Culture: Christmas Parties 文化：圣诞聚会
[audio]http://www.24en.com/bbc/dl_mp3/bbc_christmas_parties.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px]Workplaces all over the UK are [b]gearing up[/b] for the [b]festive period[/b] and all the traditions and customs that come with it. But will this Christmas be a cause for happiness and celebration or disappointment and [b]embarrassment[/b]?
[p=21, 2, left]One way that [b]colleagues[/b] in Britain show their appreciation of each other at this time of year is by doing a 'Secret Santa' present giving. Secret Santa is when people who work together buy each other gifts without saying who they are from.[/p][p=21, 2, left][b]Co-workers[/b] all write their name on a piece of paper and then stage a[b]lottery[/b] in which each [b]workmate[/b] takes another colleague’s name at[b]random[/b]. Each person then has to buy a present for the colleague whose name they have picked, usually with an agreed [b]budget[/b] set at a small amount of money such as five or ten pounds (50 or 100 Yuan).[/p][p=21, 2, left]As the gifts are given [b]anonymously[/b], the quality of presents can vary greatly; in an internet survey of Secret Santa presents, gifts that people received ranged from tickets to the [b]opera[/b] to an [b]air-freshener hanger[/b] for a car.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Another common seasonal workplace tradition is the office Christmas party, when workmates put on their most [b]glamorous outfits[/b] and take advantage of a plentiful supply of free [b]booze[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]While most parties [b]go off without a hitch[/b], sometimes the effects of alcohol cause party-goers to regret their [b]drunken antics[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]The BBC invited people to share their most embarrassing Christmas office party stories, and received hundreds of funny stories, such as the man who split his trousers back to front with his extravagant dance moves or the [b]tipsy[/b] lady who spent the entire night with back of her dress[b] tucked into[/b] her pants and saw the photos that proved it later at work.[/p][p=21, 2, left]But the worst story must surely come from Stuart Vaines, who got so drunk he [b]dunked[/b] his boss’s head down the toilet. Unsurprisingly, he was[b]fired[/b] the very next day.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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