ByMia Mercado,
a Cut contributor covering internet culture
Photo: Dennis Hallinan / Archive Photos/ Contributor/Getty Images
Hark! How the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say … oh, dear God, we have to go to holiday parties again? Ding-dong, my friends! After nearly two years of avoiding holiday obligations, it’s time to figure out how to behave around friends, family, and co-workers in a festive way.
For many of us, this will be one of the first large gatherings we’ve attended since 2019. Haha! How fun! Do you remember how to engage in conversation? Greet other people? Exit quietly while no one is looking? Fear not, for I have devised a fun little quiz to help you remember how to act during any and all upcoming seasonal festivities.
Is This Okay to Do at a Holiday Party?
In case you need a refresher after many months indoors.
Honestly, you have a perfectly valid excuse to skip out on holiday parties this year. Use that to your advantage if you so choose. If you do go, please be safe! Take a COVID test. Get your booster shot. Gift everyone hand sanitizer and literature on the Omicron variant.
Honestly, you have a perfectly valid excuse to skip out on holiday parties this year. Use that to your advantage if you so choose. If you do go, please be safe! Take a COVID test. Get your booster shot. Gift everyone hand sanitizer and literature on the Omicron variant.
Yes, but the definition of "dress up" is very loose here. It can be a nap dress, a big nap shirt, all of your finest athleisure worn at once. Anything can be festive fashion now!
Yes, but the definition of "dress up" is very loose here. It can be a nap dress, a big nap shirt, all of your finest athleisure worn at once. Anything can be festive fashion now!
It doesn't have to be anything crazy! Maybe just a bottle of wine, a batch of cookies, a $1,895 checkers set, some flowers, or even a $150 wine opener.
It doesn't have to be anything crazy! Maybe just a bottle of wine, a batch of cookies, a $1,895 checkers set, some flowers, or even a $150 wine opener.
This, of course, depends on the recipient. But if Gwyneth Paltrow thinks a vibrator is an appropriate gift for Taylor Swift, I say it's good enough for my friends and family!
This, of course, depends on the recipient. But if Gwyneth Paltrow thinks a vibrator is an appropriate gift for Taylor Swift, I say it's good enough for my friends and family!
You should know by now that no topic of conversation is safe. Plus, we are all too tired to argue with our bigoted cousins about some political meme they saw on Facebook. Thus, you are allowed to talk about one of two things: whatever weather is happening at the current moment and theSex and the City reboot.
You should know by now that no topic of conversation is safe. Plus, we are all too tired to argue with our bigoted cousins about some political meme they saw on Facebook. Thus, you are allowed to talk about one of two things: whatever weather is happening at the current moment and theSex and the City reboot.
You probably shouldn't set a fire inside your family members' homes. Outside, however …
You probably shouldn't set a fire inside your family members' homes. Outside, however …
The limit of cookie consumption does not exist. Feast accordingly.
The limit of cookie consumption does not exist. Feast accordingly.
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