Lots of doom and gloom around this year. Paul Vickers was quoted in the news yesterday that his group is getting many cancellations of office partys this year, many on very short notice. He also stated that party budgets were smaller and the events much less extravagent.
So the question is, any changes at your office? Was your party cancelled or scaled down? Did you have an open bar all night last year and this year youre getting two free drinks tickets at the start and then its a cash bar?
At my company, no changes that I can see but ours is a never very extravagent like a night in Banff like some other firms. We get a good venue with a good meal and drinks all night with decent entertainment and prizes and it ends there.
And does your office call it a "Christmas Party" or is it Holiday Party or something along those lines?