that is nice and is very casual, 'pizza, wings, snackages' and an open bar. About 30 people, combining the mechanics and the country club crew... I prefer this party to any of the others we attend.

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Franklinbell — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:12:54 GMT

Yes! I enjoy them! Great time to catch up and socialize!

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Wsmom — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:29:28 GMT

Yes, both my husband and I did... Much more fun when I was younger. I stopped going as I got older.

One of my favorite Christmas stories ever is one of the young guys who worked with my husband had been at the mall the day of the party and asked a cute elf to come to the party. A group of them had rented a limo for the night. Well, the elf and the guy had a bit to drink, left everybody stranded by taking the limo and headed to Reno to get married.

I never found out how long it lasted. I know they were giving it a try when they got back but that's it.

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Laura14 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:32:36 GMT

No, and I am so happy the current owners don't have one. I hate them!

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wilma — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:43:09 GMT

We always had a party, either pot luck or catered at school or a reservation at a restaurant, after students were dismissed the last day before the holidays. The last day was always a half day so we had the afternoon to celebrate. Those parties were great fun! I always had a good time!

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Snowpuppy — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:53:13 GMT

We have been on remote work since Covid. Saves Corp a kwap ton of $.

That said, the higher ups try a holiday luncheon in office but only a few make the drive to attend. No alcohol allowed.

I don't go. Long commute for me and so not worth it.

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judy0330 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:03:51 GMT

Thankfully I am retired. A friend and I left early from the last one I went to. Turned out that after we and a bunch of others left, the remaining people (including the president of the company) all ended up in the hot tub nude. Only one friend who was still there chose to sit alone in the living room. Talk about an uncomfortable situation.

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lynnie61 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:45:38 GMT

I'm retired now, but we usually had a potluck, maybe the week before, and the last several years our boss took the 10 of us, and it was much better without higher ups. We enjoyed a nice lunch, then usually got out early. It was nice.

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shoptilyadropagain — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:19:42 GMT

We have a catered evening meal for the entire corporation but it's in the evening. For a multitude of reasons, I don't attend. Our department has one but it is normally a family get together in January and I do go to that one.

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SoCal Bred — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:23:10 GMT

The job that I retired from the week before Christmas the owner of the company would shut down the office and warehouse at 11:00a and would have lunch catered for all the employees, they would decorate and set up tables/chairs in the warehouse to accomodate everyone, we would have a raffle afterwards, one year I won a Samsung 52" Flat Screen TV, I was really shocked as I never win anything. 😊

The day before Christmas Eve we would have a pot-luck dept luncheon (there were 18 of us) and exchange gifts as well, everyone really enjoyed themselves.