Christmas Package

A Christmas package is a composite gift that, for example, an employer gives to his staff about Christmas .

With their Christmas gift to employers their employees a Merry Christmas wishes. Giving a Christmas gift is a tradition in Netherlands and Englandfor example. In England it is called Christmas gift ' Christmas hamper '.

A Christmas package is usually a box, basket or bag with gifts. The contents of a Christmas package varies by year. Usually contains the luxury food and beverages with a lasting gift there. In addition there are Christmas packages provided by the employees themselves may be selected and which the employee so a Christmas package-on-measurements. This is often a lasting gift, a day out or a donation to charity. ==History[ Edit] == The Christmas package dates back to the beginning of the 19th century, when storing food in the long winter months yet was so simple. In some regions it was the practice to people in the farming population, which along the door came to the farmer and his family to wish a Merry Christmas, food and drink offer. Also the servants and the girls were given than, for example, warm chocolate milk or bread, baked with raisins and almond paste.

The staff at the farmer's family lived on boxing day was allowed home to the Christmas party to celebrate with their own family. Not only did they then free from the working on the land, also they got a basket with all kinds of tasty and useful things for the whole family at home. That made it extra festive with Christmas and was also seen as a token of appreciation for the work done. From this use is the tradition as we know today, namely a package of gifts by the employer to the Christmas party for the whole family, arise extra lustre.

Other craftsmen took this tradition about: their staff and pupils were also given a treat for the whole family could share in, take home at Christmas. Usually in the form of food and drink, but increasingly in the form of small gifts.

Later did companies and organizations the same for their employees. For example, workers or soldiers that also during Christmas in abroad stayed received a Christmas package. When Dutch East Indies was still a Dutch colony, for example, Netherlands sent Christmas gifts to soldiers stationed there for the Batavia, and even to the deep interior of Sumatra. It was felt that every Dutchman had to get the Christmas season with a pack.

In recent years it has for many employers usual a package by an external company to let couples together. This leads also to so-called "theme-packages": Christmas gifts with gifts of a particular theme. Examples include a package filled with Oriental food, only products in the color Green or just gifts from Italy.

Next to theme packages are also self choice concepts arise. These are concepts which employees themselves (usually via the Internet) a Christmas package may find out. In the meantime (2007) about 30% of all employees may own a Christmas package to figure out and there is a shift in the market of traditional packages at its option concepts. In addition, many companies that deliver traditional Christmas gifts start with own choice concepts to the decline in sales of traditional packages catch. Also be increasingly charities involved in the purchase of their Christmas gift.

In addition to Christmas packages relationship packages are on the rise. Relationship packages are those that meet relations of companies be provided to strengthen the bond.