11.   Are they always the ones who drive on the field trips, organize the holiday parties and lend the teachers an extra hand when needed?

12.   As a sign of that cautiously optimistic outlook, Time Inc., unlike other media companies, is not asking that holiday parties be canceled.

13.   As the revelry from holiday parties dies down, it seems many executives are worried about their jobs.

14.   At a holiday party, caught up in a discussion about living in different cities, I asked a South Asian professor where he was from.

15.   At a holiday party, the entire company joined in for a game of mock Jeopardy that covered the globe.

16.   At his first company holiday party, after he started working for Money magazine in New York City, Green took a woman as his date.

17.   At Rutgers, he invited staff to his off-campus home for holiday parties.

18.   ATLANTA - Whenever Jane Graham of Woodstock, Ga., needs a fancy appetizer for a holiday party, she never has to think hard about what to make.

19.   Best holiday party of the year?

20.   A company holiday party is not the time to corner the boss to discuss business matters.