http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/kris-kringle/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/for-kryin-out-loud-kris-kringle-is-a-kolossal-kringe/ I recently started a new job and at my very first team meeting, I was informed that I would be included in my new team’s Kris Kringle for the impending enforced Christmas “celebrations”. As you would expect, yay. Is it possible to yay in an even lower case? yay. There you go. Now, I know that this groan-inducing ritual must happen in offices all around the world (well, except for maybe the Middle East, India and most of Asia but lets not get pedantic) at this time of year – the exchanging of unwanted, thoughtless gifts between team-members who haven’t gotten to know each other well enough over the course of the year to know what to get each other. feedback@thepunch.com.au (The Punch Team) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/for-kryin-out-loud-kris-kringle-is-a-kolossal-kringe/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/for-kryin-out-loud-kris-kringle-is-a-kolossal-kringe/#item7308 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 M30o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr