Office invitations do not have to look like a memo. This one borrows from 1950s holiday cards: geometric trees, polka dot ornaments, starbursts in coral, teal and deep green. It is cheerful and a little retro, and it works for a team of five or five hundred.
Use it for the company holiday party, a team lunch, an after-work gathering or a small business thanking its clients. Put the company name on it, then the day, the time and the room or the restaurant. Friday evenings work best; people relax when there is no work the next morning.
Ideas that match the look: a retro cocktail menu, a playlist of fifties and sixties Christmas songs, an ugly or vintage sweater contest, and a white elephant gift swap with a small price limit. Send the card early in November; December calendars fill up faster than anyone expects.
