‘Tis the season to be jolly (etc.) and it’s traditionally the time for the office Christmas party. True to tradition ours is tomorrow, with everyone decamping to head office for a talent show and dinner.

It’s a funny old thing isn’t it? Far be it from me to be all humbug and all, but I’ve never been a fan of ‘forced joviality’. You know what I mean? It’s like having to be romantic on Valentines Day because society (or Clintons) expects it of you. I’d much rather be romantic every day of the year than rubbish 364 days and mushy 1.

And it’s a similar thing with Christmas parties. There have obviously been lots of cases of these things going terribly wrong and the Beeb were asking this morning if the tradition is on the way out. Nevertheless though it seems many people like them, with recent research showing around 70% of workers like to have a Christmas bash.

Like I said, far be it for me to deny people a good time, but it seems to me that the purpose of these parties isn’t so much to celebrate the birth of Christ as to just get to people together and have some fun. In my eyes, this is something that should be done all year round and doesn’t require big set piece events.

Anyway, that’s my two penneth. Are you all having a party? What do you think of them?