silver and gold, pasta and chicken

Today is our annual holiday Christmas party for our company, held offsite at a local hotel. It's pretty much the same every year, held on a weekday during the middle of the day, which is lame, IMHO, because the day is shot after the party and you end up going home. It should be held on a Friday so that you are done with your week, not having to come back on the following day for a final day of work that week.

From year to year it's the same. It's held at a big hotel and since there are 300 employees, the menu is typical hotel fare; chicken and pasta. Then there is the entertainment. One year it was a really cheesy horrible local lite-rock radio personality giving out prizes and being obnoxious. Last year it was a juggler (who was entertaining but come on, it's juggling!!!). We'll see what happens this year.

At least I'm one of the few lucky ones who work out of that office but work for

a different division. It means we get two parties--today's main party for the location and then our own party for our group. We usually bring our significant others along to a very nice restaurant every year and this year we'll be heading to Sorellina, which makes me very happy. We may get pasta and chicken there, but it won't be the same limp stuff we'll have at the Waltham Westin today!

Today's little holiday song tidbit is by Burl Ives. The song, Silver & Gold, really takes me back to my childhood, when we were able to stay up late to watch Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on television. Burl Ives narrated a funny little snowman who sang all sorts of songs, including this one.