Week 49 – Part 2: Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
December 20, 2010
After hearing about Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties for several years, I finally got to one, actually two, myself.
Part of the fun of an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party is going to find your ugly sweater. I live a couple blocks from the Ragstock in Uptown and they have racks and racks of ugly sweaters. As I enter Ragstock to locate my ugly sweater, I am excited to laugh hysterically at the ridiculous green and red sweaters with puffy Santas, reindeer with red pom-pom noses and trees with 3-D lights. As I’m looking through the racks, my thoughts are, “These aren’t so bad.” and “This one is really cute”. With my final thought being, “I must be getting old – these sweaters aren’t ugly at all”.
I find my sweater – a black sweater with grey sleeves with two pixilated Santas. I didn’t think the sweater was ugly, but I purchased the sweater because I felt bad for the Santas – they looked sad. I also had plans to add some flair of my own to the sweater. As I was shopping, I realized a very important piece of the Ugly Sweater party (thanks to the male shoppers at Ragstock) – guys look ridiculous in any Holiday sweater and I do believe that is where most of the laughter comes from at the party.
The Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties were on Friday, December 10th. We started out at the VFW in Uptown and then went to the Great Sun on Nicollet. An Ugly Christmas Sweater Party isn’t that different from other parties, however one big difference is the camaraderie you feel with the other ugly sweater party-goers.
My sad Santas with added present flair.
Some new friends in ugly sweaters.
Christmas and Cosby sweaters welcome.
Patrick, Jody and Me in our sweaters.
