Discover The True Origin of The Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

December has arrived and over the next several weeks there's a good chance that you'll be invited to an ugly Christmas sweater party.

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You might even see an ugly Christmas sweater bar crawl while out for dinner or drinks.

The best ugly Christmas sweaters are brightly colored and might include tinsel, pom-poms, flashing lights, or cartoonish holiday figures like reindeer or Santa.

The uglier and tackier the sweater, the better.

Recently I heard that the ugly Christmas sweater party was created in Michigan.

Who Started The Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Tradition

I read a story the other day that said the ugly Christmas sweater party tradition actually was created in Kalamazoo at Western Michigan University.

According to Mlive, Back in 2000 Bob Wedge and his friends at Cedar Street apartment in Kalamazoo had a “turtleneck and sweater extravaganza" party which they say was the first ugly Christmas sweater party of its kind.

Coming up later this month Wedge is getting the gang back together for one last time.

He's hosting a 25th anniversary of the 'turtleneck and sweater extravaganza' party on Saturday, Dec. 20, at Fifth Avenue in Royal Oak.

I'm not great with dates, but I'm pretty sure 2000 comes before 2002, so I'm going to believe that Bob Wedge and his friends at Cedar Street apartment in Kalamazoo were the first ones to ever host an "ugly Christmas sweater party

If you see me out in the next few weeks having fun and being obnoxious please don't judge me or my friends in our ugly Christmas sweaters.

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