Planning an office Christmas party? Here’s a checklist of everything you need!

We have put together a comprehensive list that will help you plan the best office holiday parties. These year-end parties are great to increase team engagement and improve bonds within teams.  This office party checklist covers it all: team-building activities, entertainment for your team, fun activities for the team, team happy hours, food & photo booths. Office holiday parties have a long list of things to be taken care of.

While you can explore other types of team-building activities such as office happy hours, Christmas-themed events, or some of our most fun team-building events, etc, this article is your one-stop checklist to host the best work party this holiday season.

Choosing a date and time should be the first priority when you start planning an office Christmas party. If it is a face-to-face party, you will need to book a venue for the work holiday party.

You need to know whom to invite to your year-end party. Who all will attend this work party?  Is it just your team or other teams too? Will they be allowed to get guests to this office party? Will you have remote colleagues joining in? To plan the event, estimate how many guests are invited to the party.

You are getting there! Next would be to book a venue. Get help from experts when doing so or just browse the options you have. Make sure:

- The venue accommodates everyone invited to this office holiday party

- It can customize the party with fun team-building activities

- There can be arrangements made for food and a bar for your team

Your party needs to be well put together. Decide on a company holiday party theme. Choose your favourite holiday theme and have team-building activities around that. For example, you can host an ugly sweater party for your team. Virtuelly helps you take care of everything that you might need for this theme. You can explore some other themes here. 

It’s time to get those holiday invitations out! Design a flyer or a holiday-themed email to start off. Need help with that? Check out these great holiday party invitation formats that you can use to get the word out. 

You host a holiday party with your colleagues to get to know them better and have memories to look back at. Plan some team-building activities that can help speed the process. Although it can be overwhelming, these activities can also be assigned to a professional.  Here are some work holiday party ideas!

Your office party is for you to have fun! So, relax and have a great time at your year-end party as you reconnect with colleagues during this festive season. 

If you do not want to put in the effort, reach out to us for a free consultation on end-to-end event management. Virtuelly is an all-in-one platform for your culture needs.

A virtual holiday party or commonly known as a “Zoom holiday party”, is a year-end party to bring together teams using virtual holiday party games and activities. Activities can range from Christmas cookie decorations to wine tasting. 

Virtual holiday party ideas are recommendations for virtual holiday party activities that engage remote employees. An exclusive virtual holiday party allow companies to thank and celebrate employees before the beginning of the festive season. These virtual party ideas can be adapted to online Christmas parties or year-end parties. 

Virtual holiday party ideas during COVID-19 are especially important to engage your team and improve team building. Hosting a virtual holiday Christmas party help colleagues bond given they do not have face-to-face interactions and may not have the opportunity to celebrate in person.

Some popular virtual holiday party games are those that allow employees to meet casually in a fun environment. Some of the best ideas for virtual holiday party games are Escape Rooms, Murder Mystery, Christmas cookies decoration and much more!

It can be difficult for remote teams to stay connected with each other. Our virtual holiday party creates the right setting with virtual holiday party ice breakers and virtual holiday party ideas for work.

Hosting a year-end party for your team is tedious. Pass it on to the professionals while you relax at your holiday party. We will customize your party to suit your team size and location, with holiday-themed activities. For remote teams, we also have a catalogue of holiday party virtual games that can engage your remote teams. 

To make a virtual Christmas party fun, you need to plan ahead all the virtual holiday-themed games that you will be having at the zoom party with the team. We will also help you choose the right virtual Christmas games suited for your team to make the year-end party a success. 

To host an in-person holiday party in any major US city, our team will assist you end-to-end. We will be booking the perfect venue for your team's year-end party. The event will be customized with holiday party games and holiday-themed ice breakers with an option to add other holiday or Christmas-themed activities suitable for your team.

Large companies can host a virtual holiday party for teams globally as everyone can come together to play virtual holiday party games. Virtuelly customizes virtual holiday party activities to suit your team size for a successful year-end party. 

Yes, we have holiday party venues to host the perfect year-end party for teams of all sizes across the USA. 

You can host an in-person office holiday party in any major US city like San Francisco, New York City, Seattle and more.

Yes, companies of varying sizes can host their office Christmas party with us. We have holiday party venues around the US that partner with us to give you the best office Christmas party experience. 

Yes, we host Christmas work parties for all team sizes.