Conference News August 2020 | Page 55

Left and right: Ice-Magic rink 55 Christmas Parties to greet them, creating that properly magical Christmas experience. For all reindeer event hire enquiries, check out Real Reindeer Ltd or Reindeer 2 Hire, both of which are also able to provide a sleigh, a Santa Claus, and if you’re going full North Pole, a couple of elves as well. Get into the competitive spirit. What’s a party without a couple of games? Save the charades and the Christmas trivia for the big day with the family and opt for something slightly less traditional. After all, the key to throwing a good party is organising fun, without creating ‘organised fun’. For most people, the festive season is already overkill on the games front, and their company Christmas party is an opportunity to have a ‘grown up’ night out, so do something a little different and add some retro funfair style games. They are a useful way of keeping people occupied on arrival, and because they are fast paced, they don’t require a lot of convincing for most to ‘have a quick go’. Sunshine Events offer a Christmas Fun Fair Party Package with a variety of festive themed games that also look fantastic and impressive in any space. Before you know it, the partygoers will be queuing up to compete with one another on the Christmas Hook A Duck or the Roll-A-Ball Reindeer Racing. It’s also a great way of boosting team morale, and it means those who don’t want to play games, don’t have to- everyone’s a winner. “IF YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIRGROUND, WITH A FESTIVE TWIST, EVEN MORE SPECTACULARLY, ICE-MAGIC CAN PROVIDE ICE BUMPER CARS, SAFE TO RIDE AND HOURS OF FUN FOR EVERYBODY.” The most wine-derful time of the year. Tis’ the season to get very jolly. Statistics from 2015 state a total of 35 million bottles of wine are drunk at UK company Christmas parties every year. It’s fair to say that a majority of people enjoy a drink, or 17, at the Christmas do, so why not make the boozing a slightly more sophisticated experience? By hosting a wine tasting, it will slower the pace of drinking, and allow your alcohol budget to stretch over a longer period. Or go one further, if you’re tired of people sending back their dietary requirement sheets with ‘don’t like sprouts’, save on the full Christmas dinner catering all together and host a cheese and wine tasting party with Taste of the Vine (www.tasteofthevine. co.uk) instead this year. It’s different, it’s fun, and if you’re stuck sat next to the person in accounts you’ve only ever said two words to, you can at least fall back on the complexity of the vintage cheddar as a conversation topic (unless they’re vegan). www.conference-news.co.uk