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The company cuts back in X&#8217;mas party this year.  Instead of buffet dinner, we are served a four courses meal.  The food was ok, but the portion was too small.  There was casino and dance following the dinner, but both events are kinda boring.  Since Pat was tried, so we went home early after socializing a bit on our way out.  To my surprise, Pat met a highschool friend, who is the date of a legendary guy.  Pat forbids me making fun of him so that I won&#8217;t spoil their not yet started relationship.  Pat was laughting all the way home, thinking it is really funny that somehow all the dates that guy ever bring to the X&#8217;mas party are her highschool friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight is PMC&#8217;s X&#8217;mas party, or I should call it winter party to be politically correct. The politially correct thing is just totally bullshit. Who would be offended by calling X&#8217;mas X&#8217;mas? 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