21 Christmas-Inspired Work Memes to Get You Through the Last Few Days Until Break

We have officially reached that point in December where the professional veneer has completely evaporated. The office is a graveyard of half-eaten gingerbread cookies and coworkers who are checking out mentally while physically remaining tethered to their desks. It's the final stretch before the holiday break—a strange, liminal week where the emails feel optional, the meetings feel like cruel and unusual punishment, and the phrase "let's touch base in the new year" becomes the most powerful weapon in your vocabulary.

There is a specific kind of corporate fatigue that sets in right about now. It's the feeling of trying to care about a spreadsheet when you know, deep down, that the world is about to pause for a week of pajamas and questionable family traditions. Everything feels low stakes, yet the pressure to wrap things up remains (pun intended). You're essentially expected to perform a month's worth of labor in three days just so you can earn the right to turn off your Slack notifications without feeling a crushing sense of guilt. It's a delicate dance of looking busy while actually just counting the minutes until you can legally close your laptop.

The holiday office environment is... interesting. You have the coworkers who are aggressively festive, wearing sweaters that actually light up, and the people who are so burnt out they've stopped making eye contact entirely. Somewhere in the middle are the rest of us, just trying to survive the Secret Santa exchange without ending up with another generic candle or a mug with a cringey phase on it. We are all united by one singular goal: making it to five o'clock on Friday without having a public breakdown in the breakroom.

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