I went to one last night that was very nice, crowded, fairly chi chi. Nothing outlandish happened at this one, but it got me thinking about the funny things that sometimes go on at Christmas parties, especially OFFICE Christmas parties.

Once at my former place of employment (hell), back when they used to HAVE Christmas parties, and they used to provide alcoholic beverages at said parties, one of the employees had too much to drink and proceeded totell the ********* who owned the company exactly what he (and the rest of us)thought of him.

That was the last year that hard liquor was provided (and the last year that particular employee attended, seeing as how one was required to BE an employee in order to attend). A couple of years later there was another "incident" involving the free expression of opinion regarding the company's owner (without the requisite "liquoring up" beforehand), and that was the end of the company Christmas party.

Since then, I have been to friends' office parties, and I've been amazed at how well some companies treat their people at Christmas. Last year I went to one and felt like a little street urchin in some Dickensian tale who was invited into "the big house" for Christmas!

What funny, interesting, outlandish, or heartwarming stories do you have about Christmas parties?

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