{"id":12396,"date":"2013-11-15T12:03:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/?p=12396"},"modified":"2022-03-23T14:40:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T19:40:18","slug":"how-to-host-an-ugly-christmas-sweater-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/how-to-host-an-ugly-christmas-sweater-party\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Host an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-12397\" src=\"\/blog\/media\/how-to-host-an-ugly-sweater-party.png\" alt=\"How to Host an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party\" width=\"199\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/how-to-host-an-ugly-sweater-party.png 284w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/how-to-host-an-ugly-sweater-party-131x150.png 131w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/how-to-host-an-ugly-sweater-party-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>Every office party should have food and drinks, but an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party should have a few additional elements that make it unique. Check out a few tips on how to host an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party so you ensure the gathering is festive, fun and honors all those who had the courage to show up in their most frightening holiday garb.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Entice with Invites<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ensure your guests know what they\u2019re in for by sending out eye-catching invitations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Christmas\/Postcards\">Christmas postcards<\/a> make an ideal choice, since you can beef up the holiday spirit with an overall Christmas theme. You can even go one better by showcasing a photo of an ugly Christmas sweater on the front with the text, \u201cCan your ugly Christmas sweater top this? Show up at our party!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Captivate with Party Activities<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Once people are in the office door, it\u2019s integral to keep them amused. Keep the<br \/>\nugly Christmas sweater theme hopping with a series of contests. In addition to the<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-12422\" src=\"\/blog\/media\/Candy-Cane-Lane-Holiday-Postcards-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"            Candy Cane Lane Holiday Postcards by PaperDirect\" width=\"240\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Candy-Cane-Lane-Holiday-Postcards-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Candy-Cane-Lane-Holiday-Postcards-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Candy-Cane-Lane-Holiday-Postcards-350x290.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Candy-Cane-Lane-Holiday-Postcards.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/> overall \u201cUgliest Christmas Sweater at the Party\u201d award, you can hold a variety of other contests so as many people as possible receive prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Prizes, of course, can be useful gadgets or doodads emblazoned with your company\u2019s name or logo. And there\u2019s no harm investing in a customized trophy of plaque for the top winner of ugliest sweater overall. Other contest ideas may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ugly sweater that came from the strangest place<\/li>\n<li>Greatest-traveled ugly sweater, based on place it came from or places it has been<\/li>\n<li>Best story behind the ugly sweater, either a story of how it was obtained or reactions it evoked<\/li>\n<li>Cheapest or most expensive price paid for ugly sweater<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Honor Their Courage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It probably took guts for folks to show up at an office party donning a really awful sweater, and that courage should not go to waste. Set up a photo booth, capture a few staged group shots or stock your party with a roaming photographer who can capture the ugliest Christmas sweaters in action. Turn the photos into personalized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Christmas\/Postcards\">Christmas postcards<\/a> you can send out to the appropriate parties or use as the basis for next year\u2019s Ugly Christmas Sweater Party invite.<\/p>\n<p>An Ugly Christmas Sweater Party instantly breaks the ice for party guests, since the sickening sweaters on hand instantly give them something to chat about. Hosting one at your business can help it be remembered as a place that is warm, inviting and tons of fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every office party should have food and drinks, but an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party should have a few additional elements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[258],"class_list":["post-12396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-holiday-party-tips","tag-office-party"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18931,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12396\/revisions\/18931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}