Our company Xmas party will be next Friday and will be at the Country Club, last year it was at a seafood restaurant by the coast and the year before somewhere else.
This is my first Xmas here so I don't know what to expect. I do know Christmas bonuses are normal and that last year (and I guess the years before) everyone got a gift from the Executive Director (the same gift for everyone). There will be drawing for various gift cards and also the dessert will be provided by the staff... well there's a dessert contest with prizes up for grabs for the winners. So there's a tasting in the morning and then in the afternoon everyone eats. I'm entering.
About every other month we have a staff cookout to celebrate the birthdays and work anniversaries.
We also adopted 2 families for Xmas and I'm going out this weekend to exchange one thing (duplicated by someone) and get some more stuff. Plus we could pay $12 and wear casual clothes for two weeks, this was the first week and tomorrow is the next. And we are getting them refurbished computers.
ita I wish you could get some relief. I think letter writing is a good idea, if you are up to that.
I stil haven't talked to my brother about what we are going to do for my parents. Mom wants pictures of the grandbaby all framed from them. I found her an electric griddle she wants oh and she wants good oven mitts. My dad wants a Panini maker. And some books.
No idea what I'm doing for my brother or SIl. the nephew is easy, he's 5 months old.
Once again my parents are going overboard when it comes to giving my brother and I gifts.
I think next year I'm going to suggest 1 big gift and 1 or 2 little gifts and then the family adopting a needy family and buying things for them.