Our christmas party is ususlly pretty good. Around 60 participants each year.
It's always on a Friday and begins with everyone stopping working at 3pm. Then we have mulled wine and æbleskiver. It's basically golfball sized pancakes with a crusty exterior. Served with jam and powdered sugar. Taste excellent:
Then we are divided into teams for some sort of competition. Here are some examples from different years:
Racing on toiletshaped scooters.
Shooting range where we shot .45 caliber revolver and a Glock.
Making a music video in a professional studio with green screen.
Doing voice overs for a cartoon.
Gospel choir coach taught us to sing.
Two of the most elaborate ones were these:
We were presented with a murder mystery. One of our prior coworkers had been murdered and one of us had done it. Every team went around the building (big place) where 12 different crime scenes/clue scenes had been constructed. We had to gather clues, solve riddles, perform tasks (a real chemical test whether a substance was drugs) and make deductions based on witness testimony etc. At the end (or earlier) each team could make one accusation regarding the murderer's identity. The first one to guess correctly won.
Another year we drove to an external location. Sat down before a stage with curtains drawn. Lights turned off. Suddenly the theme music from Wheel of Fortune started playing and out on stage to welcome us walked Bengt Burg, the most popular and longest performing Danish host of the show. And then we all played Wheel of Fortune. Great fun.
Each year after "the entertainment" we have a big dinner with loads of different Danish christmas food items and a free bar. The company pays for everything:
Usually the entertainment is a secret until the day of the party but this year we know in advance because there is a choice of activity and the planning group needs to know participant numbers. We are going to a big powerplant where the roof has been converted into an artificial skiing slope. People can either ski or get a tour of the plant: