To show your appreciation to your workforce for a great and challenging year. The most desired is an unexpected bonus, the second is most likely paid time off so your employees can be with their loved ones. Since a lot of workers take vacation time during the Christmas holidays, it might be wise to shut the doors and tell everyone to go home with pay and return sometime after January 1. For those employees who must work during the holidays, a bonus, gift certificate and / or a special written note of Thanks or handshake could do wonders for morale! Never forget that it is these workers who have made and will make the business successful!