Comments | vesta_venus: Christmas Parties

vesta_venus

Christmas Parties

Dec 11, 2007 23:10

Poll Christmas Party PollTo clarify, a Christmas party is a party (be it at your place of employment, your spouse's place of employment, a group your part of, or a friend's house (or your house)) that would not be thrown but for the fact that Christmas is coming. Don't count New Year's Eve or the birthday party of anyone born in December. Don't count Christmas dinner ( Read more... )

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gothirishrose December 12 2007, 04:28:21 UTC

Usually our Christmas parties are 1) wherever I'm working; and 2) one that we throw. We usually don't go to someone else's for a party, though we have in years past.

beable December 12 2007, 04:33:57 UTC

Mind you, I am counting small gatherings (e.g. 5-6 people) as parties ( ... )

vesta_venus December 12 2007, 05:12:32 UTC

I was trying to count social parties and not religious rituals or family gatherings, because it skews the results depending on how large the family is (some people do Christmas dinner twice due to inlaws or divorced parents) or what is involved in terms of religion (8 nights of Hanukkah or going to church Christmas Eve and Christmas Day). I realize that sometimes things can be family gatherings, have spiritual significance and be social, so it's up to the individual to say whether something is Christmas party-ish whether it is in fact labelled a "Christmas party" or not.

ladyfreque December 12 2007, 04:43:28 UTC

I usually attend my faire guild's party, my daughter's other guild's party (I'm an official member), and usually a party by a friend or work.

On the two party system... henrytroup December 12 2007, 12:27:54 UTC

Usually either two or three and I answered for this year, "two". However, one of them won't be before December 25th. For the second job in a row, I'm working at a sales-driven company that defers the party to January.

If Enid's working on-site at an office, we often go to her party, and usually to one "social social" event (as opposed to "work social" event.)

So for a stricter definition, this year might be "one". Last year was "two" because we didn't care for the venue or the entertainment (play money casino) at the office party, but if memory serves, there was another work Christmas party.

Re: On the two party system... henrytroup December 12 2007, 12:28:58 UTC

Of course, we don't have children, which makes a huge difference in the social scene.

Re: On the two party system... vesta_venus December 12 2007, 14:44:28 UTC

Children can make a difference - either way. I think we got invited to more stuff before we had kids.

kookie_chick December 12 2007, 14:57:59 UTC

We have a huge Christmas party every year with Frank's family. His mother is one of 11 kids, and the siblings all rent a hall & buy the food, the Christmas committee chosen the previous year cooks dinner (for over a hundred people), we do a Christmas gift grab, Santa Claus visits to hand gifts out to the kids, we have a DJ (they usually pay for one, but Frank was the DJ this year), and it's a lot of fun.

We also go to my brother-in-law's house for their annual Christmas party. Although I love THEM, I don't like most of their friends (snobs!) but I like my sis-in-law's family, so we'll go for a little while. (they invite friends, family & all of Nick's employees)