What if your work can't afford a fancy Amex Christmas party ?

[CheeseRolls]

With the festive season imminent, many of you will no doubt see the Christmas party budget slashed this year. Never fear, there is no need to miss out. Simply pop open one of these just before half time. Add a paper hat and away you go. Party on

Christmas Dinner in a Can - buy at Firebox.com

Anyone else got any great Christmas money saving tips ?

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

We've been running our own Xmas party for the last 15 years. Get a licence for the canteen and set the bar prices at just enough to make enough profit to cover food and entertainment.

 

[Beach Hut]

We get our £15 per person meal allowance

 

[mr sheen]

We get nothing. Not even time.

 

[Dave the OAP]

We get our £15 per person meal allowance

Yes we get £20 allowance so long as you have your Christmas do with other work colleagues. As I work in a huge office with just me and the security guard, it's going to be fun, fun, fun. ( the sec guard doesn't count as work colleague btw)

It's a great shame our company do was cancelled...it was always a great night, but the miseries who didn't want to socialise got it cancelled.

 

[matt_32510]

My company gives us nothing, never have done, yet they still want you to work xmas day/boxing day and new year.

 

[tinx]

We get £30 a head which isn't bad, covers a nice 3 course meal and a couple of drinks of a lunch time. We used to have a big xmas do at the Grand each year but that stopped about 10 years ago.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Working for amex many moons ago they hired the brighton centre and had the Joe Loss Orchestra.: It all went horribly wrong

 

[Superphil]

Ours is in Exeter, fair enough, that's where we're based, hotel do, and accommodation for those of us traveling from afar. But it's on the 22nd of December, don't they know its the football season?

 

[wunt be druv]

We get bugger all from work and have to work all through the festive/new year period as normal.Happy f***ing Christmas!!

 

[Kumquat]

Wetherspoons are good value......

 

[Hillian1]

We used to have a do every year, paid for and including taxis but some of our miserable buggers said they didn't want it anymore.

Now they do us a hamper, which is surprisingly good.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Well thats Xmas dinner for the family sorted then. Not much to washup afterwards either.

 

[bluenitsuj]

We are having a christmas/leaving party 80/90 of us being made redundant in Jan/Feb.

But on a happy note, I will be giving the family a great christmas this year : )

 

[sten_super]

Our firm seems (from this thread) to be one of the few that still organises a nice meal. We go to a local restaurant about 1:30pm on a workday (Friday 14th this year), work pay for all food and drinks (so we have a sweepstake as to which member of staff will try to take advantage a bit too much and be pissed before the starters arrive) then we get the rest of the afternoon off so leave the restaurant about 4:30pm and the 'younger' crowd (of which I'm thankfully still classified as a part) head to the nearest pub to carry on the drinking.

About 4 years ago it was on a Tuesday and 2 people didn't make it in for work the next day due to 'illness'. It's not been mid-week again since.

 

[Rambo]

We are having a christmas/leaving party 80/90 of us being made redundant in Jan/Feb.

But on a happy note, I will be giving the family a great christmas this year : )

Ditto