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Holiday party ideas for Toronto teams (that people actually attend)

Twenty formats by team size and budget, from a restaurant buyout with a magician to a 400-person ballroom with a stage show.

October 9, 20261 min readBy dankranstz

Holiday Parties

Attendance is the only metric that matters for a holiday party. These formats earn it.

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Holiday party ideas for Toronto teams (that people actually attend).

Attendance is the only metric that matters for a holiday party.

These formats earn it.

Under 40 people.

Restaurant private room with a close-up magician between courses

40 to 150.

Loft party with stations, a roaming magician and a DJ

Winter market crawl with a hosted ending

150 to 500.

Hotel ballroom with a 25-minute stage act after dinner

Themed gala (Gatsby, Black and Gold) with LED stilt walkers at the door

Rules that hold at any size.

Food in the first 45 minutes.

There is more on this page, just below the video.

Under 40 people

  • Restaurant private room with a close-up magician between courses
  • Cooking class and dinner
  • Circus skills workshop then drinks
  • Escape rooms then a pub

40–150

Office holiday party in a brick loft with food stations and a DJ
  • Loft party with stations, a roaming magician and a DJ
  • Casino night with professional dealers
  • Winter market crawl with a hosted ending
  • Brewery buyout with a mentalist show

150–500

  • Hotel ballroom with a 25-minute stage act after dinner
  • Themed gala (Gatsby, Black & Gold) with LED stilt walkers at the door
  • Aerial act at the transition to dancing (needs rigging)
  • Awards show format with a comedian MC

Rules that hold at any size

Coworkers leaving a holiday party into snow as a ride pulls up
  1. Speeches under ten minutes total.
  2. Food in the first 45 minutes.
  3. One surprise.
  4. Ride-home codes.

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