Holiday Recognition SOLUTION

Ultimate Guide to Holiday Employee Recognition & Engagement

Turn festive moments into meaningful milestones. With Stadium, you can create a branded holiday gift shop, let employees exchange peer-to-peer notes, and send personalized gifts worldwide—effortlessly.

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Setup is instant. Swag and customizations require extra lead time.

Why Holiday Recognition Matters

  • Feel genuinely valued beyond bonuses or performance reviews
  • Connect with teammates through shared joy—even across time zones
  • Receive personalized corporate holiday gifts or notes that reflect their culture or contributions
  • Recharge emotionally during a busy season with a moment of meaningful recognition
  • Feel seen and included through celebrations that honor their unique background
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  • Boost morale and motivation during year-end crunch
  • Improve retention during a high-turnover season
  • Reinforce company values, inclusivity, and team spirit
  • Strengthen remote and hybrid culture through shared moments
  • Turn seasonal swag into a culture-building strategy

 

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our holiday gifting solution

How Stadium Powers Your Holiday Recognition Program

From custom gift shops to peer-to-peer campaigns—Stadium gives you one powerful platform to celebrate your people, your way.

GLOBAL SOLUTION

1. Create sleek, retail-like online stores for swag, gifts, and more

Launch a sleek, recognition platform filled with gifts your team actually wants.

1. Add custom swag, snacks, tech, gift cards, and more. 

2. Fully brand the experience with your logo, colors, and holiday themes

3. Set redemption rules: give points, dollar value, or priceless pick-a-gift

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2. Give Points or Budgets to Redeem

Skip the guessing. Give every employee a points balance or budget to shop freely.
1. Customize currency-to-point conversion
2. Let employees choose the gifts that matter most to them
3. Tie redemption to goals, shoutouts, or milestones

3. Enable Peer-to-Peer Holiday Recognition

Make year-end appreciation a two-way street.
1. Launch campaigns like “12 Days of Kudos” or “Secret Santa Shoutouts”
2. Allow employees to send notes, recognition messages, or even points
3. Tie messages to gift shop access or celebratory points boosts

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4. Send Items or Kits Directly

Want to handle the Holiday Gifting for them? Done.
1. Ship pre-curated holiday kits to homes, hubs, or events
2. Mix branded swag + festive treats for wow-worthy unboxings
3. Add custom notes or leadership messages in every kit

5. Automate Your Holiday Recognition Flow

Holiday burnout? Not here. Stadium supports:
1. HRIS sync to trigger gifts by tenure, department, or location
2. Automated campaigns for key holidays (e.g., “Send 500 pts on Dec 20”)
3. Pre-set templates you can duplicate and rebrand year after year

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Feedback and Reporting

6. Track Engagement & Redemption

Prove the power of your program with built-in insights.
See which gifts are most redeemed
Track usage by region, team, or theme
Export reports for HR, People Ops, and exec updates

From joy to ROI—yes, we measure that too.

A Complete holiday recognition Guide

Find Holiday Recognition Ideas That Fit Your Team

 Different teams, different holidays, different vibes. Explore practical and creative recognition ideas for your unique workplace needs—whether you’re remote-first, frontline-heavy, fast-growing, or global.

Recognition Ideas by Team Type

Whether your team is remote, frontline, or scaling fast—explore holiday recognition strategies tailored to how your people work.

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Holiday Recognition for Distributed & Remote Teams

 

Discover fun virtual holiday party ideas for remote employees. Interactive celebrations for your remote team

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Holiday Recognition for High-Growth Startups

 

This holiday season! discover creative and budget-Friendly holiday recognition ideas for startups

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Practical Holiday Recognition for Frontline Employees

 

How to Recognize frontline employees with simple but effective ideas. Set up Holiday recognition campaign with simple steps.

Plan the Perfect Holiday Recognition Campaign

From peer-to-peer shoutouts to leadership-driven rollouts, discover campaign ideas that make holiday recognition personal and powerful.

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Launching a Holiday Peer-to-Peer Recognition Campaign

 

Launch a peer-to-peer holiday campaign with Stadium & automate your holiday gifting this year.

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Holiday Recognition Playbook for HR

 

 Speak the language of leadership—data, outcomes, and buy-in tips for making your case.

Recognition by Holiday & Culture

Honor every celebration—from Diwali to Christmas to Halloween—with inclusive, global recognition your whole team will love.

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Christmas Recognition at Work

 

Set up a Christmas recognition campaign with Stadium & automate your gifting this year. Boost morale and spread joy - let your team know how much you value them.

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New Year Recognition at Work

 

Celebrate the new year with recognition ideas that inspire loyalty and gratitude. With Stadium, build a custom gifting program where employees can redeem rewards.

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Halloween Recognition at Work

 

Boost employee spirit this Halloween! Discover spooky Halloween staff appreciation ideas, treats, and Halloween gifts to celebrate your team.

 

Find unique corporate diwali gifts for employees and clients! Explore festive diwali gift boxes and baskets for memorable corporate gifting.

Real Holiday Impact with Stadium

Holiday recognition isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s a proven strategy for engagement, retention, and culture-building. See how companies like yours brought the magic to life with Stadium.

Swag + Snacks = Smart Holiday Gifting for 237 Employees

  • The Challenge: SmartThings needed a fun, unified way to send holiday gifts—snacks + swag together, delivered to every team member
  • Our Solution: A fully branded gift box with a curated beanie, blanket, and build-your-own snack experience
  • Handled by Us: We managed all logistics—packaging, fulfillment, and even returned leftover swag for future use
  • The Outcome: A seamless, on-brand holiday surprise that boosted employee appreciation across the company

Enhanced End-of-Year Gifting with a Holiday Shop

  • The Challenge: Cape Analytics needed a scalable way to gift 100+ employees across regions—without manually picking gifts.
  • Our Solution: We helped them launch a branded holiday-themed shop where recipients could browse and redeem items.
  • Handled by Us: We made setup instant, fulfillment effortless, and allowed the team to tailor their shop with festive, on-brand products.
  • The Outcome: A 95% redemption rate and a fully reusable holiday shop for future seasons—proving that flexibility = higher engagement.

“We cut 9 vendors, saved a ton of money, and took our engagement to an all-new level.”

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Nish Patel, CEO, Paperchase

Packaging & Experience Design

 Gifting is more than the product—it’s the presentation. At Stadium we offer branded, ready-to-ship holiday kits that look as good as they feel to receive. Because when your team opens that box, you want them to say “wow.”

Incorporate Recognition into Employee Onboarding process
  1. Branded Boxes- Add your logo, holiday messaging, and seasonal designs to the outside of your mailers for an unforgettable first impression.
  2. Box Sleeves- Looking for a temporary holiday vibe? Add a festive sleeve that slides over your standard branded box—easy, seasonal, and budget-friendly.
  3. Printed Inserts- Include a personalized holiday message from leadership, a thank-you note, or even a QR code to a custom video or microsite.
  4. Interior Touches- Make the unboxing experience feel extra special with tissue paper, crinkle fill, ribbons, or tags that match your holiday theme.
  5. Product Curation- Choose from a premium catalog of cozy socks, mugs, snacks, tech, and more—carefully selected to suit every style and budget.

Total customization, efficiency, and scale

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Add custom swag and gifts from our catalog

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Apply your branding to the entire experience

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Give points, currency, or go priceless

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Global and cross-company efficient

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Want to include branded merch?

Swag production and customizations require some extra lead time. Get in touch today to make your magic.

GOT A QUESTION?

Frequently Asked Questions

Priceless: Ideal for prospecting, lead generation, or trade shows when you want customers to pick a fixed number of items
Points: Ideal when you want to gift someone points to redeem
USD: Ideal for e-commerce or fundraising

A priceless shop is great for prospecting, lead generation, or when you want your recipients to pick X items. For priceless shops, you can generate an order link without paying for anything up front; you’ll pay based on redemptions when you approve the orders.
You only pay when you approve. No upfront payment is required.