“What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day”

American stand-up comedian Phyllis Diller said:
 
“What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.”
 
It’s not known when Diller first said this, but she was credited in the newsgroup alt.quotations on December 4, 1998. The joke has been included in many Christmas quotation collections.
   
   
Wikipedia: Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Ada Driver (July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012), better known as Phyllis Diller, was an American stand-up comedian, actress and voice artist, best known for her eccentric stage persona, her self-deprecating humor, her wild hair and clothes, and her exaggerated, cackling laugh.
 
Diller was a groundbreaking stand-up comic—one of the first female comics to become a household name in the U.S.
     
Google Groups: alt.quotations
Humorous X-Mas Quotations
Word Plays
12/4/98
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What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.
~ ~ Phyllis Diller
 
26 December 1999, Augusta (GA) Chronicle “CHristmas glow will sadly fade” by Bill Kirby, pg. 1B, col. 1:
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
From Laura “What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.”
—Phyllis Diller
 
25 December 2005, Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, “Porter’s People” by Mickey Porter, pg. A2, col. 3:
The penultimate word
What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.
—Phyllis Diller, on Comedy Central
 
Google Books
Keep Calm at Christmas
By Ebury Press
New York, NY: Ebury Publishing (Random House)
2011
Pg. ?:
“What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.” —Phyllis Diller
 
Keepinspiring.me
November 29, 2016
99 Funny Christmas Quotes To Keep You Laughing Until The New Year
by Hannah Hutyra
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“What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.” -Phyllis Diller