My office is always looking for fun new ways to celebrate holidays and get everyone together. This year, I’m proposing we do an ugly ornament exchange in place of the usual White Elephant. Accordingly, I did a search on Etsy, and you all owe me for not posting 99% of the horrific things that turned up. If you’re trying to lose weight before the holidays, I suggest you just search “ugly ornament” for some stomach-turning visuals. I’m still a little queasy just thinking about them.
I did think about making this an Etsomnia™ post, but since they’re all intended to be ugly, there’s no point. Hope you get a kick out of them!
I think Buddy made an appearance on our tree one year when the kid brought home an ornament from his school class ornament exchange. The ornament featured a golden retriever (Buddy?) humping an ornament.
We had a dog, growing up, that loved a soccer ball and I DO mean he had a romantic, sexual relationship with it. Then 101 Dalmations was re-released or the new one came out — this was in the 90s—and McDonald’s gave Dalmation puppy ornaments in the Happy Meals. There is one that is a puppy “playing” with a soccer ball but we all knew that hunched back anywhere. We always called it the “Swagman Commemorative Ornament” (yes, my dad named him and our other dog from the song Waltzing Matilda so we had Swagman and Matilda).
An ugly ornament exchange is a really fun idea. A number of these made me smile but I must confess I actually really like the disco snails. I genuinely like them. Alas, I am an uber control freak when it comes to my tree decorations – they are all gold and (I think) tasteful – but I am still going to click on that link to see if the disco snails come in a gold colour option. Ha ha!
A few years ago, we got a minimal pre-lit white birch, so we use that one inside and the real tree goes outside our kitchen door so the boats can see it. Both make me happy, but I am only a control freak about the indoor one. I prefer to restrict the indoor tree ornaments to glass only, and most of the ornaments are either white, clear, or rainbow, but I haven’t taken it to the one-color level yet.
My OBT 
December 3, 2024 at 6:40 am
These ornaments are great! As for the beans on toast, I love it!
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December 3, 2024 at 9:15 am
LOL. How English of you!
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December 3, 2024 at 8:22 am
I think Buddy made an appearance on our tree one year when the kid brought home an ornament from his school class ornament exchange. The ornament featured a golden retriever (Buddy?) humping an ornament.
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December 3, 2024 at 9:15 am
OMG that’s fantastic!
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December 3, 2024 at 11:23 am
We had a dog, growing up, that loved a soccer ball and I DO mean he had a romantic, sexual relationship with it. Then 101 Dalmations was re-released or the new one came out — this was in the 90s—and McDonald’s gave Dalmation puppy ornaments in the Happy Meals. There is one that is a puppy “playing” with a soccer ball but we all knew that hunched back anywhere. We always called it the “Swagman Commemorative Ornament” (yes, my dad named him and our other dog from the song Waltzing Matilda so we had Swagman and Matilda).
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December 4, 2024 at 10:00 am
OMG that is the best story! And Swagman is a perfect name for a randy dog. Love it!
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December 3, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Great idea
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December 4, 2024 at 10:00 am
Yes! Fun and funny (and you can make them yourself out of reclaimed crap around the house)
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December 3, 2024 at 2:07 pm
An ugly ornament exchange is a really fun idea. A number of these made me smile but I must confess I actually really like the disco snails. I genuinely like them. Alas, I am an uber control freak when it comes to my tree decorations – they are all gold and (I think) tasteful – but I am still going to click on that link to see if the disco snails come in a gold colour option. Ha ha!
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December 4, 2024 at 10:03 am
A few years ago, we got a minimal pre-lit white birch, so we use that one inside and the real tree goes outside our kitchen door so the boats can see it. Both make me happy, but I am only a control freak about the indoor one. I prefer to restrict the indoor tree ornaments to glass only, and most of the ornaments are either white, clear, or rainbow, but I haven’t taken it to the one-color level yet.
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