‘People demand more’: office Christmas parties pivot from alcohol to activities

Escape rooms, murder mystery experiences and crazy golf are replacing traditional boozy lunches

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From telling your boss what you really think of them, to an ill-advised hook-up with a colleague, the traditional British office Christmas party usually supplies enough drama to provide ammunition for workplace gossip well into January.

Now, though, the annual booze-fuelled debauch appears to be falling out of favour as companies respond to changing cultural mores and home working – not to mention the mounting legal risk posed by festive impropriety.