# Ugly Sweater Gala

> Ugly Sweater Gala is a Retsy Series 1 NFT on Solana, card 1106 of 1,280 in the 10s TV & Video set, made in six finishes. A televised holiday special where families competed in hand-glued ugly sweaters for a golden reindeer trophy.

URL: https://retsy.fun/collection/ugly-sweater-gala/

- Card number: 1106 of 1,280
- Set: 10s TV & Video (10-TVV)
- Year: 2012
- Type: Holiday sweater competition
- Tagline: The uglier, the better.
- Found at: Channel 4, mid-December
- Cost back then: Free, hot glue extra
- Stats: Nostalgia 7/10, Hype 7/10, Weirdness 8/10, Trade value 6/10
- Finishes: Base (100 copies), Holo (50 copies), Laser (25 copies), Gold (10 copies), Super Laser (1 copy), Misprint (1 copy)
- Images: https://retsy.fun/nft/1106-base.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/1106-holo.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/1106-laser.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/1106-gold.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/1106-super.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/1106-misprint.webp

## The story

Ugly Sweater Gala turned a party joke into prime-time television. Families glued pom-poms, tinsel and battery-powered lights onto thrift store sweaters, then strutted a runway while judges gasped. One year's winner featured a working music box and a tiny model train. Everyone watching at home immediately drove to the craft store.

## Fun fact

One sweater had so many lights that it tripped the studio breaker and plunged the gala into darkness.

Retsy Series 1 is an NFT collection on Solana. Every card is minted to the buyer's wallet the moment its pack is ripped at https://retsy.fun/packs/.