The local reviews portal uploaded a cache of party pics to Flickr, a trove duly uncovered by Nicholas Carlson over at Silicon Alley Insider. It comes complete with the requisite provocatively posed women, mostly-naked men and naughty company icon (Santa). Those are the sort of party props that have become Yelp's PR calling card, lending the company a "let the good times roll" vibe that helps keep unpaid contributors supplying the company with free content.

In fact, this particular gathering, trampy as it may have been, looks reasonably tame compared to the debaucheries of years past; our last picture in the gallery below is a compilation distilling the positively fleshy feel of parties past (also documented here, here, here, here, here and here.)

UPDATE: It should be noted that this particular party was in San Diego; San Francisco-based Yelp will no doubt throw something similar in the Bay Area if it hasn't already (we hear it hasn't, yet, this year).

"That would be a lump of coal you're feeling, young lady, for your, uh, untoward extreme naughtiness. You're a very, uh, baaad girl."

Don't you wish you'd had the chance to sign this little angel, too??

Girl on far left rocking about 8x harder than everyone else in the picture.

"I can't speak for Mr. Leprechaun here, but I'm totally looking you in the eyes, lady."

Yelp photographers can literally smell the female tongue leaving the mouth.

"So many bad girls at this party, so little time to admonish them..."

Come, now, sir, you can do several buttons better than this. Several flies, even.

Ooops, we did it again, and, what do you know, at another Yelp party.

Santa presumably has his own private collection of these "girls on my lap" shots.

Everyone looks equally buzzed/sober. Nice pacing!

History teaches us what a truly wild Yelp party looks like.

The Business Insider wrote about the voicemail all Goldman Sachs employees received earlier this month. They were told not to organize small parties even if no firm money goes to pay for them.

By "small," Goldman means exactly twelve. Starting tomorrow, they can hang out outside of Goldman in groups of eleven, but not twelve.

The rule is set to stay in place for the month of December. Why? The firm believes that it would be inappropriate for its employees to be seen partying while the economy is still shaky and unemployment is high.

Twelve might be a good cut off because it's a very Christmas-y number. Twelve is also the number of the apocalypse (supposedly December 21, 2012), but since there are "Twelve Days of Christmas," it's probably more about that.

December doesn't start until tomorrow, so party it up tonight!

One of the many downsides of working for Huffington is that she draws no boundaries between her personal needs and her professional needs; between her emotional reactions to your work and some objective ideal of good performance.

The upside of being treated like a part of the emotionally volatile Huffington household: The matron feels obliged to bestow quality holiday gifts. Last year it was designer sweaters from Ports 1961 and Adam Lippes. There is agreement among recipients we've spoken with that some were truly nice, especially the men's designs, but others were either generally "fugly" or just didn't look good on certain figures.

But the sweaters were very memorable! Everyone was apparently quite curious about what the follow-on gift would be this year, when most New York publishers seem to be canceling any and all discretionary holiday spending. We'd heard from one curious HuffPo-er before the answer came: Sweaters again! And still from Ports 1961 and Adam Lippes.

One major change: In this year's celebratory holiday post, the sweaters were mentioned right up in the headline, both brands were plugged in the second sentence, and there was a catalog-like collection of sweater pictures, like these two:

This might look like an ethically questionable editorial plug bestowed by HuffPo staffers on their designers who outfit them, but do have pity: Snapping these pictures was probably far easier than coming with kind words of praise for their demanding boss. And everyone deserves a nice break this time of year.

An NYU acapella group crooned about their turtleneck sweaters and knit scarves in a corner; one chanteuse was in a wheelchair. Guests received maps to climate-themed rooms like "Mercury Rising" and "Rainforest Lounge," according to New York senior online editor Chris Rovzar, who was brave (or bored) enough to check it out. Rupert Murdoch was there, watching his employees play Guitar Hero and get their caricatures painted. The whole thing sounds like a bizarre and overzealous carnival. Not that this should surprise us—when we open up the Post each morning, it's not uncommon for us to feel we're watching a one-legged blind woman doing it with a hermaphrodite mule.

Good news! Excellent portrait and event photographer Ric Kallaher was there to document! You should enjoy his beautiful slideshow.

NEW YORK MTVN HOLIDAY PARTY 2007
STAFF / FREELANCE / TEMP / ANIMATION
INVITATION GUIDELINE

WHO IS INVITED?
All MTVN Staff employees hired up, and to, date-of-party, Thursday, December 6th.

MTVN Freelance, Temp and Animation employees hired on or before October 12th that
are paid through in-house payroll and have received a direct deposit receipt or paycheck
on all four of the following consecutive dates: October 18, October 25, November 1 and
November 8.

INVITATION PICK UP LOCATIONS
Staff invitations will be distributed, via interoffice mail, starting Thursday, November 15th
(following the release of Judy McGrath's annual company-wide Holiday Party
Save-The-Date announcement).

FREELANCE / TEMP / ANIMATION INVITE DISTRIBUTION
All Freelance / Temp / Animation invitations will be distributed from the same location,
The Lodge / South Dining Room, on the dates and times listed below:

The Lodge / South Dining Room
Thursday, November 29 from 11:45AM to 3:00PM
Thursday, December 6 from 11:45AM to 3:00PM

Group / List ticket pick-up will occur on the same dates / location, but at a different time:
3:00PM to 4:00PM only. Lists should be alphabetized by Last Name.

FLYER
A Freelance / Temp / Animation flyer, which contains invite eligibility information, missed
invite information (for those who do qualify for an invite) e-mail contact information (for
invite status) as well as invite pick-up location and times, will be distributed throughout
all NYC building locations starting Monday, November 19th and will also be available at
Freelance, Temp and Animation check pick-up starting Wednesday, November 21.

RUFUS
Party information for New York and Los Angeles employees, including dates/locations
and eligibility will be posted on the RUFUS home page starting Thursday, November
15th (following Judy McGrath's e-mail announcement).

POTENTIAL HOLIDAY PARTY QUESTIONS AND PLANNED RESPONSES

HOW CAN AN EMPLOYEE THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA BUT DIDN'T RECEIVE AN
INVITATION, RECEIVE ONE?
Employees should send an e-mail to holidaylistny@mtvstaff.com. E-mails must be
received by no later than Monday, December 3 to be considered.





Each individual request will be researched and if the individual is found to qualify, they
will receive an invitation. Either way, the employee will receive an e-mail response within
48 hours. All inquiries must be sent by EMAIL. Phone inquiries will not be
accommodated!

WILL FREELANCE / TEMP / ANIMATION EMPLOYEES HIRED BETWEEN
OCTOBER 12 AND THE DATE OF THE PARTY, DECEMBER 6, BE INVITED?
We will not be able to accommodate or add anyone that has been hired after the
October 12 cut-off date and the date of the party.

WHAT ABOUT FREELANCE / TEMP / ANIMATION EMPLOYEES THAT WORKED
ALL DATES PRIOR TO THESE SELECTED PAY DATES?
In order to manage overall invite numbers, pay dates were selected based upon their
proximity to the party date, and within a manageable accounting timeframe, to determine
the invite list; unfortunately, that means if you were not paid on all of these selected
dates, you did not meet the criteria to receive an invitation to the party.

HOW CAN AN EMPLOYEE THAT DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA BE ADDED TO
THE LIST?
We can not accommodate any exceptions.

WHO ELSE DID NOT RECEIVE AN INVITATION??
All outside consultants, third party vendors; outside agency temp employees;
independent contractors; interns; freelance employees paid through an outside payroll
company; employees (staff or non-staff) that are on a leave of absence that extends
beyond December 6, 2007; employees on L-T-D.

An anonymous tipster submitted photos that seem to capture Simmons getting semi-freaky with a company employee in a photo booth.

To see the full seduction, follow the jump.

Maybe Simmons' new Audi helped seal the deal . . .

Freelancers were most explicitly NOT invited to the News Corp. party Friday at the Hilton — but of course I got in anyway! Though still waiting for the pictorial evidence herewith my review:

The theme: Airport lounge, down to girls passing out peanuts and a line that materialized outside the Hilton at 6 p.m. but still took a good half-hour to negotiate. No one was asked to take off their shoes.

The crowd: Very bridge, very tunnel. Diversity the NYT can only dream about. Never seen so many badly dressed women in one place. Think prom night in Las Vegas. Most of the guys in nice suits, and clearly happy to be able to be getting their ladyfriends tanked on free Cosmos prior to moving on when the joint shut at 11.

The food: The "Europe" section of the party had the best chow — fish and chips, baked ziti, fabulous pastries, under a 16-piece orchestra playing lugubrious Mozart ... there were ice pops in the "Latin America" section, but "Australia" ran out of shrimp way too early.

The entertainment: My free henna tattoo still looks pretty good, and we all loved those two sistahs belting out "Proud Mary" on the karaoke stage in the "Asia" room. Rupert Murdoch was glimpsed, and I was thrilled to shake hands with News Corp's newest millionaires — the two gents who sold their Brooklyn and Queens weeklies to the Man earlier this year. [Clifford Luster of Courier-Life and Steven Blank of TimesLedger. — ed.]

The conversation: The question on most lips was whether you, too, had got the festive goodie bag, delivered to your workplace prior to the party. And yes, everybody did get the same thing: a DVD of the "Devil Wears Prada," a lightbulb, and a book, in a plastic bag. Apparently, if you're hosting 8,000 to 10,000 you've got to cut corners somewhere. But this was forgiven. After all, it's Christmas!

[Photo: Getty]

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Earlier: Gawker's coverage o Port olio
Gawker's Holiday Party Guide: Clip and Save

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Santafreude! [NYO]
George and Hilly [NYO]

Earlier: Gawker's Holiday Party Guide: Clip and Save