I Always Thought Company Holiday Parties

were a bunch of crap, anyway. They weren't designed for the good of the employees but in fact were ways bosses could find out how their "inferiors" behaved outside of work, such as drinking and hitting on other employees' spouses, etc.

In all of my years working, I never once went to a holiday party or any kind of get-together with people I worked with. I was always of the belief work and personal life should be kept separate.