Planning remote Christmas parties can be a lot of fun! With a few creative ideas, you and your team can have an amazing virtual office Christmas party.
You don't even have to leave the comfort of your own home or wherever you're remote-working from.
Here are 25 awesome virtual Christmas party ideas to get your remote team in the holiday spirit:
1. Host a virtual gift exchange – if everyone orders their gifts online, you could all open them together virtually for some extra festive cheer!
2. Have a remote holiday baking competition – send out recipes ahead of time so everyone is prepared to show off their cooking skills!
3. Organize an online secret Santa – assign each person someone else in the team to buy a gift for, so everyone gets a surprise present.
4. Have a remote Christmas carol sing-along – take it in turns to pick some festive favorites and join in with the singing!
5. Play remote holiday trivia – see who knows the most about Christmas music and movies by testing your remote team's knowledge.
6. Decorate virtual backgrounds – give each member of your remote team a festive background to show off during virtual meetings.
7. Host an online scavenger hunt – send out clues for people to find around their house or neighborhood as part of the hunt.
8. Set up remote movie night – choose a classic Christmas film that everyone can watch together at the same time.
9. Have an online dress-up day – get everyone to dress up in their favorite festive outfit for a remote team photo!
10. Organize remote video game tournaments – challenge each other to see who can win at your favorite remote games.
11. Host remote Christmas karaoke night – pick some classic Christmas tunes and join in with the singing!
12. Send out holiday cheer cards – everyone in your remote team can create their own electronic card and send it out to each other as a way of spreading some festive cheer.
13. Have a remote Christmas decorating competition – send out some festive decorations and see who can create the best holiday scene!
14. Arrange remote gingerbread house-building – get everyone to make their own edible creations, then share photos of the finished product.
15. Organize remote team building activities – plan group activities that everyone can do from the comfort of their own home.
16. Set up remote gift wrapping competitions – gather all the supplies ahead of time, then set a timer for your remote team to complete their masterpieces!
17. Watch holiday movies together – choose a movie that everyone in your remote team loves and watch it at the same time via video chat or streaming services like Netflix.
18. Have remote Christmas photo-taking – challenge each other to take creative and festive photos from their remote locations to share with the team.
19. Play remote holiday charades – get in the festive spirit by taking it in turns to act out different Christmas-related scenarios for everyone else to guess!
20. Make remote cookie decorating a competition – send out the ingredients ahead of time so everyone can join in on the fun!
21. Arrange remote quiz nights with Christmas themes – test your remote team's knowledge of all things festive with some Xmas questions.
22. Host remote hot chocolate tasting sessions – gather together different types of hot chocolate, then have everyone taste test and decide which one is the best.
23. Tell remote holiday stories to each other – get in the festive spirit by sharing tales of Christmas past with your remote team.
24. Set up remote holiday photo booth sessions – have fun taking silly pictures together via video chat and have a laugh afterwards!
25. Make remote gingerbread house decorations – gather all the materials, then see who can create the most impressive structure!
These virtual office party ideas are sure to bring a little festive cheer, even when everyone is working from home this holiday season.
Whether it's a remote movie night or a remote scavenger hunt, there's plenty of ways to make the most out of any remote Christmas gathering.
So don't be afraid to get creative and use these ideas to put together an amazing virtual office Christmas party!
