Ugly Christmas Singlets

Appears in 3 episodes, first in episode 180.

Every appearance

• Episode 210 - Aussie adventures

  Solo postscript recorded by Mel after the main episode: the 2020 Ugly Christmas Singlets have arrived, with shirts and kids' sizes added this year. Orders are open until 21 October via the parkrun adventurers Facebook page or the International Ugly Christmas Singlet or Shirt Day page, ahead of the day itself on 19 December 2020. She explains the gap between recording and release was down to getting the singlets out.

• Episode 186 - J.O.G.I

  Extended discussion of the 2019 parkrun adventurers Ugly Christmas Singlet: orders have reopened until midnight Wednesday 11 December, last year's version is now treated as a collector's item, and Mel coins "the JOGI", the Joy Of Getting In, the opposite of FOMO (and the source of the episode title). Mel promises a "Melster class" Facebook post on making your own DIY singlet for anyone who misses the second order round, ahead of the inaugural International Ugly Christmas Singlet Day on 21 December 2019. Picked up again as what both hosts most look forward to in the next four weeks.

• Episode 180 - Myths & Legends

  The episode's trailed "big announcement": ordering for the 2019 parkrun adventurers Ugly Christmas Singlets is open, and Mel proclaims that the third Saturday of December - 21 December 2019 - will from now on be Ugly Christmas Singlet Day. She traces the idea to the early-2000s Canadian ugly Christmas sweater party that grew to about a thousand attendees, explains that Australia's climate is why the show made singlets rather than sweaters or jumpers, and notes the earlier ordering window should get international listeners their singlets before Christmas. Tim endorses it and says he wears last year's singlet year-round.