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A tipster tells us mid-level managers at AOL started getting word yesterday from their directors that they're getting what they always wanted for Christmas: a severance package. AOL already laid off 2,000 employees this fall, and its not over yet.

Our source says layoffs will start up again in the middle of December. Despite the bad news, our source notes, there's no reprieve from the holiday party. The holiday bash won't even be held at the nearby branch of the National Air and Space Museum as usual, but instead during "happy hour at a local hotel." Feliz Navidad!