First Christmas at the new company so not sure what to expect. Hopefully nothing. Last company first Xmas party was awesome, then each year it got worse and worse. Kept finding worse venue, shittier food and less alcohol until I stopped going. Bosses always melted down when I told them I wasn't going, then somehow a rumor got started that there was a pact made for people in my dept not to attend. No pact made just we had common sense and none of us wanted to go.