Christmas Office Party

A checklist will help in preparing for the Christmas office party.

1. Do we have the money? If yes, agree now on the date. If not, it means the employees will give cash. This might spoil the Christmas spirit because the Christmas bonus goes back to the office. There must be a group to agree on what the food will be so you will know the contribution per employee.
2. Will there be raffling of prizes? Who will pay for the prizes?
   1. Employer
   2. Part of the worker’s contribution
   3. Solicit from customers clients
   4. Will raffle prizes be in cash or in kind. If in kind, is it big like a T.V., refrigerator, aircon. If so, a gift certificate is better than for the winner to drag all the way home the fridges
3. Should you ask for gifts/prizes from your suppliers, clients, favored customers? If not properly handled, the supplier, client might switch to your competitor in 2005.
4. Will there be an exchange of gifts, manito, manita? Tell all the minimum value of the gift.
5. Create a group in charge of the sound system, lights, music, and for the decorations, chairs, etc.
6. Is it all soft drinks? If alcohol is included, even if beer only wait for shoutings, quarrels, fighting by eleven P.M. This is bad.
7. Should the wives or the families be invited?
8. Should there be a Christmas message? This is serious. How will the staff tell the manager/owner, “sir, please mubo lang. Last year, daghan ang naghagok o galuya, gikapoy, gigutom, napasmo kay taas kaayo.” 3 or 4 Christmas songs. Kasadya, Silent Night, Joy to the World, etc. Everyone must sing.
9. Invocation before the program begins, grace before eating.