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Ah, Christmas. A key moment for workplace gifting - read our blogs to get top tips, unique data, or sign up to our webinar for everything you need to do to nail the happiest time of the year.
Asked to sort the team's Christmas gifts? Here's where to start
October 7, 2026
Just been handed the team's Christmas gifts? A practical, UK-specific guide for PAs, EAs and office managers: the questions to ask, the budget that matters, and why you don't need a spreadsheet of home addresses.
Asked to sort the team's Christmas gifts? Here's where to start
October 7, 2026
Just been handed the team's Christmas gifts? A practical, UK-specific guide for PAs, EAs and office managers: the questions to ask, the budget that matters, and why you don't need a spreadsheet of home addresses.
Staff Christmas gifts: 2026 ideas for employees and teams
October 5, 2026
In this article, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about corporate Christmas gifts for employees - sharing Huggg's own gifting data.
Corporate Christmas cards: what to send, what to write, and whether you still need one
October 1, 2026
Whether your business still needs a Christmas card, how to decide between a card and a gift, and what to actually write. With message templates for teams, clients and the person who's had a hard year.
Christmas raffle prizes for work: what to get, how many, and what actually shifts tickets
September 30, 2026
A practical guide to running the office Christmas raffle: how many prizes you need, a prize ladder that works, what shifts tickets and what sits on the table, and how to handle winners who aren't in the room.
The Christmas gift age gap: why your older staff are the most likely to get nothing
September 29, 2026
New Huggg research into 500 UK workers found that 9.9% of under-30s get nothing from their employer at Christmas, against 35.2% of everyone over 30. It isn't explained by industry, hours, pay or region, and it probably isn't about age itself.
The Christmas rota: covering the shutdown fairly, and recognising the people who work it
September 28, 2026
How to build a Christmas rota that people accept: shutdown versus skeleton cover, allocating fairly, notice periods, and how to recognise the people who work the days nobody wants.
Christmas gifts for your boss: what to get, and whether to bother
September 25, 2026
Whether you should give your manager a Christmas gift at all, what to spend, twelve ideas that don't read as brown-nosing, and the group-gift approach that solves most of the awkwardness.
Christmas team building activities that are not just a party
September 24, 2026
Most festive team building lists are after-hours socials in disguise, which excludes the same people the party already excludes. Here's what works in work time, for teams on shifts, at home and on site.
The case against the panic-buy December gift
September 22, 2026
New Huggg data says the most common way a work Christmas gift lands is not valued, it is generic. Buying earlier does not fix that on its own. Deciding what the gift is for does.