Adventure #2: Family Christmas Party

Family Christmas parties are always a blast, but since this year's ugly sweater Christmas party included the best sweater I have yet laid eyes on, it was particularly memorable.

The competition was fierce.

Who needs a Macy's when you can handicraft your own attire using some hot glue and fresh-off-the-lawn pine cones?

Then there was this little beauty-- a shirt with as big a personality as... dare we say it?  It's wearer.  Jake seemed a little too confident in this eyesore.

Aw the famous "Y"... at an ugly sweater party.  Bet you can't tell what school our family favors, can you?

Tyler is modeling our cowboy meets biker look here.  The practicality of nice flannel combined with the classy physique of leather accessories wrapped up into one bright package?  No, it's not too good to be true.

Don't let the ruggedly handsome appearance of this little number fool you.  This looker was in fact stolen from our model's Mother's closet.  What a find!

Complete with battery powered flashing lights, this sweater is sure to help you reminisce of yesteryear when every John and Jane had flashy festive sweaters that screamed out, "Pass the egg nog ladies and gents!  There's a new caroler in town!"

Who says this sweater is out of date?!  A little tinsel here, a little tinsel there, and it's hipper than hip.



As seen here, Kelsi is channeling the Great Southwest in her Native American-like patterns and desert color scheme but more importantly, her outfit reminds us all of one monumental fact: shoulder pads never go out of style.



 


 

True, each of these sweaters brought their own wonderful contributions to the party, but in the end only one could walk away with the coveted 2010 ugliest sweater title.  That honor was rightly earned by this piece of eye candy:



We love everything from the upside down, slightly tipsy looking Frosty, to the awkwardly placed jingle bells.  But mostly, we're fans of the best feature about this sweater-- the ten inch long stuffed carrot protruding out from the mid section.  Nothing brought me closer to spitting out my mouthful of root beer like hearing someone ask loudly, "Is that a carrot or are you happy to see me?" 

Game over.  Game over.



Since blogger keeps protesting my posting of the sweater on the right here and I wanted to find a picture with a better view of the 2010 ugliest sweater winner, I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone by displaying this pic instead.  Hopefully this one will give you a better idea of just what was so hilarious about this year's winner.  On his left, you'll notice another favorite among this year's stars; the cheermeister made an appearance at our family Christmas party this year and anyone who has seen Jim Carey in The Grinch will surely appreciate the authenticity of this replica.





I would love to post pictures of everyone on here, but I'm afraid I'm just not patient enough for that. This will have to do.  We are so thankful to be surrounded by such a wonderful family during the Christmas season and for all the laughs we were able to share with them this year.  Thanks to all who participated and we hope everyone else's festivities were just as enjoyable.