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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]S/O question:

What  is your office holiday party called?

We no longer call it a holiday party because that offends people who don't celebrate a holiday in December.

We call it an end of year celebration. And decorations aren't winter related at all...because the neutral snowflakes offended someone...who I suppose hates snow? Instead they pick a random theme...like mad hatter tea party...but the planning committee holds their breath each year in fear that whatever theme they choose might offend someone. [/quote]
I have never heard of something like this. I'm finding it difficult to believe, actually. Who complains about snow flakes?! [/quote]

I'm not sure who complained about the snowflakes, or if the higher ups just decided to err on the safe side by removing anything related to winter after a staffer stood up at an all staff meeting of 200 and complained after the ED announced that we were being given Christmas Eve off in addition to the regular Christmas holiday. Everyone cheered but one person who complained that we should be given a free day of our choosing since not everybody celebrates a winter holiday. Then she went into great detail about her atheism and how offended she feels by the winter holidays...all of them...including Hanukkah.

I promise you I'm not a troll. We went from having a festive secular holiday party with winter snowflakes to an annual end of year party with random themes that nobody except the small planning committee bother to embrace. Some people do show up in Christmas sweaters or ties or reindeer headbands...and I'm not sure if that's in protest. [/quote]

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