Best Microsoft Teams Christmas Party Ideas in 2023

As working remotely is the new normal, celebrating holidays and sharing festivity with your team is a tough task.

However, you can throw a virtual party; we have compiled some of the best Microsoft Teams Christmas party ideas to help you organize a fun virtual event before holidays.

What are the best Microsoft Teams Christmas Party Ideas?

1. Festive attire

The holiday season is fun, and dressing up is a part of it. It doesn’t matter if you can’t step out for an office party this Christmas.

You can ask your team to follow a certain dress code to jazz things up in the Microsoft Teams meeting room.

Before deciding on the dress code, you can always take the opinions of people to make it feasible so that everyone can participate, making it a success.

2. Foods and drinks

If you are feeling extra festive, you can send your team members an interesting recipe for food, mocktail, or cocktail in advance and ask them to get the ingredients ready before the party.

At the time of the meeting, you can ask them to follow the recipe to make a special meal together over a video call on Microsoft Teams and turn it into an activity.

3. Christmas Quizzes 

You can prepare a funny set of questions and answers to make quizzes of your own, and it could be a fun way to interact with your team members.

Here are some great Christmas quiz ideas that you can use on Microsoft Teams, along with the detailed steps to make interactive quizzes on the app; read this guide to know more.

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4. Photo booth

Ask your team to go on a treasure hunt in their home or office to find props – their daughter’s tiara, sunglasses, or whatever they think is fun and cool.

Once they have the props, ask them to pose, then take screenshots to share on Microsoft Teams to memorialize the moment.

You can ask them to use Snap Camera & its festive lenses for digital photo booths. They can also use stickers, text, and other things to enhance the holiday spirit in their virtual photos.

For a symmetrical look, you can ask them to choose the same custom background or the winter wonderland Together mode scene from Microsoft Teams.

5. Break into small groups

Parties are a great way to meet people outside your team. Have you ever thought that virtual parties could do the same for you?

You can use the Breakout Rooms feature in Microsoft Teams to divide them into smaller groups so that people can interact and get to know each other.

Additionally, you can divide the team into 3 or 4 and suggest that they create a funny and interesting presentation and put a timer. Then, ask the teams to present the slides, and the best presentation wins. This could be like your virtual PowerPoint party.

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6. Games

There are plenty of party games available online, which you can play easily with your team members via Microsoft Teams’ screen-sharing feature.

You can go to the Kahoot website for learning games, check out games like Blather Round, Champ’d Up, and Role Models on Jackbox Games, or check out the list of Christmas games we curated.

7. Use White Elephant for gift exchange

What is a Christmas office party with Secret Santa, right? But it is not the only way to exchange gifts with your colleagues; there are other choices like White Elephant Online.

It allows you to buy a wild and quirky gift for your teammates & even steal gifts from them without even leaving your house.

You can play it remotely by asking team members to upload an item’s image that you want to gift someone, then ask them to open and steal gifts.

So, at the end of the game, every team member will know what they won, and the gifts can be shipped to their addresses.

8. Watch a movie

Create a poll and suggest some Christmas classics or the new ones coming this season to decide on a movie you could watch with your team. If you want to look for options to add, take a look at the list of Christmas movies we have curated.

You can use apps like Teleparty, sync your screens, and send messages in the live chat box. You can even start with a conversation, then play a movie and wrap this party by asking about holiday plans from teammates.

9. An online charity drive party

Christmas is the time to spread happiness, share love, and be charitable. You can throw a virtual party, engage people in games, and encourage everyone to donate to the less fortunate.

You can choose an organization or orphanage yourselves or ask your team members to donate things or money to their nearest health centres, orphanages, or animal shelters.

10. Guess the Christmas tune

Another fun activity that you can try is to host a meeting, split people into smaller groups, play some famous Christmas tunes, and ask people to guess the song time.

The team that gets the most names correct is the winner, and offer them some themed prizes like earphones, a subscription to Spotify, etc.

Tips to make the virtual Christmas party merrier

• Use Together mode -Transport your team to a coffee shop, classroom, conference room, etc, to make the holiday party more interesting. All you need to do is in a meeting, choose Together mode, then click the small pencil to select a scene.
• Custom backgrounds – You can ask all the team members to select a holiday-themed custom background for video calls and meetings.
• Breakout rooms – Just like a party, where a group of people interact with each other, you can divide the meeting into sub-groups to facilitate discussions using Breakout rooms.

If you are looking for holiday special custom backgrounds, you can go to the Microsoft webpage or read this guide to learn about others .

From interactive games to themed activities, these tips can help you boost team spirit and infuse the joy of the season into your online gatherings.

We have an incredible list of Christmas live wallpapers and screensavers for Windows; we suggest you take a look.

As the holiday spirit is already in the air, why not bring it to your documents with amazing Christmas templates for Microsoft Office?

What do you think about the Microsoft Teams Christmas party ideas? Tell us if you have other fun ideas to make the office Christmas party unforgettable.