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Christmas Party Thread

MrOneLung
MrOneLung Posts: 26,846
edited December 2014 in Not Sports Related
Afka posted about going up town last night for Xmas do, so the CharltonLife party season has officially started.

Where are your works parties this year?

Ours is at Madame Tussauds on thursday 18th.
Posh buffet, and free booze.
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  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Mine is tomorrow, free booze and no longer working there so dont have to worry about going in Friday I will be making the most of that
  • ChicagoAddick
    ChicagoAddick Posts: 4,393
    In the lobby of our office next Friday, curled up sandwiches and left over cheap wine. I'm not going.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    Dickens inn - St Katherine's dock this Saturday.

    We are based in Dartford but fancied a change so we are heading into town this time.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,865
    This Saturday for free meal at restaurant called jimmys kitchen in Wembley.

    1st ever work Christmas do/party. Strangely looking forward to it though in situations like this I have the social capabilities of a worm.

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    Tomorrow (far too early really) a three course meal at a local golf club who always put up a very nice spread
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,218
    Saturday night in The Yacht in Greenwich....Me and a colleague aren't in peoples good books as we will be in Nottingham.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    My works party starts at 5pm next Friday 12th December and will hopefully carry on for about 30 years.......
  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    19th at Hippodrome Casino, for once I'm actually going to go
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    My boss and team are based in America. The party is in Dallas, Texas.

    I turned down the chance to go as two weeks later I'll e out in Las Vegas with work anyway and will more than make up for it.
  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    Riviera said:

    My works party starts at 5pm next Friday 12th December and will hopefully carry on for about 30 years.......

    And where will this party be that takes place at 5pm next friday?
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  • LoonyBin
    LoonyBin Posts: 49
    I'm former RN, now retired from active service, but still working for the Service in a training capacity in a large shore training establishment.

    We don't do office "parties" as such. Rather, there are a series of informal 'call rounds' to various departments for (what is called) Wobbly Coffee. It starts off as coffee with a shot of rum, brandy or whisky in it, but pretty soon the coffee gets ignored and we just finish off the bottles.

    There is a formal Christmas bop in the Warrant Officers and Senior Rates Mess and that's ok, but the dinner time session the day before leave commences is always a better bash. Hic.

    Not a lot of work gets done in the last week before leave commences.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    edited December 2014
    City Bowl on the night of 23rd

    Not going
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited December 2014
    My firm have hired out a bar in the city. Free bar all evening / night. Only downside is that my work colleagues are going. For this reason, I won't be.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    edited December 2014
    Badger said:

    Riviera said:

    My works party starts at 5pm next Friday 12th December and will hopefully carry on for about 30 years.......

    And where will this party be that takes place at 5pm next friday?
    Here: https://www.facebook.com/thelongpond?ref=hl
  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    Good luck with the pub, looks nice.

  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,594
    Bar in the city but am going to see Status Quo on the same night.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    City Social for dinner on the 19th (they owe us a load of money so we are getting some back via running up a huge bill) then probably somewhere in the city after.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,594
    ValleyGary said:

    City Social for dinner on the 19th (they owe us a load of money so we are getting some back via running up a huge bill) then probably somewhere in the city after.

    Browns?
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Holborn bars on the 19th. Last year I had only been in the company 3 days, so I should enjoy it more this year
  • Wilma
    Wilma Posts: 1,618
    Park Lane Hotel next Friday. First Christmas party in years so looking forward to it even though I'll be leaving early to get the train home. Also got two team Christmas lunches to look forward to and all free!
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  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,679
    The Grosvenor on Park Lane next week.

    Black tie do with slap up meal and free booze.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,609
    The Silver Sturgeon on the Thames on Friday 19th.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,737
    I honestly don't know. I decline the offer every year so thankfully they've stopped asking. I can honestly say I do not like anyone I work with and can't think of anything worse than spending an evening with a load of people who go out once a year and have no idea how to enjoy themselves.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,273
    My first was on Monday, lunch in a nice place in Mayfair, my second was today in a restaurant full of rascals in Fulham. My actual work one is tomorrow back in Mayfair then I have others on the 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 17th and 18th. I can't wait till the 19th when it is all over tbh.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,254
    Athletico Charlton said:

    My first was on Monday, lunch in a nice place in Mayfair, my second was today in a restaurant full of rascals in Fulham. My actual work one is tomorrow back in Mayfair then I have others on the 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 17th and 18th. I can't wait till the 19th when it is all over tbh.

    It's a hard life ;-)

    There's only one Xmas party that I know of, and that'll be the Blackburn away coach journey on the 20th
  • smiffyboy
    smiffyboy Posts: 4,314
    Athletico Charlton said:

    My first was on Monday, lunch in a nice place in Mayfair, my second was today in a restaurant full of rascals in Fulham. My actual work one is tomorrow back in Mayfair then I have others on the 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 17th and 18th. I can't wait till the 19th when it is all over tbh.

    Male gigolo?
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    I will be going to a Christmas Breakfast Friday morning. In the past these have been quite raucous events, but after about 20 years we calmed down... a bit.

    I expect to be slightly the worse for wear at about 9:30am and it'll be down hill all the way from there. Supposed to be going for a drink and seeing a band in the evening - will it happen???
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,046
    Ours is this Friday at The Somers Town Coffee House up between Euston & King's X. We've paid a sliding scale (us managers chipping in most) to fund the bar, bit of a buffet and the boss has agreed to dust off his DJ skills for a few hours. No groans there, he's part of a group of DJs known as The Boom Brothers and pretty good at it. Bar open til 2am...I suspect we'll have to refinance it a few times for the "youngsters"!!

    Also have a group of us (6 lads) who still do our fellas Xmas club fund. Since we started work in 85/86, we put £10 a month away and go out and get bladdered. The last few years it has been finding gigs, rather than a night in numerous unsavoury bars...one mentioned on thread already...this year it's Madness at The O2 on the 20th.
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    Ape & Bird 19th, schwerving it as arranged a Leo with some old pals.
  • LouisMend
    LouisMend Posts: 5,446
    Bowling in Westfield Stratford tomorrow at some place that has a nice restaurant for after too then me and a few of the other younger ones going out for a drink after.

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