Get festive for the winter holidays (2025)

How do you like to celebrate during this winter season of many holidays?

The FP&M Wellness Committee invites you to wear your favorite festive/holiday/winter outfit on December 15 – 19 and decorate your workspace starting December 1.

Submit your group or individual photos of your decorated workspaces and/or your festive outfits to be shared on Inside FP&M and in the FP&M employee newsletter. See the festive flyer and guidelines. Learn more about each activity below!

Festive winter holiday outfits

Dec. 15 – 19

  1. Wear a festive outfit to work that shows how you like to celebrate a winter holiday or how you feel most “festive” on December 15 – 19. Note, all safety and PPE must still be worn. Please remember to be thoughtful and respectful of others’ beliefs and customs when choosing your outfit.
  2. Festive outfits from 2018

    Take a photo of yourself, with your team, or with others in your household.

  3. Share your festive photos any time before January 9 by completing the photo submission form or emailing your photos to wellness@fpm.wisc.edu with name(s), department or unit, and location of photo(s).

Submit Photo

Festive workspace decorating

Decor from the EH&S department offices in 21 N. Park St., 2024

Dec. 1 – Jan. 9

  1. Decorate. Starting on December 1, 2025, you can decorate your individual workspace or collective workspace as a team. Please decorate without inhibiting the function of the space.
    Example spaces to decorate: bulletin or marker boards, service counters, tool carts, break rooms, department conference rooms, offices, or cubicles
  2. Ensure that your decorations meet the Festive Wellness Decoration Guidelines.
  3. Take a photo of the decorated workplace!
  4. Share your festive photos before January 9, 2026 by submitting them here or by emailing wellness@fpm.wisc.edu.
  5. Remove any decorations by January 9, 2025.

Submit Photo

Guidelines to help you

When choosing your fun theme for display, please follow all workplace and safety guidelines and remember to be thoughtful and respectful of others’ beliefs and customs.

See Guidelines

Spread the word.

Print Flyer

 

Ideas for festive photos

Our Festive History

See photos from past years for inspiration: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018.

A side-view of Paige Taft's decorated office area with snowflakes, penguins and signs. Submitted by Paige Taft.

 

 

Other ideas 

Go solo! Snap a selfie photo wearing your festive/holiday look. This “party of one” is unstoppable and no one can tell you any different! Here you never run out of snacks and everyone likes your music playlist.

Strike a pose! Get creative and pose with co-workers in your most festive/holiday attire. You have all month to coordinate your masterpiece look …


Questions: wellness@fpm.wisc.edu | Learn more about wellness at FP&M: FP&M Wellness