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Heading out to the bar for St. Patrick's Day to throw back some whiskey, green beer, Guinness, pickelbacks—or all of the above?

Consider this list of the most popular St. Patrick's Day bars in the Los Angeles area compiled by Foursquare. These were the bars with the most check-ins on March 17, 2011, and it's a good list to keep in mind if you're trying to find—or avoid—the crowds:

Casey's Irish Pub in downtown L.A. The Happy Ending Bar & Restaurant in Hollywood Dillon's Irish Pub & Grill in Hollywood Joxer Daly's in Culver City Heroes Bar and Grill in Fullerton The Abbey Food & Bar in West Hollywood Dublin's Irish Pub in downtown L.A. The Auld Dubliner in Long Beach Ye Olde King's Head in Santa Monica Rush Street in Culver City

It's worth noting there's some overlap between this list and Complex Magazine's 25 douchiest bars in Los Angeles: The Happy Ending Bar & Restaurant, where LAist editors got food poisoning and Dillon's, where once some Nickelodeon stars got sloshed and tried to drive home, made both lists. But we had nice things to say about Rush Street in a review of its food on a quiet day in February.

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If you managed to go this long in life without acquiring some horrific Christmas sweater — you know, the ones with the puff paint snowmen and the mistletoe-patterned mock turtlenecks — from your great aunt Mildred, then you may have to run to the nearest K-Mart to purchase one for this party of holiday fashion faux pas. We promise they don't cost more than $15, and the photos will most definitely be priceless.

Whether you are in a cubicle or a corner office...it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

A corporate holiday party is a chance to thank all of those who have worked so hard for your organization throughout the year.  Make the party memorable and special by choosing a fabulous location and following some of the tips below.

1. Start Early

Don’t wait until a month or two before to start planning. In order to get the best venue, you need to book your corporate holiday party as soon as you have a date. 

Planning early will allow you take your time when choosing the menu and the theme and give you a chance to tweak things along the way.

2. Form a Committee

Rather than trying to handle the entire party planning process on your own, form a committee to help. Depending on the size of your organization and the size of the party, you could have just a couple of helpers or several. For bigger committees, set various people in charge of different aspects of the party such as games, food and printed materials. Meet monthly early in the planning process and then more often as party time draws closer.

First Things First

Before you get too involved in planning a corporate holiday party, you will need to decide on a couple of things that will set the tone for the rest of the planning.

1. What is your budget?

You must know exactly what the party budget is before you plan a single thing. Some choose to augment a smaller budget by having the employees buy tickets.  

2. Who will be invited?