Rule no 4 (and no 5)

'Good morning, staff!' Albus Dumbledore greeted his colleagues on a cloudy Monday morning 'beautiful day, is it not?'

All he got in response was a few "sure"-s and "whatever you say"-s.

As he seated himself and filled his cup with orange juice he attempted to start a conversation with the people around him (people who, clearly, had no intention of doing the same).

'So, Christmas is coming up! Exciting, isn't it?'

Again, all he got in response was a few "sure"-s and "whatever you say"-s.

Dumbledore got the (accurate) idea that his colleagues weren't listening to him and, as he was a man of extraordinary cleverness, he decided to take advantage of that.

'I was thinking about organizing a Christmas party for the Hogwarts staff.' He said.

All he got in response was a few "sure"-s and "whatever you say"-s, which proved that no one had been listening to them as they would never have even considered agreeing if they knew what he had just asked them.

Staff parties weren't exactly the favorite activity of Hogwarts' employees.

For a damn good reason.

The last time Dumbledore had organized one (and people had actually attended) was two years ago with Halloween. It was a disaster. After two hours of small talk everyone mutually decided to go back to their quarters and spend the rest of the evening on their own.

The thing with teachers is that there's not much for them to talk to one another about when they can't complain about students.

All teachers talk about is teaching.

You can say I'm prejudging but the 1987 Halloween Hogwarts staff party confirms my statement.

… And Albus Dumbledore wanted to organize another party.

...

The staff of Hogwarts tried to change Dumbledore's mind during the days leading to Christmas but the Headmaster was determined. So, two days before the Christmas break started, the staff of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry gathered in the staff room for what they expected to be two hours of boredom and listening to discussions about the latest developments on the War between Ukrainian and Russian wizards over which one of them should get the so called "Krym" (a powerful wand created in Ukraine but by a Russian magician).

They couldn't have been more wrong.

Whether what did happen is any better, is the question.

The first hour passed the way everyone thought the whole evening would, McGonagall and Sprout discussed the latest issue of Transfiguration Today and Dumbledore offered every single person in the room Muggle sweets (multiple times)… until Auriga Sinistra came with the, at the time good, idea to start a drinking game.

Now, at first nobody planned on participating but then McGonagall decided to face the challenge. Which lead to the majority of the teachers joining in too. Why? I hear you ask. Well:

When Minerva McGonagall is to face a challenge, Severus Snape makes sure he faces it too. (He can't let a bloody Gryffindor win, now, can he?).

When Minerva McGonagall and Severus Snape participate in a game together, Albus Dumbledore participates too (to keep peace and ensure the safety of everyone in the room).

Wherever Dumbledore goes, Hagrid goes, so he joined in too.

And so it went on until almost everyone was participating in Sinistra's drinking game.

Now, the game isn't too complicated and it doesn't matter much either, what matters is it's results: a drunk Hogwarts staff.

To give you an idea of the situation after a few bottles of firewhiskey: Sybill Trelawney was the sanest person in the room (she was the best at handling alcohol).

For your own mental health the details won't be told, but I'll just mention some of the events the firewhiskey had lead to:

- A tango between Sprout and Flitwick (they even had transformed their robes into a dress and a suit, you probably expect Sprout was the one wearing the dress and Flitwick the suit… you are wrong)

- A Les Miserables sing along (´I dreamed a dream but then a Legilimens invaded my mind´ ´master of the house, keeper of keys and grounds´ and ´on my own, pretending Lily Evans is besides me´)

- A game of Twister between Hagrid and Dumbledore (and a lot of broken bones)

- Severus Snape telling his tragic life story to a pot of flowers (flowers that turned out to be lilies)

- A fierce discussion about which Very Fairy Princess book was the best one (which, obviously, is The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart)

- Two new rules on the list the next morning:

No alcohol is allowed during staff parties. You all know why.

Scatch that, staff parties aren't allowed.

A/N: Remember when I said the last one was OOC… ha…haha…hahaha. I think these are going to keep getting crazier (and I like it).