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Dear BERGers,</div>
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<span style="margin:0px">This<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(12, 136, 42);background-color:lime"><b>Christmas Party</b></span><span style="margin:0px"><span> </span>may very well be the only good thing to happen to any
of us all year. A very low bar has been set (as most bars have been closed??) but we think we can surpass it, if just by the long white hairs on our chinny chin-chin.</span><br>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(200, 38, 19);background-color:yellow"><i><b>Important Information so that you can</b></i></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(12, 136, 42);background-color:yellow"><i><b><span> </span>Prepare
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<li>The party is Next<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:white;background-color:red"><b>Wednesday, Dec 16, at 6pm</b></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:white;background-color:red">.</span></li><li><b>You are fully encouraged to<span> </span></b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(6, 64, 12);background-color:lime"><b>wear your very best Christmas jumper, pyjamas set, or holiday hat!</b></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(245, 212, 39)"><b><span> </span></b></span>No
one will know what is happening from the waist down, so onesies with back-flaps are fair game.
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<li>We will try to have a poll set-up during the party so that members can anonymously vote on whose outfit is the best!</li><li>The Winner will be crowned<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(15, 92, 26);background-color:rgb(128, 255, 128)"><b>"The Holiday Cheermeister"</b></span>, and then nothing else will happen, but they are welcome to add that title
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</li><li><b>Please participate in our<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:white;background-color:red">Buzzfeed BERG Christmas Party Poll!</span><span> </span>The link can be found here:</b>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/skraemer42/berg-christmas-quiz-5fuhalhhnv" style="margin:0px">https://www.buzzfeed.com/skraemer42/berg-christmas-quiz-5fuhalhhnv</a></div>
</b></li><li>Poll results will be shared during the party!<br>
</li><li>There are no wrong answers, unless your favourite holiday movie of all time is Jingle all the Way, in which case I have so many questions. </li><li>The poll will never close, but if you could<b><span> </span></b><u><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(200, 38, 19)"><b>have your answers in by midnight on Tuesday</b></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(200, 38, 19)">,</span></u><span> </span>that would
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</li><li><b>We have prepared two<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);background-color:rgb(128, 255, 255)">ice breaker ideas,</span><span> </span>and hope that by stating them now, everyone can come prepared!</b>
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<li>The first is to<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt"><span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(81, 167, 249);background-color:black"><b>find a photo that represents you</b></span>-- something you love, something research-related,
a fond memory-- and send it to me before the party! I will put them together on a power point so that during introductions we can all see it and learn a bit more about you.
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<li><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192)">Send to:<b><span> </span></b></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192)"><b><a href="mailto:s.b.kraemer@stir.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="s.b.kraemer@stir.ac.uk" style="margin:0px">s.b.kraemer@stir.ac.uk</a></b></span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 36, 81)"><b><u>By midnight on Tuesday</u></b></span></li><li>it could be a photo of you at your field site, with a pet, etc.</li><li>Alternatively, if you'd rather show us an object that has meaning for you and then tell us about it, feel free! For example, I might show-off my beloved dinosaur bone, or my neat running medal. It could be anything!</li><li>This is optional, so no pressure. </li></ol>
</li><li>The other was a suggestion from<span> </span><b>Zsuzsa Lugosi</b>!! Thanks, Zsuzsa!! It's called<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0, 36, 81);background-color:aqua"><b>"Two Truths and a Lie"</b></span>
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<li>You come prepared with three "facts" about yourself. Two are true, one is a lie.</li><li>Group discussion and consensus will decide the lie.</li><li><i>If you lied convincingly no one in BERG will trust you ever again. I don't make the rules.</i></li><li>This is also optional, so during the party you can just state that you are not a deceitful person and perhaps tell us a fun fact about yourself!</li></ol>
</li><li>Feel free to prepare for both icebreakers, or just one. We will just go around doing introductions once and the floor will be yours!</li></ol>
</li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(245, 212, 39);background-color:black"><b>Bring Your Own Libations!!</b></span>
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<li>BERG has always been wine-friendly at our after-hours meetings, so feel free to concoct yourself something special to sip on during the party. </li><li>Munchies are also encouraged, but preferably those that don't crunch too loudly into the microphone!<br>
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</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);"><b>reminder</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> e-mail out next Week!</b></span><br>
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<div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:21.32px;color:rgb(12, 136, 42);background-color:lime"><i><b>Why say Bah-Humbug, when you can instead say,<span> </span></b></i></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:21.32px;color:rgb(134, 17, 6);background-color:lime"><i><b>Bah-HumBERG?!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;background-color:white">E-mail for Pawel [Lecturer in Psychology at Stirling; meetings coordinator of<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">BERG</span></span>]: pawel.fedurek@stir.ac.uk</span><br>
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E-mail for Sarah [PhD Student at Stirling; occasional coordinator of<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">BERG</span></span>]: s.b.kraemer@stir.ac.uk</div>
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