Two thirds of staff would prefer a bonus to a Christmas party and only 3% would prefer a Christmas party to shopping vouchers, cash or more holiday.

Research from Monster shows 66% of staff do not look forward to office Christmas parties, preferring to spend time with friends or family.

Staff in the Netherlands are not feeling festive either with 91% of them dreading their work Christmas bash.

But 58% of Spanish staff, 50% of Swedish and 40% of Belgians are ‘absolutely looking forward' to celebrating Christmas with their work mates.