The holiday team building event your people actually remember.
The Holiday Spirit Program turns a standard Christmas office party into something unforgettable. Your teams create a short holiday skit and wrap gifts — then the children who receive those gifts walk into the room. It’s a festive team building activity with a give-back at its heart, for groups of 20 to 5,000.
The Holiday Spirit Program, in a nutshell.
It looks like a fun, competitive holiday party game. Small teams are told they’ll create a 60-second, family-friendly holiday skit and wrap an assigned gift, to be judged by a panel of “community leaders.” The twist: those community leaders are children in need from the local community — and the gifts your teams wrap are exactly what each child most wants for the holidays. This is one of the most emotionally resonant Christmas team building activities we run.
Creativity under a friendly clock
Teams write, cast and rehearse a short holiday skit — fast collaboration, lots of laughter.
A shared peak moment
When the “judges” turn out to be the kids receiving the gifts, the whole room changes.
Purpose people feel
Your team gave something real to a child — pride that carries into the new year.
Fits your party
Runs inside your existing holiday event, from 20 people to a 5,000-person conference.
Three moves from office party to unforgettable.
Skit & wrap challenge
Small teams devise a 60-second holiday-themed skit and wrap an assigned gift for the “community leaders” who will judge them.
The reveal
The community leaders arrive — and they’re children in need from the local community. Teams perform, then meet the kids one on one.
The gifts are given
Each child receives the gift your teams wrapped — the exact thing they wished for. That’s the moment nobody forgets.
Your people spread real holiday cheer — and feel it reflected back.
An hour after it starts, colleagues return to the celebration with a newfound sense of purpose and shared philanthropy. Spurred by goodwill reflected back through the eyes of ecstatic children, the rest of the party carries a depth of team atmosphere you can’t manufacture. It’s the holiday team building idea people talk about long after the decorations come down.
Holiday team building for parties, conferences & kickoffs.
The Holiday Spirit Program works as a holiday office party centerpiece, a festive break inside a year-end conference general session, or a community-focused December kickoff. We produce holiday and Christmas team building events nationwide — including Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and 30+ other metros — or at your own venue. Prefer a build-based give-back? See Building a Dream and our full charity team building lineup.
Holiday Spirit Program FAQs
What is a good holiday team building activity for a company party? +
The Holiday Spirit Program is one of the most memorable holiday team building activities for a corporate party. Teams perform a short, family-friendly holiday skit and wrap gifts — then discover that the children who receive those gifts are there in the room. It replaces the standard talk-about-work office party with a shared moment of purpose.
How is this different from a normal Christmas office party? +
A normal Christmas office party is passive — people stand around and talk about work. The Holiday Spirit Program uses the first 60 to 90 minutes to give your team a shared, hands-on purpose: they create something for children in need and then meet the kids who receive it. Your regular celebration continues afterward, but with a completely different energy.
How many people can take part? +
From 20 to 5,000, including full conference and company-wide holiday events. The program scales cleanly and we facilitate every part of it.
How long does the Holiday Spirit Program take? +
Most run 60 to 90 minutes, designed to fit inside your existing holiday party or cocktail hour. We tailor the length to your agenda.
Do you run holiday team building events in our city? +
Yes. We produce holiday and Christmas team building events nationwide, including Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Washington DC and 30+ other metros, as well as at your own venue or conference hotel.
Is this a charitable / philanthropic program? +
Yes. Every gift your teams wrap is given to a child in need from the local community, so the program doubles as a festive team building activity and a genuine give-back — the emotional core of everything we do.
Make this year’s holiday party the one they remember.
Tell us your group size, venue and dates. We’ll design a holiday team building event your people — and a community of kids — will never forget.