Office Xmas Party

We had our office Xmas party today and it was a great success! I was the Canadian officer on the Xmas Party Planning Committee - little did I know when I volunteered that being the only Canadian meant that I'd be responsible for it! The whole committee really pitched in though and the party was a great success. The best Xmas Party our office has ever had was what one of our staff told me. This was the first time we had games and activities planned for both adults and children, instead of just having a dinner and chitchat. And I even introduced a tradition we have in Canada - a week-long Secret Santa activity that culminated at the office party. What other countries have Secret Santa? I was really happy that they enjoyed the Secret Santa activity, because from the reaction I got from some of the Canadians, I was worried that they thought it was too childish. (But who doesn't like receiving gifts everyday no matter what age you are, eh?)

We had tug of war, a three-legged race, one of our drivers dressed up as Santa Claus handing out gifts, a mehndi wallah, a tarot card reader and even musical chairs. (I had thought that musical chairs would be too childish, but the adults seemed to love it more than the kids!)


Here's a shot of me getting some mehndi done. I'll try to add more pictures including one of my hand now that the mehndi has darkened.