Reminds me of working in my dad's construction company year ago.
Every Christmas he would show up at the shop and hand out $2000 Christmas bonus checks (at least that was what mine came to).
And every year he would take us out to the Comedy and magic club in Hermosa Beach CA. and pick up the tab... on a few occasions we saw Jay Leno!
When my brother took over the company those traditions went by the wayside.