Decor Ideas to Elevate Your 2026 Christmas Party
Updated: Oct 5
Planning this year's Christmas party? The ideas below come from real setups we've installed for offices, venues and teams across Melbourne and Brisbane. Every price includes delivery, setup and pack-down, and you can book online in a few minutes. For the full range and prices, see our Christmas hire page.
A strong Christmas setup isn't about headcount or room size. A 12-person office can book the same feature wall as a 300-guest ballroom. What matters is the mood you want and what you want people to photograph. We plan every setup around three things: atmosphere, lighting and photos.
1. Atmosphere
Subtle or bold?
Decide first whether the night is understated or loud. Light up letters work either way, depending on where you put them and what they spell.
A single "XMAS" glowing in the background adds warmth to a dinner or a smaller room without taking over. For a bigger statement, put "MERRY CHRISTMAS" in mixed 60cm and 1.2m letters in front of an XL shimmer wall, flower wall or mixed wall. The larger backdrops give a room real presence and fit a full-team photo.
Pick A Theme
A theme gives guests something to dress for and gives you a clear direction for the styling. Gatsby, Hollywood and black-and-white are popular, and so are less expected choices like a country western night with "HOWDY" in lights. Spell out the theme in letters and you have your photo spot sorted.
Balloon arches and columns in the theme's colours, or your brand's, carry the look through the rest of the room.
2. Lighting
Bring In The Christmas Lights
Light up letters and numbers bring the glow of Christmas lights into any venue, whether they're on stage, part of a photo backdrop or standing on their own. Your company name in 1.2m letters is the most requested Christmas setup for corporate parties. In a darker room, add uplights to wash the walls or the backdrop in colour.
Add Colour
Every letter comes with a remote that changes the bulb colour, so you can run warm white for dinner and switch to red, green or gold for the dance floor. To build out a colour scheme, pair the letters with a shimmer wall, a faux floral backdrop or balloons. Balloon garlands are $350 per 3m section, all-inclusive with delivery and setup, in preset combinations such as white and gold or in custom colours. We also do balloon arches, columns and helium balloons in Christmas or brand colours.
3. Photos
Set Aside a Photo Spot
Give photos a dedicated space. A shimmer wall, flower wall or arch backdrop near the entrance catches everyone on arrival, while outfits are still fresh. Arch backdrops can carry custom vinyl signage with your message. If you have a photographer, put them there. To turn the entrance into a red-carpet arrival, add a red carpet runner with bollards.
Lighting Makes Better Photos
Dim function rooms produce dark, grainy photos. Light up letters and neon signs add light right where people stand, so photos come out clear even late in the night.
Put Your Brand in The Photos
Your company name in lights celebrates the year and puts your brand in every photo your team posts. The most booked corporate setup for 2026 is a shimmer wall with a balloon garland and a custom acrylic disk. Disks come in 60cm or 70cm with your logo, brand or wording such as "CHRISTMAS 2026", from $110. Real estate and property offices, mining firms, law firms and consultancies book it every December. See more corporate event hire.
Book Early
Thursdays and Fridays from late November to mid-December go first. In 2026 those are Thursday 3, 10 and 17 December and Friday 4, 11 and 18 December. Weeknights early in December stay available longer.
Hosting a Christmas Day lunch? We deliver the day before and collect the day after, at no extra cost. Online booking is paused 25 December–2 January, so email us for those dates.
Need it up for longer? We also do long-term Christmas installations for office foyers, shopping centres and council events, from a few days to five weeks.
Christmas party hire options
Light up letters and numbers: 1.2m and 60cm, A–Z and 0–9, with colour-change remotes.
Shimmer walls, flower walls and mixed walls: standard and XL sizes, in gold, silver and more.
Custom acrylic signage: 60cm or 70cm disks with your wording, brand or logo, from $110.
Neon signs: Merry Christmas, Let's Party and Let's Celebrate. All are RGB with a remote.
Arch backdrops: with optional custom vinyl signage.
Balloons: 3m garlands at $350 per section, all-inclusive with delivery and setup, plus arches, columns and helium balloons in Christmas or brand colours.
Orbs: big gold shiny balls that last longer and create less waste than balloons.
Faux florals: red rose backdrops and lush greenery florals.
Add-ons: red carpet, bollards and uplights.
Why Big Light Letters?
We're a family-run business founded in 2018, with teams in Melbourne and Brisbane.
Experience: more than 4,000 events delivered, around 600 a year.
Reviews: 250+ Google reviews, all five-star, across both cities.
All-inclusive pricing: GST, delivery, setup and collection, with no hidden fees.
Where we deliver: Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat in Victoria; Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. See delivery areas.
Easy booking: check live availability and book online with a 20% deposit.
For the full Christmas range, see our Christmas hire page. For corporate invoices, Christmas Day bookings or long-term installs, email our Melbourne branch melbourne@biglightletters.com.au or Brisbane branch info@biglightletters.com.au or call us on 1300 429 204.
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