Our company Christmas party was last Saturday at the Convention Center downtown. Entertainment: Chicago! But the most interesting surprise was the number of guys in formal, i.e., black tie, kilts. They were getting a lot of attention from the ladies! Next year, maybe I'll wear mine. I just didn't think of it this year, since I am so accustomed to wearing it for pipe band gigs and re-enacting, and this was after all my first company Christmas party (with this employer, that is).