Holiday Gifts for Employees: 11 Amazing Picks to Lift Office Spirits

A daily office ritual is shootin’ the breeze with a colleague while enjoying a cup o’ joe. And if coffee isn’t their bag, there are also tea bags and hot cocoa mix to please everyone’s beverage pleasure.

One word comes to mind looking at the photo of this gift: refreshing. Spring. Picnic. OK, that’s three. Isn’t there a rule about how things in three are just better? Plus, the lemonade is from France. Don’t we all want to eat and drink like the French?

I love the word heritage. It's used to describe things that have been around a while, are durable, and you can count on it; as well as tradition. That’s what these chocolates are. They’ve been getting made in the Harry & David Candy Kitchen for decades. You can count on the 15 pieces of classic chocolates being delicious and putting a smile on anyone’s face.

Though these truffles are meant for after dinner, I won’t tell anyone if you have them after lunch. Heck, have them before your lunch or as your lunch. It’s Christmastime, so better yet, eat them before work. Breakfast of champions, right?

Speaking of breakfast…

Just add eggs and you have all the fixings for a delicious gourmet one. The Eggs Benedict Box, which serves around four people, is perfect for a lazy Sunday morning feast when they’re minds are definitely not on finishing those reports.

You may think that you’re a kid in a candy store when you’re selecting from nine different chocolate bars, all with varying amounts of cacao: 41%, 62%, 70%, 82%. These premium bars make great gifts to leave on coworkers’ desks, slip inside a greeting card, or be flung around the office as prizes when you’re playing office trivia.

Become an office superstar by satisfying everyone’s sweet tooth with delicious (not to mention adorable) reindeer-looking, chocolate-covered strawberries. Covered in premium silky milk chocolate, these delectable treats are decorated to look just like Rudolph, and they come in three sizes (there’s that number again!). Everyone in the office will shout with glee, and you'll go down in history as the company’s best gift giver.

Got a team of one-of-a-kind employees? Give them a gift that is worthy of their unicorn abilities with a dozen unicorn cake pops. The chocolate truffles underneath the fantasy unicorn are rich, dark, and moist.

There are many ways to say thank you to a colleague who’s been by your side throughout the year. They covered for you when you were on jury duty. They taught you how to create charts in Excel. They went for coffee for the team every afternoon. The list goes on and on. Since they do everything, thank them with a gift basket that has everything.

Brighten up someone's desk with a beautiful money tree. Not only do live plants boost happiness and air quality, according to feng shui enthusiasts, but the seven leaves also allegedly bring extra luck and attract the energies of wealth and prosperity. A great sign, perhaps, that they'll also be getting that end-of-year bonus…

You demand excellence from your staff so, in turn, they demand some R&R. This gift set says, “Hey, it’s 5 p.m. Go punch out, head home, unwind in a bath while sipping a glass of wine.” Just remind them to come back to work the next day.