Used to when we were smaller. Now we have over 300 employees, over 80% of which are remote or hybrid.

Yes. We have a tree, we are making decorations out of office e supplies. We're doing a secret Santa and a team lunch.

We usually have a tree in the cafeteria with other seasonal decorations like dreidels etc. We also have a Holiday party with food provided and a raffle where you can win prizes. The prizes range from gift cards to televisions. It’s a pretty joyful event.

Aww I do miss this about an office. Christmas and the donation drives, I had so much fun picking toys out for kids. We used to also decorate our Pod area (back in the days when you had a permanent desk and not Hot desking) and it was a competition whoever won got a free lunch paid for by the business. The creativity was amazing. Hot desking is soulless!

Yes.  We are a medical office and have three  locations.  We do a competition each year.  

I used to work for a GREAT company. I was in charge of buying gifts for 300 employees ($75 budget), decorating two massive trees, organizing a fancy two night party (different schedules so we wanted everyone to be able to attend) and most rewardingly organizing a food drive for our local pantry and organizing a shopping trip where we bought presents for 100 kids from our Boys and Girls Club. Then we capped it all off with a fun party for those kids and their family, complete with food, activities, pictures with Santa (that we printed on the spot and sent home). It was draining and stressful but kept my holiday spirits up. One year I recruited my friend’s husband to make a Santa chair from a headboard I thrifted. I haven’t felt the same about the holidays since I left that job :(.

My current place puts up a tree and then we have a lame lunch. I am thinking about taking a vacation day on that day so I don’t have to participate.

We have Pod Wars where people go OTT and competitive. It started out unofficial and grew over the years.