Christmas and New Year in THailand BKK or Pattaya suggestions on what to do?

[pong]

For me it will be sitting in the plane and coming back-today going there. Xmas is as such not even a holiday for most Thai-schools are on, shops open etc. Slowly the days after BKK empties out and becomes so quiet that even traffic is negligible. PTy will be much more in hi-season mood as its a holiday place.
Best advice is of course to make a splurge and hire as much guys as you can afford and lay a party=pahtee. Or in style with that father: sit on candles (now guess from whom?