ARCHIVED  December 1, 1997

Employees walk thin line at office Christmas parties

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Offices parties are sort of like the governess in a Victorian British stately home: The poor governess is not quite good enough to be part of the family but isn˜t exactly a member of the serving staff.
The poor office party is not considered a rollicking social occasion but is supposed to be more entertaining than an ordinary business get-together.
The governess, welcome neither at the servants˜ or family dining table, dealt with her in-between classification by eating alone. She had it easy compared with the average office party attendee.
Does Ms. or Mr. Businessperson sit down at the…

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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