The Miller family gets together every year on Christmas Eve. This is a time to eat, fellowship together, and see some people that we may only get to see once or twice a year. This year in particular, we decided to do something a little different. I wanted to try a Christmas sweater party. Parties with this theme are becoming more and more popular and I thought this would be something great to do with the amount of people that we have. The grand prize, a $15 Walmart giftcard, luxurious right?!
Andrew, Samantha & I before leaving
During this year's Miller Thanksgiving, I announced the specifics of the contest:
-You needed to wear a unique Christmas-themed sweater
(We used "Unique" in place of "Tacky" because some people achieve tacky in their normal attire haha.)
-To enter, you had to bring a can of food, that would be donated to our local outreach ministry
-You would only be judged from your neck to your waist
Upon putting this little event together, I had no idea that people would get so into it! What a great surprise! We all arrived to my Great-Aunt Jean's around 5:30pm that night. Everyone brought their dish and came ready to eat.
Some people had on their sweaters when they got their, while others didn't put on their creations until right before judging. Instead of just having one or two family members be the judges, everyone got in on the decision. I told everyone that they would be judging us on tackiness, uniqueness and overall presentation. The contestants lined up in a different room and paraded in one by one, modeling our Christmas works of art. We even had an announcer to let them know who was coming up next.
These are a few of the beautiful creations!
Samantha, Ashley & I decided to go out together as the "Stokes County Rockettes"
This was definitely a Christmas Eve that we'll never forget!
Have you ever attended a tacky Christmas sweater party? Would you ever have one with your family?
9 comments:
Aww this is wonderful! I love that you did something to give back. I think I might take a page out of your book for next year, this just looked like too much fun ;)
xo
Wow Melody!! This is just wonderful!! I wish my family would do things like this.. I love that you coordinated all of this for everyone to participate! I am just in awe of how much fun it looks like you and your family were having!!! Great job! You have one compassionate family! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
This is by far the best Christmas sweater party I have heard about. Your family seems awesome! I'm glad it was such a great night for everyone!!
I think you win the award for coolest family Christmas party ever! Seriously, I have never seen so many awesome Christmas sweaters/outfits!
I love the whole concept of the party! Getting together with family, having fun, and donating to those who may not have as much! Looks like there were some very "unique" sweaters in in the contest! :)
Wow, WHAT a great idea! So sweet for you and your family to do!
Those are some awesomely "unique" Christmas sweaters! ha ha. Looks like ya'll had fun. I found your blog through Katie's and I will definitely be stopping by again!
UM this sounds amazing! What a great idea Melody! I wish my family was this coordinated pulling something like this off! I might start suggesting that everyone should bring one can of food to every holiday we celebrate to donate! looks like you all had a fantastic holiday!
Looks like you had a fabulous Christmas! xo
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