This year’s festivities included an ugly sweater contest. I was not inclined to participate (and John didn’t really care). We don’t own Christmas sweaters, and I didn’t see much point in buying an ugly sweater just for this. Seemed dumb. So we arrived without, and Emily was disappointed in our lack of enthusiasm. I caved to family pressure (a little) and bought two t-shirts and some fabric markers from Michael’s.
John wrote the end of Chevy Chase’s rant from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation on his. I found that fabric markers (red and silver) didn’t show up on my black t-shirt at all. Luckily, Molly had some glitter paint markers left over from who knows what, so I painted a menorah on the front and wrote “Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal” on the back. (Thank you, Home Alone.)
It was a little harder to read when I actually wore the shirt. Also, it was glitter paint, so it needed time to dry. I put the shirt on hanger (with a swivel hook) and hung it in a doorway. The paint ran, especially on the menorah. It’s fine on the candles. I can imagine that’s dripping wax. But the menorah’s base was supposed to end at that horizontal line. After the dripping, it kind of looks like a pitchfork. Oh, well.
Now that I think about it, I don’t think we actually judged or ranked the clothes.