My family isn't very competitive ... except when it comes to croquet, card games and board games. Then you do whatever it takes to win (outwit, outlast, outcheat is a common motto)! The same holds true for the annual Christmas sock contest.
As with many things in my family that start as a joke, this event has evolved into Something Big. Competition is fierce. All for the coveted prize: a hideous flamingo statue. Modeled after the Stanley Cup tradition, the trophy spends the year in the winner's home. The winner has to add something new to the trophy before passing it on to the new winner.
See pictures of the contestants, the awarding of the trophy and a video clip from this year's contest.
Unfortunately, this year's winner was also last year's winner. What's unfortunate about that? Well, Mike, the winner for two years running, and being the generous guy that he is, decided that he didn't want to be selfish and have the trophy all to himself for yet another year.
Guess what I received in the mail the other day? Yes, that would be said trophy (shipment was insured). Now I have to haul it all over the 49th state ... and I have to "embellish" it and return it before this year's contest on Christmas Eve. Somehow, I don't feel like a winner here. Thanks a lot, Mike!
1 comment:
Looks like outtakes from a Tim Burton movie. Ye gods. Socks like that are illegal in the continental US! Good thing you're so far north, the Heat will NEVER TAKE YOU ALIVE.
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