{"id":1522,"date":"2015-11-26T13:30:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T02:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2018-08-23T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T02:53:48","slug":"home-and-office-christmas-party-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Home and Office Christmas Party Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ended up with the responsibility of organising the family or office Christmas party? Well we understand how much pressure you’re under to pull off the end of year celebrations, which is why we put together some of our favourite Christmas party tips. <\/p>\n

Start Early <\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s never too soon to start planning for your Christmas part. Firstly secure your venue, which could be in high demand, and also send out save the dates so everyone puts you in their calendar. Being organised allows you to map out your key dates, ensuring that you don\u2019t get any pesky last minute surprises. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nSource: Rocket Events<\/a><\/p>\n

Budget <\/b><\/p>\n

Find out the budget for the event before you start planning. If it\u2019s for work, is the company footing the bill? How much can you budget for the family get together? If others are contributing, you\u2019ll need to give plenty of notice and be mindful that people may not have deep pockets. <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget to keep a little money leftover as a backup for emergencies. <\/p>\n

Set the Date <\/b><\/p>\n

As soon as possible, set the party date and send a save the date. The holiday season is such a busy time full of social celebrations that will quickly fill up calendars. Follow up the save the date with an official invitation with more information and also ask people to RSVP for catering requirements. <\/p>\n

Venue<\/b> <\/p>\n

For family and friends you might have it in your home or backyard, however for your work Christmas party it\u2019s key to get out the office. <\/p>\n

Depending on your workplace culture the office Christmas party could be a formal long lunch or casual after work drinks. Most places will have packages and set menus, so take the time to shop around and find the right fit for your work. <\/p>\n

Theme<\/b><\/p>\n

Why not get people really excited about your Christmas party with a great theme this year. Regardless of whether it\u2019s winter wonderland, wearing Christmas colours or perhaps a hiring costumes \u2013 it\u2019s an instant mood lifter. Once you\u2019ve decided on a theme you can centre your entire function around it, including decorations, music, costumes and the menu. Even think about holding a \u201cbest dressed\u201d competition in line with the theme of the day to get everyone talking. <\/p>\n

\"Office-Christmas-Party-Gifts\"<\/a>
\nSource: Family First Business<\/a><\/p>\n

Menu & Drinks<\/b><\/p>\n

Your menu will depend on your venue and the type of party you\u2019re hosting, canap\u00e9s for a cocktail party or a sit down meal. Food doesn\u2019t need to be expensive; you can always make it work with your budget. If it\u2019s a little tight, opt for food buffets or food platters.
\nFor drinks make sure the bar staff are aware of which drinks are on the bar tab. <\/p>\n

Entertainment <\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nSource: Sounds Unlimited<\/a>
\nDelegate <\/b><\/p>\n

Instead of relying on friends and family to help your event to run smoothly, let an Airtasker take care of it. This way you get to enjoy the party too. <\/p>\n

Have Fun! <\/b><\/p>\n

This is often a thankless task so don\u2019t forget to enjoy yourself, after all it\u2019s your Christmas holiday too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ended up with the responsibility of organising the family or office Christmas party? Well we understand how much pressure you’re … Continue reading “Home and Office Christmas Party Tips”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,28],"tags":[136,126],"language":["en-AU"],"class_list":["post-1522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","category-tips","tag-christmas","tag-event-planning-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHome and Office Christmas Party Tips - Airtasker Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Home and Office Christmas Party Tips - Airtasker Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ended up with the responsibility of organising the family or office Christmas party? Well we understand how much pressure you’re … Continue reading "Home and Office Christmas Party Tips"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Airtasker Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-26T02:30:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-23T02:53:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/24065351\/bigstock-DJ-Santa-Claus-mixing-up-some-398658491.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"326\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Airtasker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Airtasker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Home and Office Christmas Party Tips - Airtasker Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Home and Office Christmas Party Tips - Airtasker Blog","og_description":"Ended up with the responsibility of organising the family or office Christmas party? Well we understand how much pressure you’re … Continue reading \"Home and Office Christmas Party Tips\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/","og_site_name":"Airtasker Blog","article_published_time":"2015-11-26T02:30:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-23T02:53:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":326,"url":"https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/24065351\/bigstock-DJ-Santa-Claus-mixing-up-some-398658491.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Airtasker","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Airtasker","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/"},"author":{"name":"Airtasker","@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4a89b450c5ead95207053f4b9f89ac60"},"headline":"Home and Office Christmas Party Tips","datePublished":"2015-11-26T02:30:07+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-23T02:53:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/"},"wordCount":524,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/24065351\/bigstock-DJ-Santa-Claus-mixing-up-some-398658491.jpg","keywords":["christmas","event planning"],"articleSection":["Other AU","Tips AU"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/","url":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/","name":"Home and Office Christmas Party Tips - Airtasker Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/24065351\/bigstock-DJ-Santa-Claus-mixing-up-some-398658491.jpg","datePublished":"2015-11-26T02:30:07+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-23T02:53:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/24065351\/bigstock-DJ-Santa-Claus-mixing-up-some-398658491.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/24065351\/bigstock-DJ-Santa-Claus-mixing-up-some-398658491.jpg","width":700,"height":326,"caption":"DJ Santa Claus mixing up some Christmas cheer. Disco lights in the background."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/home-and-office-christmas-party-tips\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Home and Office Christmas Party Tips"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/","name":"Airtasker","description":"The skills you need to help get more done in your home, garden, office and life.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Airtasker","url":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/airtasker-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/airtasker-logo.svg","width":148,"height":40,"caption":"Airtasker"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4a89b450c5ead95207053f4b9f89ac60","name":"Airtasker","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ef4f6ce8e935cf303759965bfc6e5e46d8f48716055636c210468414ef2340f6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ef4f6ce8e935cf303759965bfc6e5e46d8f48716055636c210468414ef2340f6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Airtasker"},"description":"Inspiring the world to get more done","sameAs":["http:\/\/airtasker.com\/blog\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/author\/airtasker\/"}]}},"lang":"au","translations":{"au":1522},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1522"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=1522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}