{"id":367,"date":"2018-12-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cos.p10.sol1.net\/uncategorized\/does-the-annual-christmas-party-make-you-nervous\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T02:51:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T02:51:09","slug":"does-the-annual-christmas-party-make-you-nervous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/cospedia\/does-the-annual-christmas-party-make-you-nervous","title":{"rendered":"Does the Annual Christmas Party Make You Nervous?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Here is a sad statistic: Almost 50% of employees dread the annual office Christmas party. One of the main reasons is a fear of embarrassing themselves in front of their coworkers. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Christmas celebrations are meant to be a time to encourage team bonding and celebrate achievements from the year. If the idea of attending is worse than the potential hangover, then read on. Our handy list of tips will help you enjoy your office Christmas party, and to leave it with your dignity intact.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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  1. Don\u2019t talk about work constantly<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The office Christmas party is an opportunity to relax with your coworkers on a more personal level. Now is a great chance to tell them about your Star Wars action figure collection and show pics of that time you had a wedding ceremony for your cats. It\u2019s not the time to talk about the quarterly reports and your KPI\u2019s.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  2. Don\u2019t be a wet blanket<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 While this might feel like a perfect opportunity to finally have it out with Gary from Sales, we assure you, it isn\u2019t. Gary\u2019s just here to have a good time and relax. Be like Gary, have some fun.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  3. Put. The. Phone. Away!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Unless you\u2019re snapping pictures, however, save the posting to social media for tomorrow. Put the phone down and enjoy yourself. Besides, it\u2019s a lot more believable that\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0having a great time if you don\u2019t spend the night standing in the corner posting on Facebook.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  4. Do not ever post embarrassing photos of co-workers, or worse, your boss<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Unless they give you permission, in which case, party on!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  5. Stick to the dress code<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Please. Don\u2019t be that guy that turns up in jeans and flip flops as some sort of protest. If your company is putting on a party and they\u2019ve gone to the effort of planning a theme or dress code,\u00a0make an effort. You\u2019ll have more fun, we promise.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  6. Don\u2019t\u2026just don\u2019t<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Harboring deep, secret feelings for a coworker? Thinking tonight is the night to declare your love? It\u2019s not. Save it for a sober time when not surrounded by coworkers. You\u2019ll thank us later.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  7. Planning on ditching the party altogether?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Here\u2019s the thing, there\u2019s a good chance this shindig is costing your boss a LOT. Do you really want to be the ungrateful, unsociable one?\u00a0 And FOMO (fear of missing out) is a real condition. Do you really want to have to suffer through the next day, everyone talking about what a great time they had, sharing photos and stories? Go to the party.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  8. Try not to drink too much<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 We said \u201ctry\u201d, and we\u00a0said,\u00a0\u201ctoo much\u201d. Have a few drinks and loosen up, but tonight is not the night to wind up with your head in the toilet or falling over on the dance floor.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  9. No sickies the next day<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 You feel like death, we understand. You know what though?\u00a0So\u00a0does everyone else. Go to work, you\u2019re all bonded for life by your hangovers anyway.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  10. DO<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u2013 Have a great time! Relax, unwind and enjoy the company of your colleagues. You spend more time with them than your own family, so take some time to get to know them and enjoy!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Common sense so often goes on vacation <\/span>at this time<\/span> of year, but <\/span>unbelievably<\/span>, <\/span>it\u2019s<\/span> possible to have <\/span>a great time<\/span> without affecting your self-respect or reputation. A little fun and good judgement can turn your Christmas party in the office into a memorable night \u2013 for all the right reasons.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Christmas Party Blues Here is a sad statistic: Almost 50% of employees dread the annual office Christmas party. One of the main reasons is a fear of embarrassing themselves in front of their coworkers. \u00a0\u00a0 Christmas celebrations are meant to be a time to encourage team bonding and celebrate achievements from the year. If the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,7],"tags":[104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collaboration","category-cospedia","tag-christmas-party","tag-christmas-party-in-the-office","tag-christmas-party-office","tag-holiday-party","tag-office-party","tag-team-bonding","tag-team-bonding-activities","tag-work-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32607,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/32607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}