No Holiday Party...

[Tenacious_D]

So the economy has really hit the hospital and rads dept. hard. They sent an email last week stating there is no holiday party. I am not too surprised. The party has been downsized the past 2 years and is now just gone. Any other hospitals/departments canceling the annual holiday party?

P.S. I am really not that bothered by this...we haven't gone to one yet

[MissCrabette]

That sucks. I'm getting ready to go to ours right now. I'll report back if it was worth it. I hear it's super formal. I wouldn't be bothered if they had no party at all, but they seem to be doing well financially, so why not?

[MarissaNicole]

Exact opposite here, they haven't had a department party in a few years. Instead one of the attendings would have the residents and families (no other attendings or staff) over for a nice dinner. This year they are actually doing a department wide party at another one of the attending's houses. I've met all the residents and their families but I am looking forward to meeting some of the attendings so I can put names with faces (and stories).

[corn poffi]

Each freaking division in our department of surgery. It's borderline ridiculous. And the faculty/resident party is super fancy (like always). The department is actually up in profit from last year!

[L.Jane]

This will be my first year available to go to a the holiday party. I was told yesterday that one of the attendings even dresses up as Santa Claus each year. I am going to ask more questions about the dress code next time I see the residents (J is of no help when it comes to these things). Its family friendly, and if an attending comes as santa I have to believe its more holiday dress then semi formal, but it is held at a hotel this year. I love our residents and their spouses and kids and with interview dinners right now and the party I get to hang with them a bunch. I miss some of our residents out on research this year.

[SuzySunshine]

No party here either, I don't know if it's just our department but it was cut due to expense.

[peggyfromwastate]

One of the attendings is putting in a party at his house for attendings and residents plus kids. No formal departmental party has been held before. It's a small department, at a military hospital.

Shrug.

I'd rather just go to dinner with my dh. Last year the party was ok but dh usually "ditches" me (he talks shop with coworkers which is so boring so I usually go look for entertainment elsewhere). I'd rather have my dhs unfocused attention for once!!! To arrange for the sitter (no way would I bring my kids to the attendings house-- that will be the day they will act like total hooligans guaranteed), to worry about what to wear, to have awkward small talk with ppl I don't know but dh has told me a lot about them so I feel like I know them... Just not my bag.

[Bittersweet]

P.S. I am really not that bothered by this...we haven't gone to one yet

Ha ha, this made me smile. I read the title of your post and thought "sweet!"

[madeintaiwan]

Same holiday dinner going on here. Same country club as always. I wish it was at the venue that Miss Crabette's party is at. That's where we do graduation dinner and I prefer it to the holiday dinner venue. We'll see if we get our $100 gift card in our department xmas card. Hopefully it doesn't snow, it always snows on the night of the dinner and I hate driving in it. Open bar = I'm designated driver.

[scarlett09]

They had the holiday shindig for the department on Wednesday. It was at a very nice local restaurant's banquet space (one that isn't used for "prom" in the spring), but just apps and drinks, no dinner. I don't think I was invited? I already had other plans for that night - meeting for my alma mater's reunion committee. They're getting a little bit better at having a holiday party, as I don't remember there being one in previous years. There's more things going on in the spring - Spring Fling, "prom", graduation, etc.

[Vanquisher]

They have a hospital party here and then the OR has a party, and we were demanded to give $200 toward the funding of it, you know, cause my husband is a surgeon. Umm, I could throw one hell of a party for $200 ON MY OWN. Screw them. They suck. I don't know if we will do an office party. We have such a small office. It seems silly. Bah humbug.

[moonlight]

We've never had a department holiday party and DH never tells me about the hospital parties because he hates parties I think. Two yrs ago there was a reception for some out of town guests the second week of Dec at a country club with dinner. We dressed holiday and had fun! Wish we had my department guests this month.

[Thirteen]

The res director always had it at his house, complete with taco guy making tortas|. And alcohol.
Good times!


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[bokelley]

Dh is on nights so we got out of all parties. Woohoo

[Cinderella]

I'm bummed this new place I work hasn't had a Christmas party in years. The last place had a sit down Christmas dinner party for the departments with fabulous prizes like ski tickets and zip-line tickets. The hospital I used to work at had the best Christmas parties. Every year the hospital gave each employee a turkey or a ham and had a huge banquet for all the employees on all the shifts for one whole day. I loved it! But the hospital Christmas parties I'm talking about are the department parties. The Emergency Room Department would usually invite my department and it would be dinner and dancing and they knew how to have fun! I'm talking the entire place would be in conga-lines dancing together. I think we each were given two drink ticket limit and then you had to buy your own. Those were the best times. We I changed departments there were different Christmas parties such as one at a Country club on a golf course with dinner and open bar and mingling. That was really nice but we usually left before things got wild. Another one was at this warehouse with dinner and a stage for a show with music. The Neuro Doctors had a reputation for throwing the most fun and wild Christmas parties but I never got an invitation to that one. Christmas parties build a sense of community and that's what I'm missing in my new place.