The Ghost of Christmas Past and Present

My department at work had our "annual holiday fiesta, a nondenominational holiday celebration" of gluttony and silly gifts. After gorging ourselves on Mexican potluck delights we have a white elephant gift exchange. Last year I picked from the gift pile and got an inflatable bat (which oddly enough gets stolen a lot) and goldfish crackers. No one had any interest in stealing such a fine gift. Here's a picture of me looking vicious from last year...



This year we did a seminondenominational holiday celebration. We had our Mexican potluck and white elephant nonsense, but we also have a tacky holiday sweater competition. My shirt and ornate vest was not nearly as crazy as other people's holiday attire, but the strange snowman hat that I stole from a collegue was enough to clench a prize (although I don't exactly remember which category I won... there were a few). Here is a picture of the whole group with our ugly sweaters. I'm on the first row on the right, looking like a unicorn Walmart greeter....