Office Christmas Party Games
The office Christmas party has one job: be fun with your boss two feet away, and leave nobody explaining themselves over email in January. These clear that bar.
Players
Whoever's on the guest list — works from a small team up to the whole floor
You'll need
Varies by game — most need nothing you don't already have lying around the office
How to play
- 1Secret Santa with a twist — white elephant rules, where you can steal someone else's gift instead of opening a new one.
- 2Office pub quiz — mix general knowledge with in-jokes only your team would get.
- 3Mr and Mrs, office version — how well do colleagues actually know each other; questions about the boss go down best.
- 4Two Truths and a Lie — round the table, guess who's bluffing; scales to any group size.
- 5DartUp, Social side — pub-safe forfeits and points, works fine set up in a break room or a function room.
- 6Work-themed charades or Pictionary — swap in client names and office jargon for the usual categories.
Tips
- → Check who's driving and who's not drinking before you build the whole night around a bar tab.
- → Keep anything about specific colleagues gentle — funny to the room, not just to the person who wrote it.
- → Book the function room early. Every other office in town has the same idea in December.
By Arnis & Edgar — the two who built DartUp in Newry. 18+. Eat first, drink water, know when to stop.
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