Remember when the office holiday party lived on disposable cameras? Think tinsel over cubicles, sheet-cake on copier tables, and a DJ wedged between the ficus. The looks changed by decade, but the vibe stayed the same.
These photos show a side of the office where everyone forgot about the workload, name badges turned into inside jokes, and Friday became a new batch of stories to tell next Monday.
1. A very calm Christmas party, 1972
2. Killing it at the dance floor in the late 70s
3. Lots of bottles at the office party
4. Smoking inside was allowed in the early 70s
5. Lots of tinsel at this 1980s UK party
6. She is enjoying the office Christmas party like a queen
7. Santa came to the office, 1983
8. They were waiting for the New Year
9. This was in the late ’70s (and yes, that’s Joy Division’s Ian Curtis)
10. She was the queen of the office party
11. Arriving at the party, 1970
12. Can you tell this was in the ’70s?
13. They are having a lot of fun
14. This hair screams ’80s
15. Feeling the Christmas spirit
16. Partying in the late 90s
17. A Christmas party in the early 2000s
18. Check out the DJ!
19. They were catching up at the office party
20. The life of the party
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