When Ugly Turns to Beautiful: Ugly Christmas Sweaters

When Ugly Turns to Beautiful: Ugly Christmas Sweaters Facts about Ugly Christmas Sweaters Bill Cosby is considered the Father of the Ugly Christmas sweater An "Ugly Christmas Sweater" is any sweater with a Christmas theme that is considered bad taste, tacky, or gaudy "The Cosby Show" was named after the actor/comedian BilI Cosby who wore a lot of ugly sweaters while acting Christmas sweaters were first mass manufactured under the name “Jingle Bell Sweaters" History of The Ugly Christmas Sweater Party 1-1 The city of Vancouver, Canada claims to be the birthplace of the first ugly sweater party in 2002 Every year at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver a party is held and the dress code is an ugly sweater affair Chris Boyd and Jordan Birch, are the co-founders of the Commodore's annual ugly sweater party Popularity of The Ugly Christmas Sweater Party $600 1980s The actual mass-market ugly sweater reached its peak popularity sometime in the 1980s On Nordstrom.com, one ugly Christmas sweater goes for $600 Famous People known for wearing Ugly Christmas Sweaters Bill Cosby as Cliff Huxtable on his eponymous '80s sitcom, "The Cosby Show" Colin Firth wearing reindeer turtleneck sweater in the 2001 hit Bridget Jones' Diary Chevy Chase in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Val Doonican who appeared in these type of jumpers in their television Christmas specials Ualy CHRISTMAS SWEATERee PARTY BQOK Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Book Definitive in every way, Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Book includes the history of the event, how to throw the perfect party, what to wear, and how to judge the all-important ugly Christmas sweater contest. The book was written by Brian Miller, Adam Paulson, and Kevin Wool UGLYSweater Christmas References: inventors.about.com/od/uvstartinventions/a/Ugly_Sweaters.htm newsfeed.fime.com/2011/12/22/a-brief-history-of-the-ugly-christmas-sweater www.obramsbooks.com/Books/Ugly_Christmas_Sweater_Party_Book-9780810997523.html www.UGLYCHRISTMASSWEATER.COM