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A Six Second Tour of or Warehouse

Over 8,000 Ugly Christmas Sweaters Here's a quick peak inside the walls of our somewhat organized "warehouse" - we call it a warehouse or shop or shoppe when we're feeling fancy, but really its just an open space filled with racks and racks and racks that hold all of our vintage, tacky, 80's sometimes 90's and even worse sometimes 70's style Ugly Christmas Sweaters. Buy Vintage Cheap Christmas Sweaters    Cheers!

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Things Got Ugly on Fox & Friends

  Well, it's officially become another holiday tradition, as "Team Ugly", Adam, Kevin and myself made our fourth consecutive appearance on Fox & Friends this weekend, but with a twist - things got ugly LIVE in their New York studios! This was our first time visiting their NYC studios, as we have traditionally just done a satellite feed from Chicago, so it was up close, in person and even more UGLY! There's nothing more exciting this time of year than to see hundreds of thousands of people from all over the globe come to view the Christmas decorations and lights in New York City!  The highlight was seeing the Christmas tree lit up at 30 Rockefeller Plaza - simply amazing! Certainly...

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2012 Recap & 4th Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

Our 4th Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party was a huge success and a great way to end the 2012 season!  We had such a great turnout - the bar was packed, the bowling lanes were full as hundreds of our friends, family and complete strangers gathered wearing their ugliest and tackiest Christmas sweaters to have a great time and raise money for StandUp2Cancer.  We're proud to say that with the help of over 20 local businesses and all those in attendance, we generated over $800 worth of raffle prizes and over $500 in cash donations! Thank you so much to all of our customers and business partners that helped make 2012 another record year!  Without you all, we'd just be...

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4th Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

  We couldn't think of anything better to do on the day the world is supposedly going to end, than to host our 4th Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party! Every year this gets bigger and better and 2012 should be OVER THE TOP! If you're in the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana area, Adam, Kevin and Brian -aka Team Ugly- would love for you to join in on the fun.  Wear your ugliest Christmas sweater and help raise money for some very worthy causes!  We look forward to seeing you there! Click on the image for details and an invite!

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How To: Build the Perfect Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Photo Booth

  Hi! I am Rachel, a huge fan of ugly sweaters and parties, and I am excited to be a guest blogger today for Team Ugly!  This is me, wearing my sweater from Ugly Christmas Sweater Party + showing off my autographed copy of their book. Yup, huge fan! My husband Troy and I just hosted our 2nd annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party last weekend, and I am here to share how I made this DIY photo booth. It was the perfect addition to our party this year! Supplies: Friend(s) with cool tools: Jigsaw, Electric Screwdriver, Staple Gun, Screws Large piece of plywood Two (2) large picture frames Wrapping paper Wood glue Adhesive glue Mod podge (opt) Random holiday decorations...

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