Frause Gaudy Christmas!

At Frause we like to make a splash and we made no exception for this year’s “gaudy” themed office Christmas party! We assembled at the Oasis by Herban Feast in Sodo, donning our most glitzy and tacky holiday attire. We sparkled in red, silver and gold, leaving trails of glitter and tinsel in our wake. A personal favorite was Santa with a pillow for a belly and our very own Bob Frause dressed in drag wearing a green plaid kilt and lady’s holiday sweater with shoulder pads.

The bar was serving up a delicious pomegranate martini along with some red and white wines and beer selections. As we sat down to dinner, it was clear the Frause Christmas Committee had decked the venue halls just as thoroughly as the rest of our team decked ourselves out in ornate and showy gear. The tables were beautifully adorned and the room decorations were extravagant with several light-up reindeer and a blow-up snowman and Santa.

Everyone seemed to enjoy their meals as we feasted on several options. I had the citrus miso glazed salmon with orange and fennel salad, while people around me savored the herb crusted beef tenderloin, finished with a port demi-glace, and the butternut squash ravioli with brown butter lemon thyme cream sauce and crispy sage. Dessert came with two options: pumpkin cheese cake or chocolate lava cake. YUM! Bob and Sue surprised everyone with little stockings filled with Nordstrom and Amazon gift cards. In turn, the team presented Bob and Sue with our very heavy gift of the Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking.

Awards for best costumes were also presented! Just to name a few, Brook and Pete took best contemporary couple and Matt and John took best unintentional couple, both dressed as Cousin Eddie from the movie Christmas Vacation.

With dinner over and a few drinks in, we migrated to karaoke – not to be outdone by Krista’s caroling Santa hat. Bob’s cash incentives got the singing going, but soon we were rocking out to hits from the 80s and 90s, the occasional Christmas carol, to a few impressive rap performances.

Frause boogied into the night getting wrapped up in the season’s festivities and merrymaking, so much so that some of the Frausies headed to Hooverville for a nightcap. The Frause gaudy Christmas party was a merry Christmas for all and for all a goodnight!