The office Christmas party: avoid these five career-ending mistakes

Aaah, the joys of the work Christmas party. The warm white wine, the delightful conversation - and the danger of total humiliation.

It's astonishing how many of us manage to make it through the year without punching our colleagues or making a pass at our boss, only to blow it all at the company do. There's something about that combination of work and alcohol that seems to remove all our inhibitions.