Attending Holiday Parties Gifts

"That's it lads, 364 days annual leave...what would we have done without our union!"

'Have you tried our home-made wine?'

Sloaney Pony.

'That's it then - I'll take the slinky high-heeled cocktail number in a 5 and the everyday workshoe in a 7...'

"May I have this arythmic flail?"

"Anna - there's someone I'd like to meet."

'I swear, if he didn't always pick up the tab, I'd never go drinking with him.'

A child interrupting family prayers

Paul goes home for the holidays

"The eggnog fountain is a bad idea."

"I think it stopped breathing."

Thesaurus Company

St. Patricks Day Shamrock Outfit

'Is this a party, a cheese and wine do, a cocktail party, a soiree or just another of your old cronies get-togethers?'

"I've got a strict work/life policy at work... Anyone who has a life doesn't work anymore!"

"Put out the Asian sates, the Russian blinis, and the Mexican bean dips, while whip up something Korean."

"I hope you don't call that a party face."

How to read the dress code?

'I apologize for sending out the meeting memo late. Let me summarize by saying that the entire board is being replaced starting tomorrow.'

"Do excuse me, I've got a nuttiness allergy."

"I was at a party with SO many famous people, I was the only one there I'd never heard of..!"

"My compliments to the sommelier."

'Thanks for having us and I'm really sorry about the cheeseball. Honestly, I didn't realise I was meant to share it.'

Rudolph the brown-nosed reindeer.

"Don't be silly - we're being perfectly fine hosts."

'I don't like her line of gossip - it's never about anyone I know.'

'Before you go, introduce yourself, so that I know who you were...'

'We need to dance around this issue. Get me someone from the choreography department.'

"Oh, Lord! Not another wine-and-cheese party!"

'The three essentials for any wine are terroir, the producer and how envious it makes your guests.'

"Oh, my, I can tell—everybody in there has read Barbara Tuchman."