40 Office Holiday Party Icebreaker Questions

Prompts (40)

• 1. Was this year more of a sprint or a marathon for you?

  Year in review
  a sprinta marathon

• 2. Looking back on this year, do you remember the wins or the near-misses more?

  Year in review
  the winsthe near-misses

• 3. Did you learn more this year from a new tool or from a coworker?

  Year in review
  a new toola coworker

• 4. Would you rather relive this year's best week or skip this year's busiest week?

  Year in review
  relive this year's best weekskip this year's busiest week

• 5. Is your year-end inbox closer to zero or closer to infinity?

  Year in review
  closer to zerocloser to infinity

• 6. Next year, do you want more focus time or more brainstorm sessions?

  Year in review
  more focus timemore brainstorm sessions

• 7. Does a new year at work feel more like a fresh page or a sequel?

  Year in review
  a fresh pagea sequel

• 8. Are you finishing the year with a tidy desk or a creative mess?

  Year in review
  a tidy deska creative mess

• 9. Was your favorite moment this year a big launch or a small everyday win?

  Year in review
  a big launcha small everyday win

• 10. For the last week before the break, are you a wrap-up-everything person or a start-fresh-in-January person?

  Team favorites
  a wrap-up-everything persona start-fresh-in-January person

• 11. Is the team's unofficial mascot this year the coffee machine or the office plant?

  Team favorites
  the coffee machinethe office plant

• 12. For a team celebration, would you pick a cozy lunch or a craft afternoon?

  Team favorites
  a cozy luncha craft afternoon

• 13. Do you prefer holiday meetings with festive backgrounds or with cameras off and cocoa in hand?

  Team favorites
  festive backgroundscameras off and cocoa in hand

• 14. Should the office playlist this month be cozy instrumentals or upbeat oldies?

  Team favorites
  cozy instrumentalsupbeat oldies

• 15. Do you decorate your desk for the season or keep it the same all year?

  Team favorites
  decorate your deskkeep it the same all year

• 16. At the team party, are you more likely to be found by the snack table or by the games?

  Team favorites
  by the snack tableby the games

• 17. Would you rather join an ugly sweater contest or a desk decorating contest?

  Team favorites
  an ugly sweater contesta desk decorating contest

• 18. For a team photo, do you prefer posed and polite or silly and blurry?

  Team favorites
  posed and politesilly and blurry

• 19. At a holiday potluck, do you bring something homemade or something store-bought and proud?

  Holiday food
  something homemadesomething store-bought and proud

• 20. For an office snack table, would the group prefer one giant fruit platter or lots of tiny savory bites?

  Holiday food
  one giant fruit platterlots of tiny savory bites

• 21. Is the best holiday cookie soft and chewy or crisp and snappy?

  Holiday food
  soft and chewycrisp and snappy

• 22. At the office treat table, do you go straight for the sweets or start with the savory snacks?

  Holiday food
  the sweetsthe savory snacks

• 23. Would you rather share latkes or gingerbread with the team?

  Holiday food
  latkesgingerbread

• 24. Is the best part of a festive meal the main dish or the sides?

  Holiday food
  the main dishthe sides

• 25. For holiday baking, are you a follow-the-recipe person or an add-extra-chocolate-chips person?

  Holiday food
  a follow-the-recipe personan add-extra-chocolate-chips person

• 26. Peppermint bark or a tin of mixed nuts?

  Holiday food
  peppermint barka tin of mixed nuts

• 27. In a gift swap, would you rather receive something useful or something delightfully silly?

  Gift exchange
  something usefulsomething delightfully silly

• 28. Do you prefer a white-elephant swap or a secret-gift-partner exchange?

  Gift exchange
  a white-elephant swapa secret-gift-partner exchange

• 29. In a gift exchange, do you keep the first present you open or always try to swap it?

  Gift exchange
  keep the first presentalways try to swap it

• 30. Do you wrap gifts with perfect corners or just enough tape to hold it together?

  Gift exchange
  perfect cornersjust enough tape to hold it together

• 31. Would you rather get a cozy pair of socks or a fancy mug?

  Gift exchange
  a cozy pair of socksa fancy mug

• 32. Is a gift card a smart choice or a little too easy?

  Gift exchange
  a smart choicea little too easy

• 33. For a team gift swap, should the spending limit be very low or a little more generous?

  Gift exchange
  very lowa little more generous

• 34. Do you shop for gifts early in the fall or in a last-minute dash?

  Gift exchange
  early in the fallin a last-minute dash

• 35. Which do you look forward to more: the first snowfall or the first night the neighborhood lights come on?

  Winter traditions
  the first snowfallthe first night the neighborhood lights come on

• 36. Is the best winter tradition one with lights or one with food?

  Winter traditions
  one with lightsone with food

• 37. Do you send holiday cards by mail or send holiday messages online?

  Winter traditions
  by mailonline

• 38. Over the break, are you more of a stay-home-and-rest person or a visit-everyone person?

  Winter traditions
  a stay-home-and-rest persona visit-everyone person

• 39. For New Year's Eve, are you counting down at midnight or asleep by ten?

  Winter traditions
  counting down at midnightasleep by ten

• 40. Do you make a New Year's resolution or skip resolutions entirely?

  Winter traditions
  make a New Year's resolutionskip resolutions entirely

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