passive agressive communications directed from one employee to another at work, intended to embarass or pass blame in front of management; scapegoating; see throw under the bus

A euphemism that can refer to almost any small group activity, from management seminars to orgies, and from clique-based bullying to Christmas-related social gatherings. The significance in the use of the term is in the fact that the reindeer games in the song, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, are undefined and left to the imagination, though specifically related to a particular group. The clique-based bullying has been a favored definition because the other reindeer also "used to laugh and call (Rudolph) names." But some experts believe Rudolph may have been excluded from the games specifically because his red nose gave him an unfair advantage, not dissimilar to bringing a gun to a knife fight.

When you stick a string of jingle bells up your ass and run around with antlers on playing 'reindeer games'.