A Grinch for hire at an office party works a lobby, a conference room, or a restaurant buyout. He does photo ops and a walk through the tables. Give the date, the city, the building name, and whether he should stay for the toast. Call (800) 297-0414 or use the form on the homepage.
Timing the hour at work
Match his clock to the program. Align his last frame with the last speech. When the program closes, he closes. Mid-day client events and evening staff parties use the same booking. Forty-five minutes covers a lobby line of thirty people. A full hour covers a walk of two floors. Tell us when people actually arrive, which is often fifteen minutes after the invite says, so he walks in on a full room.
Security desks and loading docks belong in the notes so he uses the door that is open after hours. Put the guard’s name and the suite number in the form. A producer or office manager should meet him in the lobby with a badge or a sign-in. Freight elevators beat crowded passenger cars when he is in full costume. Build ten minutes on the front for the walk from the dock to the room.
What to tell employees
Send one line in the invite: the Grinch arrives at this time, phones welcome, gifts optional. People relax when they know the bit is coming. If the joke is a stolen present from the boss, tell the boss first. Keep company humor inside the company; leave layoffs and reviews off the script. Kids at a family-open-house night get a gentler version. Say which crowd you have so the performer calibrates.
A five-minute warning on Slack or in the break room fills the lobby. One volunteer should point to the photo spot. Another can hold a small prop sack for people who want a two-person shot. Name tags help him greet people in character. Tell guests where to stand so the first still is ready when he enters.
Photos and a simple game
Phones are enough. A blank wall or a branded step-and-repeat in the lobby beats overhead fluorescents on a shiny conference table. Turn on every can light. Shoot horizontal so the full suit is in the frame. For a game, a stolen-gift walk works: he lifts a wrapped dummy box from the tree, the room boos, then he returns it to the person whose name you gave us. Keep that to one bit so the photo line still moves.
Skits of two or three minutes sit between photo groups. Interactive shots with employees — pointing at a laptop, peeking around a cubicle — are the usual ask. Leave real gifts on the host table unless you want him to hand them out in that hour. A small speaker for a walk-on sting is optional; most rooms already have a playlist. One person should run the camera so everyone else can watch.
Santa on the same clock
Many offices book both. The Grinch does the bit. Santa sits for the picture. Say so when you book so both clocks line up and both quotes sit on one email. Santa needs a chair and a tree or a backdrop. The Grinch needs floor space to walk. A lobby can hold both if you stagger them by ten minutes. Tell employees the order so they know who comes first.
Stores, clients, and photo sets
Tell us if he is walking the floor or standing at a backdrop. Headcount if you have it. Client dinners need the restaurant name and a manager on the door. Photo sets need the call time and whether hair and makeup already have a room; he arrives in costume. The quote follows the date, the city, and how long he stays. Call (800) 297-0414 with those three facts and we hold the window.