Tiss the Season

In most nations, christmas is a time for family, friends and loved ones. Ireland is a bit of an exception, where the entire month of december is dedicated to heavy drinking (with family, friends and loved ones). Last night we had our first (of two) christmas parties. Again, the irish do things a little different here. Back in good old north america, a small company such as ours would organize a dinner at a nice restaurant, kriss kingle, speech from the CEO, a few drinks and call it a night. In ireland, the employees get a huge wad of cash, reserve their own room at a bar and drink all night. We even had a "beerometer", a big thermometer type thing that we used to measure how much money we've spent on alcohol. Last year, roughly €2500 was downed, so the goal was to beat that...not sure if we succeeded...the beerometer got destroyed halfway through the night. Anyway, if you're ever travelling the world and find yourself trying to figure out what to do during christmas "cause everything is quite during the holidays", head over to ireland for a good craic.