12 Christmas Party Themes For Company to Celebrate with Colleagues

Planning work Christmas party, these Christmas party themes for company are perfect to plan Christmas event at office. From a simple holiday party at work to a corporate Christmas party these Christmas party themes are perfect for formal or casual corporate event. These company Christmas party ideas will surely give you fun and memorable time with your coworkers.

Winter Wonderland

To give a dreamy, magical experience to your co workers, try Winter Wonderland theme. Use a white and icy blue palette with silver accents as your main décor theme. Decorate the Christmas tree frosty, use paper snowflakes, and soft sparkling lights. Cover the floor space with white furry mat and add faux snow along the table and hang snowflakes from the ceiling to give a magical feel.

Serve food with snow-inspired decor like coconut snowball cookies, white chocolate bark, and meringues. This theme is a balance of elegant and festive look. As colleagues to wear white and silver outfits.

Elegant Christmas Mocktail Party

This is a stylish and chic choice when you are looking for something refined without alcohol. Build a drink station with a printed mocktail menu, elegant glassware, and garnishes like rosemary sprigs, sugared cranberries, and orange slices. Signature drinks like cranberry-ginger sparkle or spiced apple fizz feel festive. Decorate the mocktail bar with festive Christmas décor. You can find all details here on How to Set Up a Mocktail Bar for Party.

Serve sophisticated appetizers like stuffed mushrooms, mini tarts, and a cheese platter. Add in a few Christmas themed charcuteria board. Let the employees make their own drinks and chat through the party.

Christmas Masquerade Ball

If you are look for dramatic party theme that will make the office Christmas celebration unforgivable for your co workers plan a masquerade ball. Make a the décor with drapes and candle-lights. Give each guest a decorative mask as they arrive. Let the décor be in rich color to create the moody vibe go for gold, deep red, and black. Use candlelight, tall centerpieces, and rich fabrics to make the room look like a ballroom.

Send the invite reflecting the theme and ask all employees to wear formal attire like gowns and suits. Play elegant music and keep some open space for dancing. Make a photo corner with a gilded frame or a velvet backdrop for co workers to click photos. For activities plan Gift exchange with a twist by turning them into simple but fun games, here are 12 Office Christmas Gift Exchange Games to find something for your party.

Christmas Soirée

If you are looking for small celebration that is polished go for a soirée. Send out sophisticated invitations in cream, gold, or deep green, mentioning theme and inform on the elegant dress code. Let the party decoration be minimal with statement pieces like a large wreath, a garland across the mantel, and a elegant tablespaces with tapered candles and serve wares.

You can serve a classic dinner but it’s better to plan a spread of passed appetizers, along with a signature drink. Play some jazz or classical Christmas music, in the background. Add small details, like a welcome drink at the door. Instead of a dinner, a soirée is a perfect evening event to celebrate christmas with colleagues, they can socialize and enjoy a relaxed evening of conversation.

Retro Christmas Party

If you are looking for a playful and colorful, nostalgic Christmas party try retro theme. Let the decor, menu, invite and outfts be inspired from the 1950s to the 1970s. Like shiny tinsel, oversized baubles, and a retro tree in aluminum silver or bright pink. Go for bold color combinations like turquoise, orange, and hot pink instead of the usual red and green. Decorate with paper garlands and honeycomb decorations for the retro kitsch.

Play nostalgic Christmas records and ask guests to dress in retro style outfits like poodle skirts, bell bottoms, and bright prints. Better let your invitation reflect the retro vibe and mention the dress-code. You can serve retro snacks such as cheese balls, pigs in a blanket, and those gelatin dessert. And for sure make a Polaroid-style photo corner to click.

Classic Christmas Dinner Party

Although not common at workplace, if you are planning to host a dinner to celebrate Christmas for your employees, you can plan a traditional, sit-down version in a formal setup. You can book a restaurant to keep prep simple or hire caterers and setup at a office or a rented location. Try to experiment with the serving styles, décor, table setting to make it feel special.
Add name card at each seat to make it feel thought out. Or even skip the sit down style and go for a beautifully decorated buffet style for table and festive dessert table.

Christmas Murder Mystery

This works very well for at office party, everyone loves to solve mystery. Pick a Christmas-themed storyline, either from a ready-made kit or one you write yourself, and assign characters in advance along with hints. Send invitations are like a mysterious note so guests get in the mood before they arrive.
Serve dinner in courses between clue rounds, or setup buffet style food serving so guests can eat as the plot builds. Build a moody vibe with candles, and drop a few “evidence” props around the room. I think a kit is easier if you’re hosting for the first time, since the clues are already balanced. Give a prize to the detective who solves mystery at the end.

DIY Gingerbread House Party

If you are looking for a creative, activity based office party this one is right. To keep it simple to organize, buy gingerbread house kits, one per person or per team, and set up a decorating station with bowls of icing, gumdrops, candy canes, sprinkles, and pretzels. To make post party cleaning easy, cover the table with paper so clean up is easy. For a bigger group, I think teams work better than individuals. Building the cookie house together gets a lot more chaotic and funny but is also a perfect way to hangout, chat and get in festive mood.
Turn it into a friendly competition with winner categories like Most Creative, Best Roof, and Most Candy Used. Display the Gingerbread House at the end for everyone to admire. Serve cocoa and cookies while people work.

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

If you are looking for a fun and silly party host an Ugly Christmas Sweater Part. The best part is that the outfits do the entertainment. Ask colleagues to wear the tackiest sweater they can find or make some. Host a fashion show style walk at the party as a contest with categories like Most Tacky, Best DIY, Most Lights, and Funniest. Let guests vote and give small prizes.
Keep the decor over the top with mismatched tinsel, wreaths, lights, to go well with the craziness of the theme. Set up a simple backdrop for everyone to pose in their sweaters, and play a round or two of some funny games.

Christmas Game Night

Everyone loves a little competition, and a game night is good party theme as it brekas the ice and let everyone join and play. Split co workers into teams, or let the game be between different teams like sale, operation, etc. Keep a scoreboard and plan lots of games. It can be a mix of trivia, board games, and quick 1 minute challenges. I think starting with a lighter game is better to get people warmed up before the serious competition. Here are some game ideas to try:
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Christmas Minute to Win It Games
Balance high energy games with some sit down kind of printable games like trivia, puzzles Bingo and hand each guest a card. Arrange small prizes like candy canes or mini ornaments for winners. Keep the snacks easy something that can be eaten with one hand, like pretzels, popcorn, and cookies, so there is no need to stop the game to eat.

Cozy Hot Cocoa Party

This one is perfect for a small, cozy gathering with co workers, especially if you have a small office team. It is less about prep for the party and more of catching up with your closed one. You make a DIY hot cocoa bar with a hot cocoa milk in a flask and a variety of toppings to bring flavour like peppermint or salted caramel, and bowls of marshmallows, whipped cream, crushed candies, and chocolate shavings. Set some festive mugs and a bit of Christmas décor to make cute, festive hot chocolate bar.
Add a plate of Christmas cookies and some shortbread for dipping. Create ambience with candles and string lights, and play soft carols in the background. Wear cozy sweaters and thick socks and everyone can happily settle in with a mug and chat.

Christmas Pajama Party

For a unsual surprise and relaxed vibe host a pajama party at office. Ask co workers to wear Christmas pajamas and fuzzy slippers for the party. It will be unsual for them being at office in PJ where to show everyday in formals. Let the decor and setup for the party be cozy, like floor sitting with nest with pillows, twinkle lights. Arrange a setup to watch movie, pick three or four Christmas movies in advance and let guests vote. Plan to play some Christmas themed games. Keep the decor soft in red, white, and plaid for a nostalgic feel and give veryone santa hats.
Keep the food simple like mac and cheese and pizza and of course hot chocolate drinks.