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Vancouver's Annual Ugly Sweater Holiday Party
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by Rob Peters | December 2, 2007 at 01:08 pm
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Bill Cosby would be proud. I bought a gorgeous lemon-yellow retirement cardigan yesterday but unfortunately it makes me sneeze non-stop. I may as well be wearing a cat. Tradesies anyone?
I'd encourage everyone to comment with their own ugly sweater stories and dreams. Photos too.
The 2006 holiday season marked the fifth anniversary of the Ugly Christmas Sweater Party at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC. From my extensive research, it appears that this is the earliest known sighting of this phenomenon, which is reaching epic proportions.A popular theme for parties these days is to make an ugly sweater mandatory for entry. One invitation reads, "The uglier the sweater, the better the party." Check out Craigslist and you'll find posters desperate for cheesy Christmas sweaters.
Whether it started in Vancouver or elsewhere, we applaud this tradition, which epitomizes hellishness. Want to throw an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party yourself? Or maybe you've been invited to one and don't know what to do--after all, your holiday clothes are so tasteful that you don't have anything appropriate! (Yeah, right.) Here's a helpful guide.
Details for this year's party are as follows:
The 6th Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
Commodore Ballroom , Vancouver, BC
Fri, Dec 21, 2007 08:00 PM
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at 13:39 on December 2nd, 2007
My friends and I felt that the best way to start off the season, festivly, would be to wear ugly sweaters in public places as a group. The sweaters are all curtosy of one girl's mom.
at 21:27 on November 29th, 2008
How awesome/horrible that you were able to raid one person's closet and all of their sweaters were ugly. It must look a lot like the closet at baadsheep.com!
at 14:46 on December 2nd, 2007
striped like a candy cane...every holiday party needs an ugly sweater!
at 15:06 on December 2nd, 2007
I own no ugly sweaters (at least *I* don't think they're ugly), but I avoid argyle at all costs.
at 07:22 on December 3rd, 2007
Not only is this one of the ugliest sweaters ever, it is a sweater I am *making* for someone who thinks it's lovely.
at 08:25 on December 3rd, 2007
Angora puppies and pink argyle- a holiday match topped off with some classy PBR to ring in the season. We attend an annual bad-sweater-party every year in Oklahoma.
at 11:40 on December 3rd, 2007
Tubey was not destined to be ugly. I am sure that many knitters of this pattern have beautiful results. I like the colors I chose. They are not so garish in person! It's just that I need to fiddle with the form. The entire neck opening needs some adjusting. It is an odd fit for me and accentuates my bad posture!
at 14:26 on December 3rd, 2007
the uglier...the better!
at 14:28 on December 3rd, 2007
totally agree
at 21:01 on December 3rd, 2007
this is my severely impared friend. he found a gun it was awesome
at 18:56 on December 5th, 2007
Hi. I won the worst Christmas sweater party of 2006! Merry Jebusmus!
at 15:04 on December 9th, 2007
Chicago gadabout Chris Sloan demonstrates a romantic technique called "Double-Barrel" while wearing his favorite sweater.
at 09:10 on November 11th, 2008
We actually had a Holiday sweater party in 2003 and 2004. We have pictures to document. We weren't able to have it since, but this year we are. So it is our Third Annual. WooT!
at 21:25 on November 29th, 2008
An ugly sweater HAS to have bells or horrible colors or SOMETHING. I've found that the ones that get the most attention are the ones you feel silliest wearing. I found a site called baadsheep.com that has a ton of these, I'm eyeing one now called "The Shimmering Walk of Shame".