The inaugural 2005 "Ho-freak'n-Ho" Christmas party award

It has begun... the inevitable Christmas party/drinks invitations ... within a couple of days I have received invitations to NICTA's (National ICT Australia's) Christmas party on the 16th, the ANU Graduate School's drinks on the 14th, followed later on the same night by a Fuzzy Logic christmas party and pre-record for our Christmas day show ... not to mention the end-of-year gatherings already scheduled for this Friday, and Saturday, and yesterday's somewhat piss-weak Dept of Information Engineering (my ANU department) Christmas BBQ which ran out of sausages after about 15 minutes, and provided no beer!

While, of course, such parties also happened in Melbourne, I get the impression Canberra work places really do go to great lengths to have as many Christmas gatherings as possible - my theory being that this is because in two or three weeks time, Canberra will be nothing more than a ghost town as people evacuate the city in their thousands.

Perhaps I'll provide reviews of my various Christmas events, and then announce the recipient of the inaugural 2005 "Ho-freak'n-Ho" Christmas party award.

I invite everyone to submit their own Christmas party reviews for consideration.

Also, any contributions for specific criteria on which to assess such events would be appreciated :)