I'm starting to wonder if I will be able to make it through a holiday season over the next five years without attending an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party of sorts. I don't mind them, I did discover The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection CD on Friday night at one such party, but they've just exploded over the past few years.
People don't even bother having contests anymore, everyone just wants to wear them over and over again in lieu of choosing multiple holiday outfits.
This picture is of my friends and I, in Dallas last week, having an Ugly Christmas Sweater Tea Party of all things. It was grand. The girls agreed that each of our mothers does not appreciate us asking her to borrow clothing for costume purposes. The same goes with 80's Prom or other related events.
I started thinking of what we will get harassed for in 20 years. Our kids will probably wear Juicy Couture sweats and Uggs and laugh at how ridiculous we looked... though I don't think any one of us will ever escape ridicule, from our children or each other, for wearing Doc Martens, either.
"One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness."
-Gustave Flaubert
2 comments:
A tea party sounds fun!
We still have contests and we don't recycle our sweaters. It's actually a rule that we can't. Each year the outfits get uglier and uglier (see my blog for proof).
But I do agree, they have gained popularity and that makes it slightly less fun on occasion.
I can only imagine what our kids will make fun of us for!
You know, sadly, I have never been to one of these :-(
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