Wall Street holiday parties are back…but don't tell anyone

By Lawrence Delevingne and Olivia Oran
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street holiday parties this year took place in luxury venues like the Waldorf Astoria, featured women dressed as glowing angels, and had fine wine, scotch and bourbon on hand.
But organizers of the soirées, conscious of tighter budgets and public scrutiny, are not eager to discuss the merriment.
Big financial firms started curtailing year-end bashes in 2008 as taxpayer bailouts, populist outrage and weak profits creat