Work Christmas Party Events and Ideas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Whatever you call it – the Office Christmas Party, the Xmas Party, Winter Ball, Snow Ball, Holiday party, that big corporate ‘do’ at the end of the year… we’ve got you covered!
Whether it’s a big bash, small gathering or even a Virtual Christmas Party we have plenty of Christmas themed ideas to treat your team to a memorable celebration and thank you. What can you possibly do that’s a little different to the standard Christmas meal at a restaurant? Well hold on for ‘deer’ life…
Here at GOTO Events we have our sleigh packed with Christmas cheer after delivering events all year round to all the good boys and girls. We can’t think of a better time to get your team together at the end of the year for a giant celebration. Our Top 20 Christmas Party ideas can help you avoid any of those complaints of the ‘same old, same old’ that you’ve heard about from last year.
Our Xmas party ideas include Christmas office games, work Christmas Party activities, Christmas themed team building activities, even small office Christmas Party ideas. We’ve got plenty of sparkle and Christmas cheer to go round.
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Benefits of a GOTO Christmas party
- Treat your team to something special this Christmas
- Hassle-free Christmas party planning
- We deliver large corporate Christmas Party or small office Christmas Party
- A sack full of Christmas Party ideas
- Interactive, engaging & motivating team building
- Strengthen team bonds
- Unique kit that’s top quality
Top 20 Company Christmas Party Ideas and Events
#1 Festive Cocktail Making
This classic will see you master the art of mixology, with a little festive twist! Learn the technique of cocktail making, and the skills to become the next Tom Cruise. Delivered by our professional mixologists who will bring along all the equipment and ingredients that you will need. This is a great indoor Christmas party event, that is popular across all our UK locations.
Everyone will have the opportunity to create 3 cocktails, including the festive team showstopper! And guess what… the best thing is you can drink them all!
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#2 Festive Master of the Tasks
A true classic event that we deliver all year round… just with a little added Christmas sparkle! This hilarious Master of the Tasks features a range of Christmas themed activities that will have you laughing all the way back to the office! Hosted by a comedic compere, you and your teams will work through a range of team and individual skill-based, physical, and creative challenges.
A popular Christmas party idea for this year!
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#3 Christmas Bake Off
Our live Christmas Bake Off is one of our most popular cooking activities, giving you all the skills to impress your family and friends around the Christmas table this year. Hosted by our specialist team, this Christmas favourite will allow you to bake and make a range of Christmas treats such as Gingerbread, Christmas-themed cupcakes, Christmas Pudding Chocolates, and other delights.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#4 Wreath Making
Wreath Making is a great indoor Christmas event that will let you experience your inner creative. This hands-on interactive task not only teaches you an amazing skill but allows you to create a creative Christmas wreath to take home and put on your door for everyone to see!
Everyone will receive a whole array of natural resources including pine, foliage, bracken, dried fruits, and additional creative materials.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#5 Christmas Ultimate Quiz
This festive treat is a great Christmas event that works well after or over dinner. Mr Chips takes centre stage for the Catchphrase round, sports fans come into A League of their Own, and a series of Christmas music mashups await you.
Complete with your own festive host, this is a real crowd pleaser that will get your team talking about it for weeks after!
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#6 Christmas Generation Game
It’s nice to see you, to see you… nice! Based on the infamous gameshow, Generation Game, this is a fantastic event that brings you an evening full of games, quizzes and challenges that will have you in a festive roll on the floor, laughing.
This Christmas event is a perfect after-dinner event that allows everyone to let loose as they take part in a selection of silly challenges to win points for your team.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#7 Under Pressure
This is one of our most popular Christmas events. Complete with an inflatable arena and gameshow lighting, teams will compete head-to-head in a series of nail-biting challenges.
Practice time will be given for the challenges before taking on the activity in the game zone. You will get a selection of lives, so just be careful not to lose them all at once!
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#8 Bar Crawl
This is the ultimate interactive festive journey around your chosen location. Using a tablet as your tour guide, teams will explore different hotspot locations including a few pubs stops where you and your team will need to answer questions and complete photo and video challenges to earn points! Explore and learn facts along the way and have a merry good time!
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#9 Winter Wonderland Themed Evening
This is an absolute cracker of an event, with your very own Winter Wonderland themed evening. Dine and party around wintery trees, glistening fairy lights, snow-drenched pines and even snow!
This Winter Wonderland backdrop really is a magical ice palace and offers the wow factor to any Christmas evening event.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#10 Christmas Masquerade Ball Themed Evening
Immersed in luxurious draping framing the surroundings, feathered masks and venetian dancers, this Christmas Masquerade Ball themed evening. After taking in the atmosphere and impressive surroundings you will dance the night away!
Will you be taking off your mask to reveal your true identity, or will you create a sense of mystery all night
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#11 Ice Carving
This is a true icebreaker… well hopefully not! Ice carving is a truly unique team building event that gets people working together. You and your team will be given a partially shaped ice block. Our ice artist will begin the event by demonstrating the key ice carving skills before the chisels and gloves are handed over to you.
Will you melt under the pressure?
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#12 The Crystmas Challenge
Based on popular 90s infamous gameshow, the Crystmas Challenge is packed full of fast-paced mental, skill-based, and physical challenges! Compete against one another in a series of zones to earn crystals which equate to time inside the dome finale!
The Crystmas Challenge is a great alternative to a Christmas party event.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#13 Gingerbread House Making
What better way to celebrate Christmas than with a classic Gingerbread House Making? You and your teams will receive everything you need including, premade dough, house templates, sweets, treats, chocolate and icing ready for you to bake, build and decorate your showstoppers.
There is no limit to what can be done, so those creative individuals will be right at home. If you want a competitive edge to your Christmas party then we can offer challenges and judging that will test the strength, height, and structure of the houses.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#14 Murder Mystery
This is often a Christmas party option that is often overlooked. It’s packed full of intrigue and thrills and is a great alternative evening. The evening begins with you and your guests having the chance to meet larger than life characters. Suddenly one of your guests is murdered! During your Christmas dinner, the characters sit at the tables and fully interact throughout the courses, with the back-stories and tangled pasts are uncovered.
Can you work out the murderer?
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#15 A Night at The Races
A real treat this Christmas. Your night at the races will comprise of a medley of themed racing action. Using fun money, our racing programme will see bet and cheer on multiple races. All the action takes place in our themed paddock race area.
This festive event can run as a team competition or on individual merit and is a great event to bring everyone together this Christmas.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#16 Festive Chocolate Making
Welcome to the ultimate luxury of festive chocolate making. Led by our expert chocolatiers, we have a selection of workshops for you and your group to choose from. We bring the kitchens, the equipment and the chocolate, and you do the rest.
A perfect activity that’s a little different but will appeal to everyone’s tastebuds. Especially when you impress the family around the Christmas table with your delights.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#17 Festive Wine Tasting
Welcome to our festive take on wine tasting, which includes a selection fine wine from across the globe! Define your wine knowledge ready to impress around the Christmas table. Guests will get into the festive spirit with a little swirling, smelling and dramatic hand wafting!
A great corker (pardon the pun!) of an event that will get you all a little merry and, in the mood, to celebrate!
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#18 Cheese and Wine Tasting
We promise, this one won’t leave you feeling cheesed off! After a short introduction on the history of cheese and wine combinations, guests will learn about the tasting map of the tongue and a little bit of science behind the cheese and wine tasting. Don’t worry it won’t be boring!
Now it’s time to put your knowledge to the test with numerous international accolades to try.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#19 Pub Olympics
A little different to your standard Christmas party, but equally a great event to be a part of. Pitted against one another, you and your teams will have the opportunity to try your hand at some brilliant pub Olympic games, which our tough team of referees will score!
Everything is a fun “pay per play”. Teams use fun money to enter each game, so it’s a great event with a competitive edge.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
#20 Merry Masterpiece
It’s time to paint a spectacular! You’ll be split in team where you will complete a series of physical, creative, sporting and brain teaser challenges. For each challenge, you will earn points that can be used to purchase supplies from the art shop.
Now it’s time to recreate your squared image onto a canvas, before putting them all together for a grand finale.
Location – Fully mobile, UK wide & London
5 Reasons Why You Should Host a Christmas Party
1. It’s A Great Way to Thank Your Staff
Employees can often feel a little lost and undervalued especially if there is a very busy spell throughout the year. A Christmas party is a great way to end the year and celebrate the achievements of the employees and company.
A team building event at Christmas not only celebrates the achievements, but also is a great way to bring the team back together, rather than just sitting at a table and pulling a cracker.
2. Excellent Opportunity to Deliver Company Targets and Forecasts
A Christmas party is a great opportunity to reiterate and deliver key company messages and plans for the year ahead. Our team building events can be tailored to incorporate these or alternatively a great way to get people moving after a morning of meetings and yearly planning.
3. Encourages the management and staff to mingle outside of a work setting, in turn boosting morale
A Christmas event is a perfect opportunity to get management and staff, that might not mingle otherwise, to work together. You never know management may find a new trait or skill in their teams that they weren’t already aware of!
4. Maintains Staff Retention
By giving staff an event to remember, you will be able to create memories that will be talked about years to come. This ultimately will result in a higher staff retention rate.
5. A Christmas Party is a Must!
Don’t be a party pooper and not host a Christmas party for your staff! They’ve probably missed out on a party for the past two year. It will more than likely send a negative message to your company and employees.
Planning a 2022 Christmas Party? What To Do Next…
Visit our contact page and get in touch to discuss how GOTO Events can run your 2022 Christmas Party.
Our team will give you the right level of advice and options available to suit your group.
For all of our corporate events and Christmas parties, we will ensure you get the right level of fun and entertainment in a safe, upbeat and controlled environment. All of our events have been tried and tested throughout the year, with participants enjoyment as the primary objective. We’ll help you see out 2022 with a bang!