Five reasons to play Christmas music in offices with tips from The Workplace Depot

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year –  the decorations, the gift wrapping, the cosy nights by the fire – and of course the music!

There’s nothing quite like hearing your favourite Christmas songs as you browse for unique gift items or sip a festive hot chocolate as you enjoy a moment off your feet.

But did you know Christmas music can be just as important to the office environment as well?

From bringing the team together, to helping keep energy levels up, Christmas music does all this and more at Nottingham-based industrial and workplace stockist, The Workplace Depot.

TheMusicLicence spoke to Business Development Manager, Chrissy Whitechurch to hear more about the importance of Christmas music to their teams and share five reasons offices and workplaces should consider playing Christmas music this festive season.

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1. Enhance the atmosphere and increase engagement

Playing Christmas music can help to make a workplace feel instantly more festive which can boost the mood, enhance the atmosphere and make an environment feel more upbeat. It can help put employees in a good mood, increase engagement and make a workplace feel more appealing. Christmas music could help to increase concentration too, by blocking out unwanted noise and distractions, helping to make the environment feel more enjoyable and teams feel more focused and at ease as a result.

2. Bring the team together

Playing music in an office or workplace can help to set the tone and create an atmosphere which everyone can relate to and experience together – particularly Christmas music when teams can bond over a certain song, artist or genre. For The Workplace Depot, Christmas music is “essential in bringing everyone together” and can help to lift the mood across the entire business. As Chrissy explains, “having Christmas music on helps us feel brighter, it’s a special time of year where both our customers and us are in high spirits…The team particularly enjoy 80’s cheesy Christmas hits – WHAM! all the way!”

3. Lift the mood and boost wellbeing

According to our survey, almost 70% of people said Christmas music makes them feel festive, while over 50% said Christmas music helps to boost their mood.1 Introducing Christmas music to the workplace this year, could improve wellbeing by making staff feel more positive and engaged.   It doesn’t have to be just Christmas music either. Mixing up the playlist to include some upbeat songs or even more calming tracks alongside the Christmas music could help to keep the energy up, avoid repetition and keep the atmosphere feeling fresh and interesting.

4. Keep teams motivated

Christmas can be a busy time of year for a business, and its workforce, so playing Christmas music can be a great way to keep teams motivated and energised. As Chrissy explains, “the warehouse staff have music on in all locations throughout the day. It breaks up any monotony and repetitiveness the team may be experiencing over the day [and] helps to mix their day up. Christmas music can be just as beneficial for the office team as well by making them “more excited about the season, generally in brighter moods and more engaged with their workload.”

5. Protect the future of music

By playing music in the workplace and purchasing TheMusicLicence, businesses can help protect the future of music by ensuring those who creating it are fairly paid for their work.  As Chrissy explains, “it’s so important for us to know artists we are playing, are paid respectively and fairly for the work – we support this 100%! In respect of the artist, it’s about fairness, reward and respect for their craft. It’s not too indifferent to our own manufacturing – it’s important for us to have our mark on our product and we want to be recognised for what we are doing.

These are just a few ways Christmas music can be beneficial to your office or workplace this festive season. You can read the full interview with The Workplace Depot here. For more information on TheMusicLicence contact our Team on 0800 072 0808 or visit our Get TheMusicLicence page to arrange a music licence for your business.

References

  1. Survey performed by Attest based on 200 UK adults, in November 2022

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Rhiannon Jepson

Rhiannon Jepson is a Member of The Chartered Institute of Public Relations and has worked in communication roles for around 7 years. She joined PPL PRS in November 2017, shortly after studying for a degree in English Literature, where she developed her love of writing and creativity. Since then, she has completed the CIPR Foundation course and enjoys bringing together her love of communications and music through her role as Senior PR & Communications Executive.
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Read the full Q&A with The Workplace Depot on how music helps them to celebrate the festive season in the workplace.

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