Deck the Halls With These 7 Festive Christmas Office Decorations

Don’t miss these holiday decorating musts

Christmas is the time to celebrate with the people who are most important to us. That includes the employees who work hard to help your business succeed all year long. If you want to bring the seasonal spirit to your place of work all through the holiday season, the best way to start is with a festive assortment of Christmas office decorations.

Looking for some Christmas office decor inspiration? Walmart Business offers low prices on twinkling lights, cheerful greenery, sweet treats and more. Read on for festive tips to fill your office with tidings of comfort and joy.

4 Christmas office decor musts 

Decorating the office may feel a lot like preparing your own home for the holidays. Here are a few extra things to keep in mind when decking your business’ halls: 

• Honor all your employees’ holiday traditions: Folks from all walks of life can appreciate the Christmas season’s spirit of joy and togetherness. Make the season feel even more inclusive by asking each employee if they’d like any other holidays or traditions that they celebrate to be reflected in the decor and festivities. 
  
  
• Be mindful of sensory concerns: Smells or sights that are pleasing to some employees may feel overwhelming or off-putting to others. Use your best judgment about what kind of Christmas decorations for office celebrations to use—and when in doubt, ask! 
  
  
• Make decorating a celebration, too: Depending on the size of your office, decorating it could be a big job for the office manager alone. Consider bringing the whole office together to kick off the holiday season with a decorating party at the end of the week or over an extra-long lunch! 
  
  
• Don’t block the fire exit: It may be tempting to let your inner Clark Griswold run wild and get a little carried away with the Christmas office decorations. We get it—but remember that your office is still a workplace. If any decorations impede the flow of foot traffic or present potential safety concerns, find them a new home ASAP. 

7 festive Christmas office decorations 

Now that we have the fundamentals covered, it’s time to start making your list for Christmas office decorations. Here are seven classics to get you started: 

Reusable Christmas trees 

No one piece of Christmas office decor could encapsulate the season better than the Tannenbaum itself. You may or may not prefer a live tree for decorating at home, but as Christmas office decorations go, the cleaner, faster setup and teardown of a reusable option make it the better choice.  

Miniature Christmas trees

It probably isn’t practical to put a full-size tree in every working area—fortunately, miniature Christmas trees make great Christmas decorations for cubicles. There are all kinds of desk-friendly mini trees out there, but we have to admit we’re partial to the old-school charm of miniature ceramic trees. The fact that they only have one light to replace at the bottom makes them a blessing for busy office managers, too.

String and rope lights

Nothing says holiday decorating quite like stringing up lights, sitting back and enjoying the warm new glow they lend to your usual surroundings. The classic choice is string lights, which are great for hanging up around the office and wrapping around the Christmas tree. 

But don’t overlook rope lights either, especially if you plan on decorating outdoor spaces; their stiffer construction makes them easy to shape into festive designs or to run along spaces without the need for a bunch of additional hardware.

Ornaments

A tree just doesn’t look right without them, sure, but here’s a Christmas office decor secret: ornaments look great anywhere. You could pick up a multipack and hang them from walls, window wells, office dividers and just about anywhere you can stick a push pin or adhesive hanger. Or you could pick up a DIY bulb kit and encourage employees to give their decorations the personal touch. Or both!

Greenery

If you’re willing to put in a little extra time to give them regular watering, classic holiday greenery such as poinsettias makes a lovely accent piece for just about any kind of Christmas office decor. 

Don’t have much of a green thumb? Artificial plants can be just as pleasing to the eye with no need for upkeep beyond an occasional dusting. Either way, they make lovely Christmas decorations for cubicles and the office as a whole.

Inflatables

Looking for some outdoor Christmas office decorations that will make a big impact, without taking hours to set up or crowding your storage space? You’re looking for inflatables. Mix and match different designs to build your perfect seasonal scene—then pack them all away into a tidy little space once the new year arrives.

Bowls and stockings full of treats

The best kind of decorations are the kind you can unwrap and eat. With all the different colorful Christmas sweets out there, all you need is the perfect serving dish to present a buffet of them to your appreciative employees. 

FYI, it may be a good idea to put the most popular candy options on auto-delivery—you just know that dish full of Reese’s Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Trees will be empty long before Santa Claus comes to town.

Make your seasonal errands light

You’re busy enough preparing your business for holiday time off and the coming new year. Make sure that finding the perfect Christmas office decorations is fun rather than another errand for an endless end-of-year to-do list. When you sign up Walmart Business+, you’ll unlock free store deliveries, free shipping with no order minimum, 2% back in rewards and much more. Tidings of comfort and joy, indeed.