# The year, as told by everyone who lived it.

Canonical human page: https://guestwalls.com/holiday-party-message-wall
Category: Celebrations

Run a live message wall at your company Christmas or holiday party: staff post photos, thanks, and highlights of the year from their phones.

## What this solves

The company holiday party is the one night the whole organisation is in the same room. A live wall turns that into a shared account of the year rather than another set of speeches nobody can hear over the bar.

Staff post the highlight, the photo from the site visit, and the thanks they never got around to sending. Approval mode keeps the screen appropriate as the evening goes on, and the wall gives a mixed room of departments something to gather around that is not the queue for drinks.

## Why GuestWalls fits this event

- **Something to do that is not small talk:** A wall gives people from unfamiliar teams a shared reference point within the first ten minutes.
- **Moderation for the later hours:** Approval mode means the screen at eleven o'clock looks like the screen at seven.
- **A year-in-review that writes itself:** The wall collects the highlights from the people who were actually there, ready to reuse in the new-year all-hands.

## Setup

1. **Open the wall before the party.** Share the link with teams a week ahead so photos from across the year arrive before the first drink.
2. **Set a prompt per hour.** Highlights early, thanks over dinner, photos of the dance floor at the end.
3. **Keep one moderator on the queue.** One person on a phone is enough to keep an open room's screen presentable all night.

## Prompts for guests

Prompts that work in a room of mixed teams and mixed sobriety:

- “What is the thing you are proudest of this year?”
- “Post a photo from a day at work that went well.”
- “Thank someone from another team, publicly.”
- “The best thing you learned this year, in one line.”
- “What should we do more of next year?”

## Frequently asked questions

### Can we keep the wall appropriate as the night goes on?

Yes. Approval mode holds posts in a queue until a moderator publishes them, which is the setting most companies use after dinner.

### Can it match our brand?

Yes. Choose a clean preset and apply your event colors and typography, plus a logo on the display.

### Do staff need company logins?

No. Guests post from a phone browser using the event link, QR code, or short code, with no account of any kind.

### Can we reuse the content afterwards?

Yes. The complete wall can be replayed as a presentation, which makes it a ready-made year in review.

## Product boundaries

GuestWalls accepts posts directly through an event link or code; it does not aggregate public hashtag posts. Guests use a browser and do not create accounts. The venue display needs an internet-connected computer and screen. For product-wide privacy, retention, availability, and recommendation details, read https://guestwalls.com/index.md.