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11 Creative Virtual Christmas Party Ideas From Real Remote Work Teams 11 Remote Christmas Party Ideas Remote work flexibility is fast becoming the norm. According to Buffer’s annual‘State of Remote Work 2019 Report,‘ 99% of respondents ‘said they would like to work remotely at least some of the time for the rest of their careers.’This is a staggering number! But really, in this day and age, it should come as no surprise. More and more employeesvalue work flexibilityand work/life balance over other employee benefit schemes.evalAfter all, there are a lot of benefits to working from home. You needn’t entertain annoying and time-consuming gossip while you wait for your coffee to brew As a self-appointed social organizer for my remote working colleagues, I was lacking ideas this year to come up with anything special. So, what does one do? You ask around to find out how other virtual and remote teams are celebrating their Christmas party this year, of course.11 Remote Christmas Party Ideas1) Angelina Ebeling, Founder CEO at acework.io“We will throw a virtual Christmas party with our team. Since we are distributed across many time zones, the best way to include everyone is to make it a “Coffee and Cookie” get together. The typical alcohol-infused holiday party just isn’t practical when it’s 10 am for someone.I sent cookies to everyone â€" home-baked ones to the team in Europe, and mail-ordered from Milk Bar for our US colleague. In the past, I’ve sent birthday gifts, which really goes a long way when you are working on a fully distributed team. Even if it’s just flowers or a cake, it makes the relationship with a global team feel more personal. Since we are a multi-national team with different cultural and religious backgrounds, the focus doesn’t lie too much on Christmas, rather on an end-of-year celebration.”2) William Taylor, CareerDevelopment Manager at MintResume“We have a number of remote employees “As a digital entrepreneur, I rely heavily on a team of assistants, writers, and video editors that help create quality content. To make them feel motivated and express my gratitude for working well, I make sure to conduct a group call where we wish each other well and share messages with each other. This might be simple and small, but it’s the most sincere way to express your gratitude.”4) Pratibha Vuppuluri, Chief Blogger at She Started It“It’s really hard to come up with one given the time difference within the team. However, what we agreed on doing is sharing our Christmas playlist and then compiling it to one file, which is available for everyone to listen to. We particularly encourage everyone to look into the list and make use of it as they do work. Sending/exchanging Holiday GIFs When the time came for the gift exchange we had everyone log online to our video chat and we went around in a circle to open gifts in front of everyone! We absolutely loved that we were able to exchange gifts while being remote. Our team loved the chance to have a traditional holiday party even though we are a mostly re mote team. We also decided to give our employees the week of Christmas off with the rule that they must report back after Christmas with one fun thing they did over their break.”11) Yours truly, Emily Uebergang, SEO Strategist at Digital Darts“As our digital team has grown, it so happens no one team member works from the same city. We’ve had to bypass the previous year’s idea of meeting up for a banquet in-person meal and Escape Room. While I had grand plans to create a scavenger hunt we could all participate in from our own home cities and share photos and experiences from, I suddenly realized I was in and over my head (leaving it way too late to organize). So this year instead we’re keeping it simple. We’ve opted for a live online chat where we’ll share some stories from the year that’s been, cheers over a drink of choice, and share what we’re looking forward to in the New Year. Work chat will be banned. We’re also holding out for our special bonus gifts in the mail from the boss. He doesn’t know this yet, but when he reads this he will.”