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Middle Class Problems: I don't like secret Santa but I don't want to be the office Scrooge
The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Then there's the annual trial of the office party and all the clichéd shenanigans that people refer to and laugh about but which no one has ever really seen happen. First problem: depending on the size of your office, there's a good chance you don't know the person you're buying for. Then there's the chance that whatever you buy is less creatively impressive than everyone else's efforts and you seem like a dullard.

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