{"id":14004,"date":"2014-11-18T14:19:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T21:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/?p=14004"},"modified":"2015-06-30T18:23:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T00:23:40","slug":"5-out-of-the-box-ideas-for-your-company-christmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/5-out-of-the-box-ideas-for-your-company-christmas-party\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Out of the Box Ideas for Your Company Christmas Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Formal dinners and cocktail parties are great, but they are not for everyone. If the traditional company Christmas party just doesn&#8217;t fit your company culture, it may be time to think out of the box.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Celebrating the holidays can be even more fun and memorable when you mix in a bit of the nontraditional and even a little wacky into the festivities.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Unique ideas for the company Christmas party:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14005\" alt=\"Joy\" src=\"\/blog\/media\/joy.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/joy.png 500w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/joy-150x45.png 150w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/joy-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/joy-350x105.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Host a Murder Mystery Party<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Murder mystery parties are always enough to pique interest, but add in elements of Christmas and you have a winning theme! You can make it as serious or as silly as you desire and even have sub themes, like CSI, Monk, or Psych.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Christmas Karaoke<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For an office Christmas party full of laughs and plenty of YouTube ops, try a Christmas carol karaoke party. Select the season\u2019s best jams and get let the festivities (and the hilarity ensue).<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Campfire Christmas<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14006\" alt=\"party-hat\" src=\"\/blog\/media\/party-hat.png\" width=\"131\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/party-hat.png 131w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/party-hat-107x150.png 107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/>Nothing brings a group together like a campfire, so why not set up camp and celebrate? \u00a0The theme lends itself to less fussy foods and an outrageously great time. You can even set up tents for those who might want (or need) to sleep overnight.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">A Christmas Story<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Center your Christmas party theme around one of the most beloved Christmas movies of all time, A Christmas Story. \u00a0Set in the 1940\u2019s the movie theme elevates traditional ideas and makes them even more meaningful and nostalgic. \u00a0Don\u2019t forget the leg lamp.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Speak Easy<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Give your party a feeling of being forbidden with an underground or speak easy theme. Choose a secret location, give guests a necessary code word for entrance, and keep the lights low and the party seductively elegant. You can even have a \u201ccopper\u201d break up the party and uncover contraband\u2014cool employee gifts!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Now, with our unique ideas for the company Christmas party, you will want to get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Christmas\/Invitations\">Christmas party invitations<\/a> out early and get set for an awesome time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formal dinners and cocktail parties are great, but they are not for everyone. If the traditional company Christmas party just<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[140,258],"class_list":["post-14004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-holiday-party-tips","tag-holiday-party","tag-office-party"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14007,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14004\/revisions\/14007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}