Deck the Halls

With Christmas only a week away, NYC has turned its holiday meter to the max. In a city where thousands of religions are celebrated everyday, New Yorkers seem to share a love of traditional Christmas hymns, towering fir trees, and elaborate nativity scenes. Here are a few holiday pics from around the city:






The holidays also mean office parties. Yesterday evening, my account group went out to a restaurant called Wild Salmon. The president and chief creative officer both showed up for the free meal as well. I thought this would keep people on their best behavior, but in true holiday party style, inappropriateness was abound. I like to think that they acted that way as fodder for my blog. However, my hunch is that it was the perfect storm of intellectual snobbery and a delicious Malbec. Here is a glimpse at some of the conversations (most of which I carefully avoided):

-Martha Stewart's business ethics (with a side story of spotting her entering the Waldorf in a horse costume)
-The Religious Right
-The Bold and the Beautiful
-The threat to national security if China takes control of the moon
-Security issues in Brazil
-Arranged marriages
-Bow ties
-Czech cuisine
-Socialized medicine
-The Second Amendment

Merry Christmas!