Certain celebrations have long gone beyond home and family. Employers are increasingly happy to celebrate with employees and bring a warm, homely atmosphere into their companies. Proper relationships and atmosphere within the team can often be better motivators for work than rewards and raises.
More and more, employees are being cared for by offering shared breakfasts, allowing pets to be brought to work, or delivering packages with healthy snacks to remote workers. Christmas Eve is a special time whose family atmosphere spreads to everyone, so it’s good if the employer does not miss the opportunity to organize an interesting company event.
A boring office party with dishes from a first, unthoughtful catering choice and with the same gift set for everyone in the form of company freebies is an unappealing prospect for employees. In such circumstances, employees will come because they have to, but no one will remember such a party. Yet just the idea of preparing Christmas Eve dishes together, decorating the Christmas tree, or drawing a name for giving a gift will change that. The gift itself can be mandatory and something fun. Sure, in smaller companies it may not be cost-effective to rent a hall in a restaurant, but in such cases, it is worth considering a company-family event, which many people will definitely appreciate.
A nice variation can also be competitions organized before the holidays to set the festive mood. The results and awarding of prizes can take place during the company Christmas Eve party. For fun, a Christmas Eve dress code can be established, for example, a sweater with a snowman or reindeer and festive socks. What kind of company Christmas Eve party do employees dream of?
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First of all, the company Christmas Eve party should not be part of employee duties. It should be a pleasure, and to make it so, care must be taken that such an event is associated as little as possible with work. External conditions will therefore be important. That’s why employers often decide to rent venues or even organize trips outside the city. The latter option is most favored by employees because it involves a change of environment, a nice hotel, good food, attractions, and relaxation.
However, to ensure the highest turnout, the date should be planned well in advance, and employees should have time to specify which date suits them best. It’s also good if employees can express their preferences, both culinary and regarding the number of people in a hotel room, as well as regarding offered attractions on site. As is known, having influence goes hand in hand with engagement and motivation to act. What places do employees prefer for a company Christmas Eve party?
Winter smelling of forest, campfire, with a frosty sleigh ride and a warming sauna or jacuzzi available is a dream for many of us. Adding to that 12 traditional Christmas Eve dishes that we don’t have to prepare ourselves creates an almost perfect state. Add a beautiful, fragrant Christmas tree, chats, or social games by the fireplace. The Masuria region is a part of our country where Christmas traditions are especially cared for, also offered by local hotels. Perhaps this is not the time when we are most drawn to the famous lakes there, but Masuria is not only about water.
Hotel St.Bruno is located right in the center of Masuria, in Giżycko. It lies by the Łuczański Canal and offers not only comfortable rooms and a spa area but also, specifically for company events, a conference and banquet hall and a restaurant hall for guests. All wrapped in a magical, castle atmosphere spiced with exceptional regional cuisine. Evenings with billiards, table football, or ping pong are the best form of relaxation for some, while for others a full-body or foot massage in the spa area—offering much more at Hotel St.Bruno—is ideal. A company Christmas Eve party in such an atmosphere is a way to integrate people who do not have much contact daily and to form closer workplace relationships. It is also undoubtedly a way to get the right dose of relaxation just before the family Christmas Eve, which will require more effort from us.
