Whats your CPI

[El Presidente]

We like to assess the Christmas Party Index (CPI) as a gauge on how the local economy is going. The CPI is the number of Christmas Party Invitations (non family) you have received for the month of December.

2008 locally looks pretty thin on the ground. Down about 60% locally. Everyone is having staff function and maybe a few suppliers "in house".

Whats happening to the CPI in your kneck of the woods? Things are tough here. My mother hasn't even called

[sepp]

I don't know about the CPI but the local news reported that alcohol sales at at least one retailer are up over 300%. The retailer is reporting that there are more consumers purchasing but the purchases are less quantitiy and lower quality. More people drinking cheaper hooch, what does that tell you?

Merry (hic) Christmas...

[dragon]

Even during the best of times I never got an invite to anything from anyone, and this year even my wife told me her employer said that spouses were specifically not invited to her firms holiday party due to cost constraints.

[kmax]

Even during the best of times I never got an invite to anything from anyone, and this year even my wife told me her employer said that spouses were specifically not invited to her firms holiday party due to cost constraints.

At least thats the story she told you. J/K!

[Fuzz AI]

I'm up to 3 invites, all from the same dept. Seems we're not feeling the pinch... other will when we hike up the price of groceries and petrol to cover our Xmas parties!

[yossie]

I'm a buddist..

[Spartan]

So far I have only 2 pending (way down from last yr.) and both are non-smoking...this SUCKS!

[shrink]

I'm a buddist..

Well, are you going to any reincarnation events... again?

[yossie]

Well, are you going to any reincarnation events... again?

We've been taught so. By the way, James bond is a real person?

[Warren]

We've been taught so. By the way, James bond is a real person?

Yossie Mate , don't mention that name around here I still have night mares

[habanohal]

Money down and Suicide rate is really climbing

[tsolomon]

They're all holiday parties now instead of Xmas, but my wife's usual corporate event has been cancelled and they will lose the deposit on the room. Sounds like they might get some funding to hold something in-house. I work for the government and we never do anything as we have to be PC.

[Homebrew]

I am catering 6 christmas parties, but they are all going on a stricter budget this year.

Last year I catered 9 parties, and they were much more lavish.

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

[broozer]

i'm never invited to christmas parties, but i usually play one or two every december. not this year thank goodness. they are boring as hell.

bruce

[Colt45]

i got a rock.

[bolivr]

I am sure I am not the only one to notice a fairly steady decline since the end of the 1980s? My wife worked in advertising back then....wow, those folks knew how to throw a proper party.

Will we ever see such dedicated debauchery again?

[SmokinAl]

Will we ever see such dedicated debauchery again?

Feel free to drop over to my place any Thursday, Friday or Saturday.

[Bill Hayes]

1 client party

1 staff party

2 group parties

So far, 2 supplier parties with more to come.

Advertising industry last hoorah before slashing of budgets next year. Luckily I work on alcohol products. One of the only markets to do well in a downturn.

[Fatshotbud]

My CPI is up again for the second year running.

This can no doubt be attributed to me not showing up at any invites the last two years?