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| Taken: Kelly Hammond, 2010 |
In the past few years, I have found that ugly Christmas sweater parties are becoming more and more prevalent. It leads me to wonder where this new "tradition" came from?
I did some research, and I found some very interesting facts about the potential origin story of the "ugly sweater party". You'll be excited to hear that the potential origin of the USP begins in Vancouver, Canada! In 2001, three men wrote a book called Ugly Sweater Party Book: The Definitive Guide to Get your Ugly On. Since then, USP's have ended up on a very prestigious list called "Stuff White People Like" in 2008. It seems as though in the past 10 years, ugly sweater parties have boomed throughout the nation. Most people go to stores like Value Village and rummage through the old clothes for a "good" sweater. But the lucky ones, we find some sexy gems in our grandparents closets. The sweaters all shown in the picture above were found in my very own grandparents' closet.
We all remember growing up and year after year, watching Bill Cosby sport the old man's wooly sweater, or witnessing Chevy Chase's questionable winter attire. Everyone had that grade school teacher who had the most heinous themed pullovers that were ever made. Sweaters that looked like they were made by blind, old women who had less than no fashion sense.
I still just want to know who was bored and went through their grandparents closet and said "hmm! I think I'm going to wear this to my Christmas party tonight!!" Have you guys been to ugly Christmas sweater parties? Do the sweaters still itch as much as they did when you were a kid?!
Sources:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/ugly-holiday-sweater-parties-the-origin-of-the-seasons-sarcastic-trend/2011/11/29/gIQAzl3g9N_blog.html
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