so you better get this party started
Last night was my company Holiday party. Lest there be any confusion, let me clarify that it was NOT a Christmas party, even though there were Christmas trees present, Christmas carols playing in the form of lovely Muzak, and several people wearing the official "Christmas colors" of red and green. Though I suppose all of these things could be referred to as celebrations of the holidays, and not necessarily having anything to do with Christ or mas (where does the "mas" come from anyway?).It would have been frowned upon to have wished anyone there a merry Christmas. Instead the proper greeting (as you sip your alcohol provided free of charge by the company that strives so hard to be politically correct) is "Happy Holidays."
So, be happy, imbibe on various spirits and concoctions, eat lots and lots of fattening food ... but don't you dare wish anyone a Merry Christmas. To do so would just be utterly offensive and in poor taste. We won't talk about the fact that perhaps the freely flowing alcohol might have offended someone who just finished coming off a few difficult years of sobriety after a devestating bout with alcohol. And we sure won't discuss the pain that was perhaps being felt by a party attendee who just overcame a serious eating disorder, as she stood surrounded by rows of tables covered with food. Please kindly avert your gaze from the couple (heterosexual or homosexual) bumping and grinding on the dance floor, and try to overlook the fact that both of them are married to other people. Laugh and chalk it up to the holidays, when everyone is happy and gay. We can all drink and eat and have a good time and flirt a little too much with people to whom we have no right to even stand close. Tomorrow is a new work day, and we will all go about our business as usual. It is, after all, the holidays ... and we should all be happy. Just please, oh please, don't you dare wish me a Merry Christmas.
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