2nd Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Cookie Contest

Last year we started an 'Ugly Christmas Sweater Cookie Contest' at the house. Little did we know this year would have a pandemic! But we decided to do it anyway. I let the attendees know there wouldn't be any judgement if they wore a mask at the party. We had 14 attend. Young and old!

We finished the big part of the dining room renovation on Saturday. Cleaned up the dining room, cleaned up my horribly messy craft room and picked up the living room. I made 24 sweater sugar cookies for Sunday's contest. And - because I added a cookie exchange this year - made a batch of cherry icebox cookies and chocolate crinkle cookies. 

The party is only about 2 hours long, but it gives us a chance to get together with friends from church in a non-church setting. The people from church that come are choir (vocal and bell) members, worker bees who decorate, etc. There are some other friends there, but the main group is from church. This year, my son (Evan) brought his girlfriend and her brother and sister. Her brother who is 12 years old won the Ugliest Cookie! He was excited even though the prize was a candle and hand sanitizer. Aren't kids what Christmas is about anyway? The adults were thrilled for him!

Below are pictures of the ugly cookies and some friends who attended. The last pic is of me and my sister, Barbara Harmer. She lives with us and it's great having her here!

Just so you know - #2 was the WINNER! Or is it really the loser? 😆