A long-held claim by two Canadians that they started the trend of hosting ugly Christmas sweater parties in 2002 has recently been disputed by a group of Western Michigan University alumni. The claim, ...
RELATED: Where did the ‘ugly sweater party’ originate ... the kitschy sweaters back in fashion in the late 1980s. The themed parties were something that did not take off until the new ...
still participates in a sweater-themed party annually with work friends in Northern Michigan. “This thing totally grew its own wings, it flew and it evolved,” he said. “The ‘ugly’ thing ...