5 Best Holiday Party Themes To Incorporate Digital Signage

As the festive season approaches, it’s time to bring your team together to connect one last day of the year for a holiday-themed party. Put up your holiday decorations and spread the holiday cheer to make your office feel connected, encouraged, and motivated to end the year strong. Employees who feel appreciated are 60% more inspired to work harder. When implementing a well-thought-out holiday party, employees feel valued and connected, boosting cheer and productivity for the incoming year.

When deciding on the decor for your holiday party, the theme is only one-half of bringing the holiday cheer to your work or event space. The decor, featuring digital signage, is the other important half that can expand your decor to the next level. As you are in party planning, here are some holiday party themes to bring the office together that will pair perfectly with your digital signage screens.

1. Christmas Holiday Party

Before you opt for other holiday party themes, A Christmas party theme should be the first theme you evaluate. As most offices already have Christmas decorations, planning for this particular theme will be efficient. Adorn your premises with Christmas lights, wreaths, mistletoes (not in uncomfortable places), Christmas ornaments, a Christmas tree, and a playlist with Christmas songs. Additionally, have Santa hats for your employees, a snowman, and a reindeer sleigh outside your premises.

Create holiday invitations that can be distributed in numerous ways. Not only can you create Google invites and e-invitations, but you can also create a template to post on your digital signage detailing the upcoming holiday party.

At the event, feature Christmas-themed food, snacks, and drinks. Prepare Christmas cookies, eggnog, cranberry walnut salads, and candy canes. Create Christmas party templates to display on your digital signage to bring cheer and excitement to the holiday party. Many digital signage providers offer free holiday templates that you can use for the occasion.

You can also create a gingerbread houses contest and have several gingerbread houses ready for employees to design. Award the best gingerbread house to the winner picked by your peers. You can also invent a unique Christmas cocktail during the party.

Draft fun Christmas games like reindeer games and Christmas Carol-oke. For the Christmas Carol-oke, have your karaoke machine and sing along to amazing Christmas Carols.

Christmas isn’t Christmas until you receive a Christmas gift. Use secret Santa for gift exchange among the staff. Moreover, ask the employees to come with their favorite things and swap them. As they explain why these are their favorite things, you can learn more about everyone in the office.

What’s more, opt for a white Christmas. Find white snowflakes and white decorations. Ask your employees to come dressed in white. Additionally, have white drinks like eggnog, white ladies, or white cosmos. Also, include white chocolate and candy desserts.

Furthermore, organize a Brunch-mas for your employees. Deviate from the Christmas dinner parties and prepare a brunch Christmas party in your office. Prepare delicious brunch delicacies and enjoy your Christmas party for breakfast.

2. Happy Holidays Holiday Party

Happy holiday-themed parties allow you to spice up your holiday party and still remain inclusive to those who don’t celebrate Christmas. There are multiple different holidays in the month of December, like Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah. As 90% of consumers plan to celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah, a “Happy Holidays” holiday party allows everyone to be able to celebrate and features a wide variety of traditions.

Digital signage will become particularly useful with this theme as you can feature all of the different traditions on numerous digital signage screens so that everyone feels included. Your digital signage provider should offer a variety of templates on their content management software (CMS). You can also show different holiday movies on your digital signage screens like Christmas Story, Nutcracker, or Polar Express.

Another exciting holiday theme is the winter wonderland. Celebrate your Christmas outside with employees and invite guests to be part of this merry Christmas party. Have a sleigh for the kids and build snowpeople. After playing with the snow, offer them a cup of hot chocolate and marshmallows, then sing a few Christmas carols.

A Christmas around the world potluck-themed party is also a great holiday party theme to explore. Celebrate the diverse cultures by having food stations from different countries. Indeed, the employees serving can exchange foods from the various stations and fill their pots with different cuisines.

Lastly, you can choose one culture and celebrate Christmas Luau. With Christmas Luau, you can bring the tropical feel of Hawaii into your office. The staff can come in grass skirts, Hawaiian shirts, and leis and forget about the snow outside. Serve tropical cocktails, coconuts, and fresh fruits. Have a ukulele playlist and create that island atmosphere for your party.

All of these different holiday-themed parties pair perfectly with your digital signage to show videos, social media walls, themed templates, and more!

3. New Year’s Holiday Party

Spice up your holiday season by having a New Year-themed party at your office. Actually, with 42% of firms planning an end-of-year party, this holiday party theme seems to be the most popular. Ask your employees to invite friends and their families to the office party on New Year’s Eve.

Have your party organizers plan a memorable party filled with food, games, and a fantastic theme. As you choose from the following party ideas, remember this is a season when people mingle and eat. Ensure you have enough food for everyone.

You can choose a plaid New Year’s theme party. Showcase your most fabulous plaid outfits. Craft a list of appetizers and desserts the employees can bring for the party. You can buy s’mores as a treat for your plaid New Year’s party guests. Use plaid wrappings and tinsel for the décor. Additionally, have a white elephant gift exchange as a fun activity for the party.

Use your digital signage as a time clock to display visible time to all of your guests so they’re aware of the time and not missing the upcoming countdown to the new year.

Another New Year’s party theme is a charcuterie and appetizer party. Before the New Year’s countdown, take out a charcuterie spread and let your employees mingle and talk. You can have office trivia games about various topics. Divide yourself into teams and usher in the New Year with fun, family, and friends.

Lastly, a movie marathon for a New Year’s Party is a unique way to celebrate a New Year’s Party. Transform your conference room and cozy it up as a theater. Choose a variety of holiday movies as suggested by your employees.

Moreover, have a trivia after each movie to make the party enjoyable. Stack up on plenty of snacks, drinks, and appetizers to munch as you watch the holiday movies.

4. Ugly Sweater Holiday Party

The ugly Christmas sweater party is a fun holiday party theme for your office. Announce the party day in advance to give your employees time to prepare. Have a prize for the winner and different award categories. For instance, have awards for the ugliest, most creative, and prettiest ugly sweater.

Go all out by taking photos of the day. Additionally, post some of these photos on your digital signage screens for visitors and employees to see. Your employees can use these photos for their holiday cards. Moreover, bake ugly sweater-themed cookies and place them on your premises. Your employees and clients can have some of these Christmas treats.

5. Candy Cane Color Holiday Party

Candy canes are a sweet treat for grown-ups and children alike. Besides, Halloween isn’t the only holiday where we can enjoy candy. Decorate your entire business premise with candy canes. Hang them on the Christmas tree and alongside other decorations.

Furthermore, find all flavors, cinnamon, peppermint, and blueberry, all that you can find. Place the candy canes in your holiday-themed vases around your building. In addition, place some in your break room for the employees to stir their hot cocoa.

Take the candy cane-color party a notch higher and have your employees come in with candy cane outfits. Also, set up a treats bar in your lobby and offer your office visitors a candy cane gift bag. Let digital signage be your centerpiece at various locations, like your lobby signage and breakrooms, with candy-animated templates displayed on your screen. This is a great way theme that is unique if you are looking for a new theme for the holidays.

Pair Your Holiday Party Theme with Your Digital Signage!

Planning and implementing a holiday party shouldn’t be a complicated endeavor. With the right theme, good food and decor, and engaging digital signage, you’re sure to bring the holiday spirit to your office. Take advantage of these wonderful, unique, and easy holiday themes and end your year with the office feeling connected and merry to start the new year.