30 Festive Virtual Christmas Party Ideas for 2025
With all the technological progress made in the last five years, 2025 is the year that you can throw a virtual Christmas Party that rivals an in-person one! If your goal this year is to throw an unforgettable Christmas party for your remote team, you’ve come to the right place! This is your one-stop shop for phenomenal virtual Christmas party ideas.
Top Virtual Christmas Party Ideas
- 📦 Upgrade your gingerbread house to a savory charcuterie chalet
- 🍸 Gets hands-on with festive virtual happy hour with and expert bartender
- 🎨 Get crafty and build a wreath, Christmas tree decorating, or Christmas cards
- 🎲 Get competitive with a Christmas trivia or holiday hijinks
- 🎄 Choose a theme like an ugly holiday sweater or red & green
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We here at Avital Food & Drink Experiences have been creating unique corporate holiday parties for our clients since 2011, serving over 10,000 virtual guests. Whether virtually or in-person, we are expert event planners who specialize in creating quirky food-centric experiences your team will love.
Virtual Christmas Party Ideas & Activities For Work
Whether you’re a remote team of 10 or 100, here are our top recommendations for virtual team holiday party ideas this holiday season.
1. Virtual Holiday Happy Hour
A virtual happy hour is the perfect way to bring your remote together for a fun, memorable holiday party. Our Virtual Mixologist experience includes a award-winning bartender and culinary host so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the party with your team. Cocktail kits (including alcohol) are delivered for easy planning. Plus all cocktails can be transformed into delicious mocktails for those that aren’t drinking.
2. Water Tasting Experience
Join a Certified Water Sommelier and an Avital Emcee Host for a guided water tasting. Waters are delivered to guests’ doors in premium glass bottles from around the world. Discover how different water can taste by sampling the world’s most premium H2Os. Food pairings included, plus guests can compare their tap water to these natural spring waters for a fun experiment.
3. Give Back to Your Community
If your team works remotely, you may not be able to volunteer traditionally for the holidays. So we think a virtual auction is an excellent way to give back and make a contribution as a team! Find local shops in your city or town and have them each donate one item. The team can then auction to buy the item, while the company donates the proceeds to a charity of your choosing.
4. Hire Carolers
Christmas is a time for carols and cheer, and since you can’t bring carolers into the office, bring them into your home…virtually! Check out The Yuletide Carolers, who sing every Christmas song you can imagine!
5. Christmas Tree Decorating
Sync up to decorate the tree together! Hop on Zoom while you deck the halls and accessorize the Christmas tree. You’re sure to learn something new about each other when you start asking questions about where your coworker got that poodoph the toilet reindeer ornament.
6. City Slideshow
The Christmas season is a special time in every city and town. Take pictures of your favorite Christmas decorations around your town and have a slide show showing off the Holiday traditions where you live.
7. Hot Chocolate Holiday Mixer
Looking for a great last minute virtual holiday party? Bring your remote team together in this 1-hour virtual event where everyone creates their own customized hot chocolate using BYO ingredients. Then enjoy light holiday games and plenty of time to chat and connect. We’ll provide a detailed shopping list ahead of the event so guests can customize their experience and bring their own ingredients. With ingredients in hand, guests will log on for an interactive and engaging hour.
8. Flavor Tripping Experience
To really spice up your Zoom Christmas party this year, try some Flavor Tripping! These miracle berries will change your perception of flavor and uniquely challenge your taste buds. This activity will definitely supply the Christmas magic, and the best part is that you’ll have a host to walk you through it so you can sit back and enjoy the event as well!
9. Build a Charcuterie Chalet
Swap out the sweet gingerbread house and host your team for a charcuterie chalet experience with kits delivered. With this activity, they’ll be able to make cheesy creations that will bring the holiday spirit into their homes. All ingredients and tools provided, like salami shingles and parmesan snow. Your Avital Host will lead guests through every step of the way, with nibbles and sips throughout!
10. Secret Santa Gift Exchange
Who doesn’t enjoy receiving a surprise gift during the Holidays? You can either opt to send gifts through online retailers to one another, or you can keep it fully virtual and get creative by sending gift cards, cameos, or tickets for experiences straight to their inbox. Websites like Drawnames and Elfster make this experience easy!
11. Design a Wreath
What if the beautiful wreath adorning your door this Christmas season was truly one of a kind? Well, that’s exactly what you can do with Floraloom Studio. You pick your kit style, customizing it to fit your group, get paired with an expert guide, and voila! You’ve created a wreath that will be the envy of the neighborhood..
12. Improv/Stand-up Class
Improv is not just for theater kids; it’s actually an incredible exercise for your communication and resolution skills. With Laughter on Call, their “Happier” Hour is a 45-minute event where participants are led in a unique combination of Improv games and stand-up prompts.
13. Paint & Sip
This event is both a fun Christmas team-building event and a potential gift for a loved one. Get your team together for a Paint & Sip party where a certified instructor will lead you through a painting party. It’s BYOB, so don’t forget to grab some eggnog!
14. DIY Christmas Cards
I’m sure you have lots of people to send cards to, so why not draw them up yourself? Use this drawing kit to get those creative juices flowing! You can pick a drawing online and try to recreate it as a team, or you can go rogue and draw something up that you’ve imagined.
15. Holiday Hijinks
Virtual Holiday Hijinks is the perfect way to get in the Christmas spirit, all while improving communication and collaboration within your team. Over the course of up to 2 hours, in teams of 4-8, you’ll be solving a variety of holiday-themed challenges. May the odds be ever in your favour!
16. Play Bingo
Gather everyone for a good ‘ole-fashioned game of bingo. Players can choose to play on-screen or print their cards, and there are fun ways to customize the templates to look a little extra Christmas-y.
17. Christmas Trivia
Do you know how many ghosts visit Scrooge in A Christmas Carol? Or which country eggnog comes from? Either way, a bit of Christmas trivia might be the best free virtual Christmas party idea out there! Here are 75 questions to get you started.
18. Bake Together
Host a fun baking class where one person sends around a family recipe, and everyone makes it! Bonus points if it’s a Christmas cookie recipe that has been passed down for generations. You and your team can bake them before the Zoom holiday party and wait to try them all together, or bake while you spend time together.
19. Naughty List Game
Yes, this is work appropriate! It’s a variation on the game Never Have I Ever, but you play with statements about the holidays. Everyone starts with 10 fingers up. If they have done whatever the statement says, they put a finger down. Here are some Naughty List questions to get you started.
20. Solve A Christmas Murder Mystery
Before you say that a Murder Mystery doesn’t sound like one of your usual virtual Christmas party ideas, hear me out. It’s a holiday-themed murder mystery, so you’ll be working with your team to solve this festive whodunnit. Actors will guide you through the murder mystery as you collaborate to crack the case.
21. Name That Tune Holiday Edition
Sing or hum your heart out with Name That Tune! Here’s how you play. Go around the “room” and each player has to hum or sing a Christmas song while the other players race to identify the song title. Here are 79 of the best Christmas songs for when you’re feeling stumped.
22. Game Show Extravaganza
Why choose one game when you can choose them all? With the Virtual Game Show Extravaganza, you’re getting Family Feud, Random Trivia, and Minute to Win It-style games. The best part is that these games can be customized to include questions about your company, the Christmas season, and even individual participants.
23. Christmas Movie Dubbing
Host a Christmas Movie dubbing party and get everyone laughing! It’s a fun twist on a classic improv game. I mean, we’ve all seen Who’s Line Is It Anyway? Right? So here are the rules: you play clips from your favorite holiday movie on mute while a group dubs over what they think the characters are saying! If you’ve seen the movie before, have some fun with it! If not, even better. That’s when you can really get creative!
Christmas Party Theme Ideas
Adding a fun theme to your virtual Christmas party is an easy way to elevate your event. These innovative holiday party themes for work help companies distinguish their celebrations and create memorable experiences that employees discuss long after the event.
24. Ugly Sweater Contest
Ugly sweater contests encourage festive fashion and friendly competition while maintaining a lighthearted atmosphere. Judging categories can include “Most Creative,” “Funniest,” and “Most Festive,” with prizes adding excitement to the competition.
25. Vintage Christmas
A vintage Christmas theme, featuring retro decorations from the 1950s or 1960s, adds a nostalgic charm. You can send out vintage holiday cards as invites, and play period-appropriate music all night long. Here’s a detailed list of the best Christmas hits from the 1950s.
26. Vintage Holidays
Vintage holiday themes featuring retro decorations from the 1950s or 1960s add nostalgic charm. You can send out vintage holiday cards as invites, and play period-appropriate music all night long. You can find a detailed list of the best Christmas hits from the 1950s here. This approach creates unique photo opportunities and conversation pieces while offering a fresh take on traditional holiday aesthetics.
27. Red and Green
Don the colors of the season by decking out your virtual Christmas party in red and green. Adhere to a strict color theme for everything from the outfits your employees wear to the Zoom background colors you all put up.
28. Tropical Christmas Escape
Tropical holiday themes offer an escape from winter with Hawaiian shirts and summer vibes, providing a refreshing alternative to traditional winter celebrations. Tell the team to come online in their Hawaiian shirts and summer shorts.
29. Winter Wonderland
A Winter Wonderland theme transforms any venue into a magical holiday escape with white decorations, snowflakes, and silver accents. You can create a virtual background with these elements and send it out to your employees. Encourage your employees to dress in the color palette of whites, silvers, and light blues to create an elegant atmosphere.
30. Christmas Movie Costumes
We all have that one movie we MUST watch during the holidays. So why not have a little costume fun and come dressed up as your favourite character? If you’re looking for a little help coming up with a character, here’s a list of holiday movies you can check out.
Virtual Work Christmas Party Tips
Keep Opening Comments Short: This is a party after all, not a presentation!
Come in with a Plan: A little bit of structure goes a long way! Map out the order of events and activities with time estimates beforehand.
Keep it Inclusive: Try and focus on activities and traditions that unite all holiday celebrations!
Get Dressed for the Occasion: Combining any of the activities and games we’ve listed with instructions to dress in ugly holiday sweaters is an easy way to get people in the spirit.
Surprise Everyone with a Gift: Activities involving sending kits to people’s doors are an awesome way to make everyone feel like they’re receiving a thoughtful present.
Don’t Forget the Group Photo: Screenshotting capabilities exist for a reason!
More Holiday Party Resources
- Avital’s Ultimate Guide to Virtual Events
- Best Company Holiday Party Experiences
- How to Throw The Best Virtual Holiday Party
- How To Host a Virtual Holiday Party Everyone Will Love
- 9 Holiday Icebreaker Questions for Work
- 19 Best Holiday Party Kits
- 30 Best Virtual Holiday Party Ideas
- The Ultimate Zoom Holiday Party Guide
- Corporate Holiday Party Ideas: 57+ Festive Ways to Celebrate
- Virtual Holiday Party Ideas: 37+ Activities, Games & Themes That Remote Teams Love
Book Your Virtual Holiday Party with Avital
This Christmas season, bring the holiday spirit into your co-workers’ homes by trying out these Christmas virtual party ideas. Combine a few for hours of engagement and entertainment! You could open with a mixology happy hour, move into wreath making, and finish by doing some holiday trivia. There are so many awesome ways to celebrate Christmas virtually!
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