Xmas Party Stories

Never mind my username. I found a roommate, did my two year IB analyst stint and peaced to the buy side.

Sipping a few (several) Busch lattes about to head to office Xmas holiday party after a grueling week of LBO modeling and generally spending time in the EBITDA salt mines. Anyone have any legendary office Xmas party stories to share heading into the holidays?

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Last year bought this cute red Peace sweater for a female MD in my department. All was good until I wore this green sweater to the Holiday Party and chaos ensued. 

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

My sweater for this year:

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Xmas isn't a time for fighting.

Work said we've got $20 a head for our xmas event. The boss put us up on the 40th floor of his place for in the in the Ritz residences xmas since it was zero dollar cost.

We used to rent out Le District

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

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