My company Christmas party experience

So, this is officially one of the most disappointing things that have happened to me in a long time. I'm hoping that posting about it will get it out of my head, because it's already driving me crazy.

My company has a yearly Christmas party for it's employees. It's a fairly big company but has grown a lot in the last couple years I've been working there. The company Christmas party used to be a catered lunch during business hours. This is the first year they had a real "Christmas party" outside of work. It was a semi-formal event and there was food, a live band and even dancing. (Heather and I weren't too excited about the dancing.) Well, we got all dressed up and went to the party Saturday night. I believe there are about 350-400 people that work at the company. I'm sure not all of them came, but most who did brought a guest. In my estimate, there were about 500-600 people at the party. On the way in, you filled out your ticket stub with your name to be entered in the drawings for door prizes. As most would expect, you have to be present to win. We went and sat down at a table by ourselves, since I wasn't able to find any people that I spend much time around. The place filled up and they brought out the food. The food was good and so was the dessert. There ended up being several people at the table that I didn't know, so it wasn't all that fun. We ended up leaving shortly after eating. As we were getting in the car, I said these exact words to Heather. "Watch, the first time in my life that I'll win something and I won't be here." Well, I went about the rest of the weekend feeling perfectly normal. This morning, I went to check my work e-mail at home and I had a couple messages from others in my department. They were e-mailing to rub in the bad news. My name had been drawn to win something and I wasn't there to claim it. The something that I should have won was an $1,100 27" flat-panel TV.