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The Hot List: 2011 Holiday Parties

Last year’s holiday party: epic. (Mistletoe placement: key.) To help you top it, we found five spots worthy of your holiday shenanigans. Alert your fake-snow guy...

FOR THE YEAR-END ROAST

The Chef’s Room at Private | Social

You Require: Smoked venison. Wine. A projection screen for your annual “In Memoriam” montage. (A lot of good interns went back to school this year.)
You’ll Receive: A dining room wrapped in white curtains; a window to watch a Top Chef cook your braised oxtails; an iPod dock for blasting Sinatra, Ella, Bieber.

FOR CELEBRATNG YOUR EXPANSION INTO TOKYO

The Rooftop at Tei-An

You Require: A rooftop with fire; the temptation of sake bombs.
You’ll Receive: A members-only lounge, including a bouncer for your private elevator. Here you’ll deck the halls with sashimi and lychee cocktails. We hear it’s the new eggnog.

FOR A REFINED EVENING OF EPIC DEBAUCHERY

The Dallas Contemporary

You Require: Space. Lots of it. Enough for your entire HR department’s dance moves.
You’ll Receive: A whole damn warehouse-sized museum. You’ll be sipping libations next to paintings, schmoozing near graffiti art and dancing with the sales team by some sculpture. (Dancing with the sculptures: frowned upon.)

FOR FETING YOUR INVESTORS

The Upstairs at Eno’s

You Require: A hidden spot to humbly celebrate the IPO of your portable hot tub manufacturing company.
You’ll Receive: Thin-crust pies and Christmas lager in a second-level brick warehouse. If you ask, they’ll set you up with a jazz band. If you ask nicely, maybe they’ll follow your toast with “Last Christmas.”

FOR SWINGERS

The Clockwork Orange Room at Winstons

You Require: A modest room—just a fireplace, some champagne... and a girl on a swing.
You’ll Receive: Exactly that. Also, a private entrance. And convenient access to the club’s main dance floor. Team-building: so much better under disco balls.