How to Organise a Virtual Xmas Party

Remember the xmas party back in 2019? Well, this year might be slightly different.

Xmas is coming soon and many companies and communities around the world will be looking for ways to celebrate virtually. With the looming ZOOM fatigue and a plethora of choices it might not be the easiest task to organise one. We're here to help you out with some ideas to make your online christmas party much more fun!

Preparation ideas

Idea 1: provide the food, drinks and some snacks. What's an xmas party without getting your belly full? While you can't all eat food digitally and we don't have 3d food printers available at every home, deliveries will be working non stop. If all of your guests are based in the same city but are meeting virtually you can make a deal with one of the popular food delivery services like Deliveroo or Uber Eats to help you out.

Idea 2: organise a secret xmas santa. Remember the secret Santa from school? Everyone would randomize a name and buy a gift for someone. This can be easily organised remotely - set a budget, organise who gets a gift for who (there is even an app for that) and send the idea to your team members. Pro tip: make sure you do it 1-2 weeks ahead so everyone's deliveries will have enough time to reach.

Idea 3: host an online xmas charity drive. Your guests are not that much into the secret Santa idea? You can forward your charitable force to organisations and people that need help. Organising a charity event a couple days before your xmas party is a great way to boost the team spirit and work together for good.

Making it fun

Make it fun and try out some other tools than you normally use for work. While ZOOM and Microsoft Teams might be great for a business presentation, they're not necessarily built with fun and playfulness in mind. Hopefully you won't be boring your guests with a number of business PowerPoint slides during the party. Try something fun!

What activities are perfect for an Xmas party?

Santa Football. Once you unpack all your secret Santa presents, your guests can move to have a quick football game to liven up the festive spirits and display some competitive actions.

Speed Xmas Networking. While in the other spaces that your guests can join they can gather into groups organically, in Speed Networking mode they will be matched together in pairs for quick 5 minutes conversations.