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Christmas games for work: Salva la Navidad (Save Christmas)

Pedro Diezma

Activity designed by Pedro Diezma, coach and head of team dynamics and training at Acuilae.

Looking for Christmas games for work that go beyond Secret Santa? It is just hours before Christmas Eve and the unthinkable has happened in Father Christmas’s workshop: the magic gift list has disappeared and, with it, the magic of Christmas.

The elves have found clues all over the workshop suggesting that the culprit is one of the guests at your own party. Father Christmas has decided to recruit the best investigation teams: the people at your event.

Meet Save Christmas, a team Christmas mystery game in which each table receives a themed kit packed with puzzles, riddle postcards, hands-on challenges and technology. Only the sharpest teams will manage to recover the list and save Christmas before the party ends.

An activity designed for company parties: fun, competitive and suitable for every profile, with no previous escape game experience needed.

Details:

  • At your office, restaurant, hotel or event venue.
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  • 60-90 minutes, can be extended to fit the event programme.
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  • Available in Spanish and English.
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People:
in teams at tables, from 10 to hundreds of attendees


Who wants to ruin Christmas?

Among Christmas games for adults, Save Christmas stands out for its story: the suspects are a colourful bunch, including an impostor Father Christmas, resentful elves and even a reindeer with far too many sleigh fines. Each team will have to examine the evidence, rule out alibis and find the culprit.

To save Christmas, each team will have to achieve three things before the last bell rings:

  • • Identify the culprit from the amusing gallery of suspects, analysing clues, fingerprints and witness statements.
  • • Recover the magic gift list by cracking the codes that reveal where it is hidden.
  • • Complete the solution sheet with the motive for the theft and the sequence of events.

This Christmas game for work encourages collaboration, communication and lateral thinking, while filling the party with laughter and Christmas spirit. Will you accept the mission?

Table with a notebook, envelopes and clues from the Save Christmas game in front of the lit-up tree

How the game works

Save Christmas is designed to fit into any company Christmas party or event:

  • • Introduction: a video with a distress call from the North Pole introduces the story and starts the countdown.
  • • Kits for each table: each team receives a themed box with the evidence for the case, puzzle postcards, materials for the challenges and their investigation notebook.
  • • Investigation phases: each puzzle solved opens the next challenge, combining logic and observation riddles with hands-on challenges such as Christmas puzzles and cut-outs.
  • • Immersive technology: clues hidden in Augmented Reality and interactive content discovered by scanning the materials in the kit.
  • • Grand finale: the teams’ solutions are checked, the winning team is announced and a closing video reveals the whole truth… and officially saves Christmas.

Much more than a Christmas board game

Unlike a simple board game, this experience is hosted from start to finish: our team leads the activity, keeps up the pace, gives rescue clues to teams that get stuck and livens up the competition between tables.

The challenges are also designed so that every profile can take part: someone who does not enjoy logic puzzles can shine building the hands-on challenge, looking for details in the illustrated postcards or leading the team’s investigation. Nobody is left watching.

And if your celebration includes lunch or dinner, we can combine this format with our investigation activity for company dinners, handing out the clues between courses. 

Collage of teams playing Save Christmas with clues, a magnifying glass and a gift box


What can you expect from Save Christmas?

Our unique team Christmas game format turns the usual December party into an adventure that people remember all year. Guaranteed laughs, healthy competition between departments and a story with just the right amount of Christmas humour to break the ice between colleagues.

Game components:

  • Christmas themed box: the investigation kit each team receives, with all the materials for the case.
  • Investigator’s notebook: introduces the story and the instructions, with space to note down the team’s progress.
  • Puzzle postcards: Christmas illustrations that hide codes, messages and visual clues.
  • Gallery of suspects: profile cards for the characters in the case, with their alibis and secrets.
  • Hands-on challenges: puzzles, cut-outs and Christmas constructions that reveal new clues.
  • Solution sheet: the document where each team presents its final solution to the case.
  • Augmented Reality (AR): scanning certain materials in the kit reveals extra clues and interactive content.
  • Intro and closing videos: they launch the story from the North Pole and reveal the final solution to the case.
  • Professional hosting: our team leads the experience, keeps track of time and livens up the competition between tables.

Get ready for a session full of deduction, crafts and Christmas spirit, where collaboration will be the key to saving Christmas.

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Technical details

  • Format: a team mystery game, ideal as the main activity of the Christmas party or alongside the company lunch or dinner.
  • Duration: between 60 and 90 minutes, can be extended to fit the event programme.
  • Teams: played by tables; it scales from 10 participants to large events with hundreds of attendees.
  • Includes: investigation kits for each table, intro and closing videos, professional hosting and materials for all the challenges.
  • Space requirements: tables for the teams and a screen or projector with sound for the videos.
  • Personalisation: the story and the challenges can be adapted to your company, sector or event theme.
  • Languages: available in Spanish and English.

What makes us different?

Choose Acuilae to take your business to the next level with our unique technology and team building solutions. Ready to transform your workplace with us?

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Frequently asked questions about Christmas games for work

What Christmas games for work can a company organise?
Team mystery games are among the ones that work best: they get everyone involved, need no previous experience and adapt to offices as well as restaurants, hotels or event venues.

How long does Save Christmas last?
Between 60 and 90 minutes, and it can be extended to fit the programme. It can also be built into the Christmas lunch or dinner, with clues handed out between courses.

Is it suitable for all employees?
Yes. The challenges combine logic, observation, crafts and technology, so every profile gets a moment to shine. There is no violent theme.

Can it be combined with other Christmas activities?
Of course: see all our Christmas team building activities and put together a complete event.


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Conclusion


Is your team ready to crack the puzzles, unmask the culprit and bring the magic back to the North Pole before it is too late?

Turn your December party into the best of all Christmas games for work: an adventure of mystery, laughter and teamwork that your employees will remember all year. Only you can save Christmas!


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