Our Second Annual Christmas Party!

On December 9, 2021, the 166 Hughes Hoes hosted their second annual Christmas party. The theme, of course, was ugly sweaters, and the guests didn't disappoint. 

Let's take everyone back to the start of the day though, and set the scene. We had off of school (god bless Reading Day) and a few of the hoes plus two of the Irish lads we befriended this semester made a stop at Julia's home in Tonawanda to pick up trays and trays of food from her mother, Maria Barth. 

She had two huge things of baked macaroni, meatballs, sausage, a salad, bread, apple crisp, Nutella pie, and cookies for us. She makes the best homemade sauce, better than anything else you can find at a restaurant, like the true Italian she is. 

That night, we had a nice dinner with the roomies and the lads to celebrate the end of the semester. Annie said that the meal "completely changed the trajectory of her day," and good friend Thea (another Hughes Avenue resident, just down the street a bit) said that the meatballs, "saved her." 

On to the party set up! Luckily, us gals in the lower had already decorated for Christmas, so we really just had to move all of the furniture so the party-goers don't destroy/steal everything we own (spoiler alert: somehow they still manage to do that!)

All the roomies looked adorable in our ugly sweaters, and all of our friends started to arrive one by one. Another honorable mention outfit-wise is longtime friend of Hannah, Julia, and Annie-- Sean-- wearing a dinosaur suit as well as boyfriend of roomie Caitlin-- Tommy-- wearing a full Santa suit! Tommy, I'm sorry if anyone weird tried to sit on your lap!

As with all 166 Hughes parties, some randos showed up and some drama ensued. Caitlin had to forcefully kick out a strange man who was acting violent, knocking over our Christmas tree, and throwing drinks at our friends. When he came back and shoved her, Joe Turri (another longtime friend of Hannah, Julia, and Annie) had to step in and kick him out of the house. Thank you Joe Turri!

The music was a hit, once again, Annie Mack did an incredible job. The vibes were great, some honorable mentions for guests include our former RA and good friend Eliana, a majority of The Griffin staff (including Pat Healy: pictured below), great friend and person Erin Watson, the nerd herd (love you SJCI boys!), Annie's new boyfriend David, and Emily Fischer (Hannah's younger sister) and gang.

But the best part of the night definitely came at the end when many of the random people we didn't know left, and it was just the core group of roomies and friends. We blasted the Bruce Springsteen version of "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" and danced like it was our full-time job. Hannah Fischer specifically had a blast, claiming that this party was the best one we ever hosted. She was loving life!

The only extremely unfortunate and sad part of the night came in the morning, when we realized that Smelfie was missing. Smelfie, an elf plush from the dollar store that we purchased last year and made our unofficial house mascot, was stolen. They are pictured below (multiple times). 

We have tried to figure out the timeline of their disappearance, going through many pictures and videos to find the culprit. Julia even posted a missing person post on Instagram with no luck. If we find out who took them, just know you have a big storm coming. Rest In Peace Smelfie, you will be dearly missed and never forgotten. 

We hope you readers have a fantastic holiday, and get to spend this time off with family or friends. Or even by yourself, if that's what you need right now. We can say on behalf of all college students, a month to decompress and refuel before the spring semester is much-needed. 

With all of our love,

166 Hughes Hoes <3