There’s nothing more delightful than sprinkling some extra magic into the holiday season by sending meaningful employee holiday gifts. A thoughtful gesture of gratitude and appreciation, holiday gifts are almost certain to make employees feel recognized and happy. In fact, nine out of ten Americans agree that receiving gifts makes them feel valued!
Holiday joy, just in time
But when’s the right time to send your employee gifts?
When thinking about giving a good employee gift, many of us tend to focus on choosing the right item; however, there’s an additional factor that helps make a gift special: timing. Sending an employee holiday gift at the perfect time will make your gift a more meaningful gesture. Here are five ideas for how to achieve that with your holiday gifts.
1) First two weeks of of December
With December being the month most associated with the holiday season, the first half of the month can be a great time to send your employees their holiday gifts. It will kick off the last month of the year positively and raise your team’s spirits as you round out the year.
Snappy tip: To spread joy beyond the holidays, look for integrations with your favorite HR system and seamlessly celebrate every meaningful 2023 employee moment. Learn more here
2) Company holiday party
Planning a holiday party? Make it even merrier by using it as an opportunity show extraemployee gratitude by sending holiday gifts. Whether your holiday party is virtual or in person, you can create a special team experience by sending out your holiday gift to everybody at once.
Whether you’re seeing everybody’s joyful expressions as they receive their email notifying them of their surprise over a Zoom call or in person, it’s sure to make your party an even bigger success.
Snappy tip: Snappy’s gifting platform includes an interactive, engaging holiday gift reveal experience that is sure to put a smile on your employees' faces. The best part - you can easily customize the experience for your brand.
3) Monthly (or Quarterly) December all-hands meeting
Another great opportunity for sending out employee gifts is at the end of your monthly or quarterly all-hands meeting - especially when you have virtual attendees. Not only can this brighten up almost any agenda , but you can also reduce some of the boredom that leads 90% of employees to multitask during virtual meetings.
Snappy tip: When sharing the all-hands agenda, hint that there is a special surprise in the last part of the meeting to drive attendence and attention.
4) Last day before a series of vacation days
If your organization takes part of the holiday season off, or has a period where folks take a lot of vacation days, it’s a great idea to send your holiday gifts before everybody goes off on their vacations. This way, they’ll go into their time off with something to smile about.
And even if your whole company doesn’t take the holidays off as a policy, chances are good that a high number of individual employees do plan to use this time to take PTO. If you know that somebody won’t be around for a good chunk of the end of December, sending them their holiday gift before they leave offers a kind, warm send-off.
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Snappy tip: Send them off with an even bigger smile by pairing a fun GIF with their gift.
5) The first day of winter
If you’re looking for a date when many traditional winter holidays are celebrated but want to choose one that isn’t associated with any particular culture, we recommend going with December 21st. As the first day of winter, this is a day that carries meaning for a lot of people around the world. Also, it falls right in the middle of Hanukkah, the first winter holiday of the season. That means all of your employees will receive their gift notification in time for whatever holiday or winter tradition they celebrate.
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Snappy tip: Note that while shipping does take some time, Snappy’s digital gift reveal experience will be available immediately. So from the fun of choosing a gift in late December to the excitement of receiving it in the mail later on, you’ll be spreading the holiday cheer for that much longer!
Snappy can help deliver delightful holiday gifts at just the right moment
Manually buying and sending out holiday employee gifts one by one can be incredibly time-consuming, making it hard to meet deadlines. With Snappy, you can schedule your gift send so that you’re certain it’ll arrive exactly when you want.
By scheduling your holiday gifts well ahead of time, you’ll be able to take the stress of holiday gift timing off of your shoulders, feeling confident that your employees will receive their gifts at the time that you think is best.
To top it off - your employees will receive the gift of choice, able to choose their own gift from a collection of popular items specially curated for the holiday season. This way, when their gift arrives, it will be exactly what they wanted and you will get the response that you were looking for!
There’s nothing more delightful than sprinkling some extra magic into the holiday season by sending meaningful employee holiday gifts. A thoughtful gesture of gratitude and appreciation, holiday gifts are almost certain to make employees feel recognized and happy. In fact, nine out of ten Americans agree that receiving gifts makes them feel valued!
