Category: Christmas & Holiday Party Tips
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Holiday Greetings
Spread the holiday cheer with a beautiful holiday greeting card! Choose amongclassic, deluxe, elite, and premium holiday cards that you can send to everyone: friends, family, clients, and employees. Classic Holiday Greeting Cards Send a festive holiday card to your coworkers or clients! These simple and beautiful greeting cards come with a full-color digital imprint,…
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Bookmark This: Holiday Treats to Share With the Office
The holiday season is the season for sharing and everyone loves a good excuse to bring something yummy to the office. But what if you don’t know what to bring? Yes, we’ve all been there. It’s the night before you’re supposed to bring in a holiday treat into the office, but you’re stuck. What do…
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10 Awesome Games to Play at Your Christmas or Holiday Party
With the holidays fast approaching, you’re likely looking at a growing number of holiday parties on your calendar. From the office to your living room, the holidays are the perfect opportunity for friends, coworkers, or family to come together. Of course, once you’ve caught up on current events and filled your plate with yummy holiday…
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8 Tips for Planning an Unforgettable Holiday Party For Work
It’s likely that you’ve attended a holiday office party that doesn’t fill you with the holiday spirit – in fact, it may have been so dull that most employees wished they could just sit back down at their desks and resume their workday. Fortunately, your office doesn’t need to suffer the same fate. If you’ve…
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When to Plan Your Company Holiday Party
It’s never too early to get the ball rolling on planning a company holiday party, especially if you host it off-site and incorporate vendors like catering and entertainment. Planning early means you’ll have less stress as the holidays roll around. Here’s our guide to planning the perfect holiday bash for your office! When to Start…
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Why January Company Parties are Rising in Popularity (+Planning Tips)
More and more, companies are shifting their traditional holiday parties into January. For an incredible variety of reasons, a January party is the perfect capper to a bustling holiday season. If you’re not planning a party this year, you absolutely should consider it, and if you are planning a party, consider postponing it a few…
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How to Create a Seating Chart for Your Holiday Party
Ah, the holidays, a wonderful time of year when you can happily gather all your friends and family for a great holiday party. And no holiday gathering is truly complete without a scrumptious meal to keep everyone’s tummy happy. Of course, any veteran host can tell you that the meal takes some strategy, not just…
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Corporate Party Checklist 2016: Big & Bold Holiday Party
If you’re in charge of overseeing your company’s corporate party, the task can seem like a daunting one. Sometimes, expectations are low: employees haven’t been wowed in the past, and don’t expect to be wowed this year. Other times, though, someone truly rocked it the year before, and you’ve got some seriously large boots to…
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When to Start Planning Your Holiday Party. Hint: Soon!
A holiday party might seem like a simple-enough event to organize. However, those with experience planning a company-wide holiday party know it is no easy feat to host a successful yuletide gathering. For those new to holiday party planning, or those who are looking to make the process easier than years past, use this timeline…
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How to Jazz Up Holiday Networking Events
‘Tis the season to mix and mingle! If you’re organizing a holiday networking event, make it a memorable occasion by adding a few personalized touches. After all, you don’t want bored employees burying their attention in their smartphones or ducking out early. Set up a raffle. As each person arrives for the party, hand them…
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Submit your Embarrassing Christmas Party Stories!
Have an embarrassing Christmas story? We want to hear it! Whether its an drunken office party foul, family dinner gone awry, or a childhood memory that evokes fear and humiliation, we want it. Go ahead, don’t be shy! Submit and we’ll publish and choose a winner right before Christmas. Come on, you know you want…
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5 Lavish Ideas for your Company Christmas Party
There is an old saying that “being kind helps your bottom line” and that’s especially true at Christmas. Christmas parties are the perfect time to show your appreciation and build bonds of loyalty with your employees. They’ve worked hard so why not surprise them with one of these lavish ideas for the company Christmas party?…
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5 Out of the Box Ideas for Your Company Christmas Party
Formal dinners and cocktail parties are great, but they are not for everyone. If the traditional company Christmas party just doesn’t fit your company culture, it may be time to think out of the box. Celebrating the holidays can be even more fun and memorable when you mix in a bit of the nontraditional and…
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Christmas Party Planning Tip #6 – The Drinks
Celebrate the holidays, but do it safely! Since most Christmas parties include alcoholic beverages, have an action plan in place to keep employees out of harm’s way. Things to Consider: Use drink tickets. Give each guest a set number of complimentary drinks via a ticket system to limit them to two or three beverages. If…
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Christmas Party Planning Tip #4 – Order Invites
It’s time to tell everyone about your upcoming Christmas party! Don’t take the lazy route and send a text message or mass email. Keep things festive and personal by sending paper invitations in the mail. Here’s three quick possibilities: Send and Seal Invites [one_third][/one_third][one_third][/one_third][one_third_last][/one_third_last] Keep things simple and use a tri-fold invitation. These compact greetings…
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Funny (but Appropriate) White Elephant Gift Ideas
Spice up any office Christmas party with a white elephant gift exchange where each employee brings a creative or funny gift to play a ridiculous swapping and stealing game. The success of the event depends largely on whether people manage to find the balance of gifts that are funny, yet still appropriate for the setting.…
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8 End of the Year Party Ideas
Another year has come and gone, and it’s time to celebrate with your employees and coworkers. Your company probably throws an annual end-of-the-year bash, but that doesn’t mean it has to be predictable. These 8 end of the year party ideas are not only creative and unique, but also fun and festive. This is sure…
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Employee Recognition Gift Ideas for the Christmas Season
As a manager, you know that when your employees feel appreciated, they will identify more with the welfare of your business and produce higher quality work. It’s important to provide positive feedback throughout the year, but the holiday season is an especially crucial time to let your staff know that you have noticed their hard…
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Cute Ideas for Your Ugly Sweater Party Invitations
Time for a party! Are you looking for a different twist on the traditional office holiday party? Maybe something with a bit more zing than the tried-and-true Christmas music and cocktails? Then consider an ugly sweater party! Wearing something really wacky — or downright tacky — can put everyone in a goofy, festive mood. It’s…
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10 Best Office Christmas Party Games and Activities
Make this year’s office Christmas party one to remember. Before sending out those Paper Direct invitations to ask everyone to the party, plan some super Christmas party games and activities: Who Am I? All you need are sticky notes, pens and an imagination. Write down names and place them on players’ foreheads. They have to…