Christmas party

Festive December celebration

A Christmas party is a social gathering held during the holiday season, typically organized by workplaces, families, or friend groups to celebrate the end of the year.

Office Christmas parties are notorious for awkward encounters and regrettable behavior fueled by open bars: HR sent a memo after last year's Christmas party.

The term covers everything from elegant formal affairs to casual potlucks with ugly sweater contests.

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tinsel · mistletoe · carols · cocktails · office · ugly sweater · Santa hat · white elephant · decorations · gathering · merry · celebration · gifts · coworkers · dancing · dance floor · plus one · punch

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Opposites
festive occasion vs. somber event

Christmas partyfuneral

Service honoring the dead

wake · memorial service · funeral reception · shiva · vigil

religious/cultural affiliation

Christmas partyHanukkah party

Social event during Festival of Lights

Eid celebration · Passover seder

social inclusion vs. exclusion

Christmas partysolitary confinement

Isolated imprisonment in cell

isolation · hermitage · quarantine · exile · social exclusion

Family

Christmas, party, Christ, christen, christening, Christian, Christianity, Christlike, Christendom

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G