{"id":2394,"date":"2009-12-28T07:12:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T13:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2009-12-28T08:33:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T14:33:46","slug":"ugly-ornament-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=2394","title":{"rendered":"Ugly Ornament Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week some of our friends hosted the annual Ugly Ornament Party. The premise is simple: everyone brings the ugliest homemade or purchased Christmas ornament they can find, and the group votes for the ugliest. This year&#8217;s crop was smaller than in years past but included some HORRIBLE ornaments. Here they are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Winner!<\/strong> &#8211; Neil and Ginger made this monstrosity using a bag of plastic body parts they bought at Wal-Mart for a buck. (?) His tongue is sticky. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/winner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/winner.jpg\" alt=\"winner\" title=\"winner\" width=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/winner.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/winner-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/winner-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the left is a homemade &#8220;ornament&#8221; made from a speaker on a home intercom system. On the right is&#8230;um&#8230;a snowman octopus?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/snowman-and-speaker.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/snowman-and-speaker.jpg\" alt=\"snowman and speaker\" title=\"snowman and speaker\" width=\"400\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/snowman-and-speaker.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/snowman-and-speaker-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/snowman-and-speaker-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Left: Santa riding a salmon instead of a sleigh. Right: Um&#8230;an elf sat in a cinnamon roll and got stuck?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/santas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/santas.jpg\" alt=\"santas\" title=\"santas\" width=\"400\" \" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/santas.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/santas-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/santas-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This squirrel is a bit&#8230;nutty. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/poop-squirrel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/poop-squirrel.jpg\" alt=\"poop squirrel\" title=\"poop squirrel\" width=\"400\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/poop-squirrel.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/poop-squirrel-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/poop-squirrel-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Left: the Three Little Pigs&#8217; house with the Big Bad Wolf dangling inexplicably underneath.<br \/>\nRight: (our entry) a ballerina pig. Nothing like pigs to celebrate the birth of a Jewish baby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/pigs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/pigs.jpg\" alt=\"pigs\" title=\"pigs\" width=\"400\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/pigs.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/pigs-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/pigs-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outer: a wreath made of tissue paper that somehow looks like a toilet seat.<br \/>\nInner: I guess it was supposed to be one of those first-Christmas-as-a-married-couple ornaments, but the bride and groom look like zombies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/domestic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/domestic.jpg\" alt=\"domestic\" title=\"domestic\" width=\"400\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/domestic.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/domestic-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/domestic-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brown Chicken, Brown Cow<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/brown-chicken-brown-cow.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/brown-chicken-brown-cow.jpg\" alt=\"brown chicken brown cow\" title=\"brown chicken brown cow\" width=\"400\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/brown-chicken-brown-cow.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/brown-chicken-brown-cow-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/wp-content\/2009\/12\/brown-chicken-brown-cow-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week some of our friends hosted the annual Ugly Ornament Party. The premise is simple: everyone brings the ugliest homemade or purchased Christmas ornament they can find, and the group votes for the ugliest. 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