20 women share the most embarrassing thing they've done at an office holiday party.

Office holiday parties will be taking place over Zoom this year, which could be a blessing in disguise. Because while drinking with your co-workers (including your boss and/or employees) may seem like a good idea in theory, it can also go very, very, VERY badly. The 'turn off my camera' feature on Zoom may just be the Christmas miracle we all needed.

Someone asked women of Reddit: 'what was the most embarrassing thing you did at a Christmas office party?' These 20 women opened up about their most embarrassing, alcohol-fueled holiday office party fails:

1.) From goblinish:

I wore and ugly Christmas sweater, red plaid slacks and reindeer earrings while everyone else was in their work clothes (suits). I stood out like a sore thumb for sure. But people had told me they dress Christmasy for the party.

What they meant was red ties with a snowman tie pin or snow flake jewelry or little details like that. No one told me that Christmasy meant 'well add an almost unnoticeable amount of Christmas to your normal outfit'. I embraced it though and made a point of being extra cheerful to everyone around.

2.) From [deleted]:

It was my husband’s. I was pregnant and just starting to be at the point where I couldn’t hide it (16-18 weeks?). There was a bar and I went to order Sprite because I was crazy obsessing over caffeine and thought Coke or Something would be “bad.” They didn’t have Sprite. I bawled. Like a crazy person.

Bartender made me orange juice and seltzer filled with cherries and limes.

3.) From Meat_Related:

Think it was my third ever xmas party with the company (that I still work for) and I must have been about 20.

We had a sit down meal (good) but the wait staff kept topping our wine glasses up continuously throughout the meal and entertainment (bad), so didn't really know how much I'd actually had to drink.

We move on to the after-party bar and I'm so wasted that I fall over in the toilet cubicle, went outside for fresh air and wasn't allowed back in to the bar. So my colleague had to take me home, my parents then pick me up from the station and my mum had to undress me and put me to bed.

Apparently I refused a pyjama top and exclaimed that I would be 'sleeping in my tits!', which has now become a saying amongst family and friends for sleeping in the nude.

4.) From ghoulishgirl:

It was my first 'adult job' at Citifinancial, and they rented out Medieval Times for the holiday party. We all got two free drink tickets and I decided to try to get the strongest drinks I could think of-Long Island Iced Teas. I thought I could handle my alcohol, but those were strong.

Long story short, we were all really into cheering for our knight. I was standing on a chair cheering, and promptly fell right off. The good thing is only a few sober people seemed to notice or care, most were drunk, and even buying themselves more drinks. I still think of the eye contact I made with this dude when I was getting up and cringe.

5.) From herefromthere:

When I was 22 I wore a 50's style poppy red satin swing dress to a work Christmas do.

I'd been on sabbatical for a couple of months and didn't know it was supposed to be a casual event. The owner of the company looked me up and down and asked how long I had worked for him in a rather sleazy manner. He may even have twirled his ridiculous mustachios.

The office drunk reached down the back of my dress to pull the label of my bra out and read my bra size to everyone seconds before falling over backwards into a Christmas tree and through the plate glass door.

6.) From SibcyRoad:

Oh god. People still talk about that night. It was my boyfriends about 5 years ago. Over the years he said the parties became less and less formal as the economy tanked and traditional holiday parties became a thing of the past due to liability (drunk people). So the year I went it was held at a shitty bowling alley somewhere in southern Indiana. We. Had. A. Blast.

Buuuuuut I got super drunk and heated about a game with some guy he worked with so the guy got mad and kicked the ball rack breaking his toe in the process. A few of us had to be dragged out to the limo someone had rented to drop us off at the hotel. 3 of the 8 of us puked in it.

When we got back to the hotel some of the couples decided to swing. My boyfriend and I were invited but we thought they were kidding. We showed up to the room (giggling the entire length of the hotel hallway) and 4 people were in the act. We didn't want to be rude so we stood awkwardly in the corner for a few minutes stifling more laughter. We eventually just sort of backed out.

7.) From RJturtle:

I stayed the night at my workmates house as she lived a lot closer to the party. She still lived with her parents. It had been a free bar so we were both totally wasted and passed out in her bed as soon as she got in. In the morning I woke up and her mum was down on the floor in my friends room scrubbing the carpet.

When I asked her what happened, she said she had heard banging in the night so came into her daughter's room to find me squatting on the floor, knickers round my ankles taking a piss. I have no recollection of it at all and can only assume I thought I was in the toilet. My friend wasn't allowed to have people stay over again after that.

8.) From AloneEvenWithOthers:

Left my alcoholic husband alone at an open bar. I didn't last long at the company after that. (Maybe to Easter, it was twenty years ago.) Don't go to any company Christmas parties anymore.

9.) From intergalacticpup:

I was the girl in a white sweater with Jagermeister spilled down the front of me, making an obnoxious scene about everything.

10.) From [deleted]:

I got wasted and tried to make out with a 23-year-old intern when I was 32. I had to apologize to him at work the next day and I'm not sure what was worse, the shame or the hangover. he said no worries and he wouldn't tell anyone. but I'm pretty sure everyone already knew. He has since been promoted to full-time employee and I've felt awkward around him ever since. This was 3 years ago.

11.) From LustfulGumby:

My boob came out of my dress. It was my husbands work party.

12.) From melgeeez:

Not me but a lady I worked with years ago got super drunk and peed in a chair lol

13.) From [deleted]:

The party was held in the basement of a restaurant on a slick/snowy night. I made my entrance by slipping and falling down the entire flight of stairs, dead sober. My coworkers all said it was like something out of a slapstick silent film.

14.) From librarygirl:

Nothing will beat our sales director getting trashed on champagne and grinding on the company owner, in front of his wife, who was also a company owner.

Upon expressing my shock to everyone else they just kinda sighed and said “yeah she does this every year”. She also punched an employee in the face one year for making sexist comments about her.

Actually I think she’s kind of my hero?

15.) From tsj48:

I told the boss to f**k off... at least 4 times.

16.) From notmyrealemail:

The first office Christmas party I ever went to was 5 years ago. I had taken the morning off to finalize my divorce at the courthouse. It was a small business, less than 15 employees. I got wasted. About a month later, I found out I had smacked the boss' son's ass that night. We are about the same age but I had only been with the company a month. Really glad no one said anything and everything was forgotten.

17.) From maqqda:

I drank myself into oblivion and then fell asleep in the toilets for half an hour

18.) From xnajane:

Dated a guy for a few months or so, he invited me to his christmas party. It was a whole bunch of mechanics who drink lots and do drugs. Anyways little me was hungover for most of the day and when I got there around 7 30, they had 2 bottles of wine on the table. I'm starting to feel better, and help myself in. Might have finished it. I was the only one who drank wine.

They gave us a nice massive turkey dinner too. 10 o'clock comes around and I'm blacked out in the bathroom throwing up turkey chunks and red wine everywhere. Guy came looking for me and had to carry me out with the help of someone and a giant puke bucket. We don't date anymore.

19.) From Chop117:

Not me but this past Christmas party this girl arrived after pre drinking, fast forward a few hours later, we were dancing on the dance floor and this girl ended up doing the worm on the floor. Except she was wearing a really short dress and exposed her bare ass cheeks to the entire staff in attendance.

20.) From ALT_enveetee:

One year, our party was held in our office, but had bars set up throughout the space. My coworkers and I got tanked and thought it would be funny to sneak into our VP’s office to take selfies. Well, he came in when it was happening.

We froze and then literally ran away in a horrified panic. I did turn around at the end of the hall and he was standing in his doorway, laughing his ass off. It was never brought up. Ugh. Such cringe.