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Christmas party ideas for companies and teams

From a GPS rally to your own Christmas market or an online gingerbread workshop: team activities to suit your venue, the winter season and your Christmas party schedule.

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Team activities as part of your company Christmas party

The mulled wine is steaming, dinner is booked, and sooner or later someone at the table asks: “What are we doing after the meal?” Below, you can see at a glance what each activity involves, how many guests it suits and where it takes place. If you are just starting to plan, our Christmas party guide has ideas and planning tips.

The most popular Christmas party ideas for companies

These are the six activities teams choose most often at teamio for their Christmas party. They differ in setting, in mood – from torchlight to quiz night – and in how much effort they take.

Group taking part in a winter team game under a gazebofrom €59

Xmas-5-Kampf

Winter challenges instead of a sit-down programme: five Xmas challenges tailored to your team, with live scoring and a joint awards ceremony. Possible indoors or outdoors; patio heaters and a fire basket are optional for suitable outdoor spaces.

Participants
20–500 people
Duration
2–2.5 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Archery by torchlight at a team event by teamiofrom €49

Archery by torchlight

For an evening outdoors: by torchlight, teams compete against each other with longbows – newcomers too, after a short briefing. Torches, fire bowls and safety are provided; gazebos, with patio heaters on request, make it work whatever the weather.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5 hrs
Setting
Outdoor
Escape game for a company team eventfrom €35

Live Escape Game

For a party that needs a crime case: as a Europol task force, teams hunt a master thief. The game runs indoors or outdoors, and the agent’s briefcase is provided.

Participants
20–500 people
Duration
1.5–2 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Entertaining quiz show at a Christmas partyfrom €39

Xmas Quiz Show

When everyone should start together and compete in teams: wireless buzzers take you through quiz rounds, guess-the-logo and guess-the-spice rounds and team challenges, hosted by professionals or by Father Christmas in person. Questions from inside your company can be built in.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–2.5 hrs
Setting
Indoor
Casino hire for corporate team eventsfrom €49

Casino Night

For the evening after dinner: roulette, poker, blackjack and craps with play money, with croupiers explaining everything on site. The event runs in the office, a conference hotel or an event venue.

Participants
20–1,000 people
Duration
3–4 hrs
Setting
Indoor
Eisstock curling team event by teamiofrom €49

Eisstock curling

The feel of curling without the ice: on mobile plastic lanes, teams slide their stocks towards the target – in the foyer, in a hotel or outdoors. Mulled wine (Glühwein) or punch is available on request.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–2 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor

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Group taking part in a winter team game under a gazebofrom €59

Xmas-5-Kampf

Five winter challenges, from stacking giant presents to building a sleigh in Santa’s workshop: teams collect points towards the overall score, and everyone celebrates together at the awards ceremony, indoors or outdoors.

Participants
20–500 people
Duration
2–2.5 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Cajon workshop team event – teamiofrom €69

Cajón workshop

Build your own cajóns from high-quality kits, then play rhythms in several parts as a team, guided by drum coaches. You can take your box drum home.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
2 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Casino hire for corporate team eventsfrom €49

Casino Night

Las Vegas without the risk: at authentic tables you bet, bluff and sweat it out with play money, playing roulette, poker, craps and blackjack.

Participants
20–1,000 people
Duration
3–4 hrs
Setting
Indoor
Digital three-challenge team eventfrom €55

Digitaler 3-Kampf

Fly drones, send robotic balls racing each other or steer racing cars using an iPad: in this tournament, teams compete using VR, robotics and AI. You choose the stations.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–2 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Eisstock curling team event by teamiofrom €49

Eisstock curling

The feel of curling, minus the ice: on mobile plastic lanes the teams slide their stocks towards the target – in a company building, a hotel or outdoors. Strategy, precision and plenty of cheering.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–2 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Archery by torchlight at a team event by teamiofrom €49

Archery by torchlight

Sherwood Forest by torchlight: after a short briefing from our trainers, even beginners pick up a longbow and take on the other teams.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5 hrs
Setting
Outdoor
A private Christmas market for a Christmas partyfrom €139

Company Christmas market

We set up the stalls right on your company grounds: candied almonds, mulled wine and a winter BBQ, plus an Eisstock curling lane and archery by torchlight if you like.

Participants
100–2,000 people
Duration
3–5 hrs
Setting
Outdoor
Mulled wine expedition for a company Christmas partyfrom €59

Glühwein Expedition

Geocaching with an expedition rucksack: teams head out into your city in search of the secret of Christmas, solve puzzles and track down hiding places. Homemade Glühwein (hot mulled wine) keeps the cold at bay.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
from 2.5 hrs
Setting
Outdoor
Fun challenges at a company Christmas partyfrom €49

Hütt’n Challenge

Frozen lake, snowball pipeline, guess the spice and Santa charades: all teams start at their stations at the same time and chase points. Santa hats are included.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–3 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Indoor team event with a series of challengesfrom €49

Indoor Team-Parcours

Build company cars, pull off an emergency operation in the Emergency Room or raise a tower: you put your course together from over 20 tasks. And the only way to get it done is together.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–3 hrs
Setting
Indoor
Company table football tournament for a team eventfrom €49

Kicker Cup

Your own table football championship: every team founds a club, name and all, then battles through the group stage and knockout rounds while commentators guide you through the tournament like a Saturday-night football show.

Participants
20–500 people
Duration
1.5–3 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Building a table football table at a team eventfrom €79

Kickerbau event (building your own table football table)

Your very own table football table is built from a kit, then christened in a tournament. The fastest team to finish building gets to play at home in the opening match, and the tables can be donated afterwards.

Participants
20–500 people
Duration
3 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Creative team event for companiesfrom €49

Creative Workshop

Each artists’ collective paints its own canvas around your theme. Then the canvases come together as one large artwork for your company – with a bird’s-eye drone photo, if conditions allow.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–2 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Creative online workshops and team events by teamiofrom €59

Kreativ-Werkstatt @home

The creative box with two canvases, acrylic paints in twelve colours and brushes arrives at home in advance, then everyone paints live on a video call, guided by a professional artist. An online exhibition of your artwork rounds it all off.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
2 hrs
Setting
Online
Escape game for a company team eventfrom €35

Live Escape Game

As a new Europol task force, the teams hunt a master thief: armed with an agent’s case, a puzzle box and a postcard under UV light, they solve puzzles against the clock – and must tread carefully, because their adversary is hot on their heels.

Participants
20–500 people
Duration
1.5–2 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Mario Kart racing at a company team eventfrom €59

Mario Kart event

A large CRT television with an N64, a Carrera track and remote-controlled Mario Karts: across three challenges, teams go head to head in races that mix retro nostalgia with full-throttle action. The winning team gets to pop the corks.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–2 hrs
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Online escape game for a company team eventfrom €35

Online Escape Game

A criminal investigation on a video call: clues arrive from the virtual command centre, plus photo and video tasks. No extra software needed, and a host playing the head of the investigation guides you through the game.

Participants
20–1,500 people
Duration
1.5 hrs
Setting
Online
Online gin tasting for a company team eventfrom €79

Online Gin Tasting

Five premium gins, matching tonics and botanicals are ready and waiting. Joining you by video call, live from a bar, professional bartenders guide you through gin’s history and aromas. Alcohol-free packages are available too.

Participants
20–1,000 people
Duration
2 hrs
Setting
Online
Online quiz show for teamsfrom €35

Online Quiz Show

Small teams on a video call take on crazy questions, like adding up the digits in your head office’s postcode, and guess hits from the last 30 years. A live host guides you through the show, and gifts go to the winning team only.

Participants
20–500 people
Duration
1–2 hrs
Setting
Online
Online domino chain reaction event for company teamsfrom €79

Remote Domino Chain Reaction

Everyone builds their own section at home from colourful dominoes and household items, and over a video call they join up into one big chain reaction. We count down together, and (almost) every domino falls.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–2 hrs
Setting
Online
Decorating a gingerbread house together at a company Christmas partyfrom €49

Christmas Bakery

Nibble, nibble, little mouse: every team builds its own gingerbread house from large gingerbread slabs and sweets, and takes on a team challenge to win a few extras.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–2 hrs
Setting
Indoor
Baking with colleagues at a company Christmas partyfrom €69

Online Christmas baking

Fresh gingerbread from the bakery, icing and sprinkles arrive in a Christmas box at your home office. Then everyone builds their own gingerbread house on a video call and presents it to colleagues. Any construction mishaps? Deliberate design choices, of course.

Participants
20–1,000 people
Duration
2 hrs
Setting
Online
Minigolf tournament at a Christmas partyfrom €59

Christmas golf tournament

Golf in the lift, in the lobby or in the underground car park: everyone gets a mini Christmas tree and earns decorations for it at stations along the course.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–2 hrs
Setting
Indoor
A private Christmas market for a Christmas partyfrom €49

Christmas market rally

With a GPS device and a backpack full of Spekulatius (spiced Christmas biscuits), clementines and Glühwein (mulled wine), small teams roam the Christmas market, crack puzzles and tackle team challenges, amid the bustle of the festive stalls.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
approx. 2.5 hrs
Setting
Outdoor
Entertaining quiz show at a Christmas partyfrom €39

Xmas Quiz Show

A bit of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”, a bit of “Schlag den Raab”: small teams buzz their way through quiz questions, logo guessing and quirky team tasks – we’re happy to include questions about your company too.

Participants
20–250 people
Duration
1.5–2.5 hrs
Setting
Indoor

Special extras for exceptional team experiences

teamio TV

Live. Digital. Interactive. That is the DNA of our online team events. Studio-quality production, professional direction and multiple cameras – that is teamio TV.

Online event boxes

Our experience boxes make every online team event special – from party containers to gourmet editions, delivered throughout Europe.

One Event – One Tree

We commit to planting a tree for every event we run and supporting its growth. We have been doing so since 2016.

teamio – sustainable team events

What your Christmas event needs: space, time and a plan for winter weather

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Space and equipment

A mobile eisstock curling lane measures 10 × 2 metres and needs a level area of 13 × 3 metres. A company Christmas market requires three-phase power, step-free access for deliveries and a day for setup. Indoors, Christmas golf can use offices and corridors, while the gingerbread workshop needs space and tables.

Time between dinner and speeches

Allow time for instructions, moving between activities, setup and dismantling as well as the games themselves. Torchlit archery usually takes 1.5 hours, while Casino Night takes 3 to 4. A company Christmas market also needs a day for setup. We coordinate the transitions to dinner and speeches with you.

Planning for winter weather

Being outside in winter takes more than choosing the right jacket. At torchlit archery and the company Christmas market, gazebos and tents provide dry areas. The Christmas Market Rally has an alternative programme for particularly bad weather, such as the Quiz Show or a Live Escape Game. We agree the arrangements for your event in advance.

One tree for every event: One Event – One Tree

For every event teamio runs, we plant a tree as part of “One Event – One Tree”.

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Still choosing an activity? Tell us about your party

Tell us your preferred dates, location or online setting, and approximate group size. Whether in North Rhine-Westphalia or at another company location, you do not need to have chosen an activity yet. We will explore what suits your Christmas party together.

Questions about team activities at your Christmas party

Answers about fitting activities into your schedule, weather, space, online participation, group size, regions, booking times and costs.

Can we add a team activity to our existing Christmas party?

Yes, many activities can be planned as one part of your programme. Timing matters: eisstock curling, Christmas golf and the gingerbread workshop take 1.5 to 2 hours, while the Xmas Quiz Show takes 1.5 to 2.5. We coordinate the duration, space, setup, dismantling and transitions to dinner, speeches and other parts of your programme with you.

What happens if the winter weather is bad?

Each outdoor activity has its own weather limits, which we agree with you before the event. For torchlit archery, gazebos cover the shooting area; at the company Christmas market, guests can find dry spots under gazebos, tents and stalls. The Christmas Market Rally is adapted to the weather, with an alternative programme for particularly difficult conditions, such as the Xmas Quiz Show or a Live Escape Game. Eisstock curling uses plastic lanes and can also take place indoors, including company foyers, warehouses and offices, where we have run it before.

How much space do we need, and where can the activity take place?

That depends on the activity. Christmas golf sets up its course in offices, corridors and meeting rooms, while the gingerbread workshop needs space and tables. Each eisstock curling lane needs a level area of 13 × 3 metres. A company Christmas market needs space for stalls, three-phase power, step-free access for deliveries and a day for setup. Whether you have an event venue, conference hotel or company grounds in mind, a site plan, photos or information from the venue help us assess what is possible.

Which activities work online?

For a Christmas party from different locations, there is the Online Quiz Show (20 to 500 people, 1 to 2 hours), the Online Escape Game (from 20 people) and the Online Christmas Bakery (20 to 1,000 people, around 2 hours). A laptop and internet connection are enough for the quiz and escape game; food and drink packages are optional. For the gingerbread workshop, we send Christmas packages in advance, usually 7 days before the event for deliveries within Germany. Participants need a knife, chopping board, bowl and spoon, and a way to heat mulled wine.

What group sizes can you accommodate?

All the activities on this page start at 20 people, except the company Christmas market, which starts at 100. Most winter activities cater for up to 250 people, the Live Escape Game for up to 500, Casino Night for up to 1,000 and the company Christmas market for up to 2,000 guests. The exact capacity also depends on the space, number of stations and how you want guests to take part.

Which regions do you cover?

We work in North Rhine-Westphalia within around 150 kilometres of Essen and, since 2026, in selected cities in southern Germany, including Stuttgart, Munich, Augsburg, Nuremberg, Regensburg, Würzburg, Mannheim and Ulm. If your location is outside these areas, speak to us before making plans. Online activities are not tied to one place; activities with packages also need delivery time.

How far in advance should we enquire?

As early as possible: dates in the run-up to Christmas are particularly popular, and dates, venues and preferred activities often book up early. With your guest numbers, schedule and details of indoor and outdoor areas, we can check which options are still possible. It is also worth asking at short notice; what we can offer depends on current availability.

What do the activities cost, and what is included?

The cards show starting prices per person, plus planning and logistics. These are not a total budget for the party; we need your event details to prepare a specific quote. As described on the event pages, the price includes planning, organisation and delivery of the activity. For the company Christmas market, for example, this includes stalls, decorations and on-site staff for setup, dismantling and running the market.

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