It's a recipe for disaster: mixing holiday stress with booze and your boss. If you want to arrive at work on Monday free of hazy, mortifying memories and sniggering colleagues, here are our top tips for surviving your office Christmas party.
1. Don't talk shop
It may be the obvious topic of conversation, but discussing work issues is not advisable. Nor is deciding to bring up job opportunities, bonuses or raises.
2. Mind the dodgy comments
The music, the free drinks, the strange morphing of colleagues into "besties" - it's easy to get confused in such a setting. And easy to say something you wouldn't usually.