This is the first place winner in an ugly sweater contest. Life is so cruel!
Over the weekend I read about a new fundraiser in the local paper. It was the ugliest sweater party. You paid to attend a dinner dance but you had to wear an ugly sweater. I was imagining some of those creepy argyle sweaters or maybe something multicolored. But no!
There in one of the photos was a picture of one of my Christmas sweaters — my red bedazzled, sparkly holiday sweater!
How could this be? My beloved seasonal sweater went to a party without me. Not just any party but an ugly sweater party and won first prize!
I have a box of Christmas sweaters. Some are bejeweled and some have tassels that dance as I walk. (No, not there!) One even has bells so you can track my movements. It’s better than a GPS! There is a reindeer sweater and one with Santa and a sack of gifts that goes down past my butt. It looks wonderful over black velvet pants. There must be eight or nine sweaters in all.
My favorite Santa sweater. Wonderful over velvet pants.
Each one was lovingly selected, when they were on sale of course. Not only are they out of style but they are considered ugly. How can you call a Santa with a really fuzzy beard and eyes that light up ugly? Tacky maybe, ugly no!
It’s true that I haven’t added to the collection in years. I haven’t seen any worthy of my collection. I did get a sweatshirt with a snowman on it last year but that doesn’t really count.
Goofy sweaters are another way to break up the winter. For a fleeting moment, you could dress up in stuff you wouldn’t wear any other time and feel festive. Then you pack them up for next year.
Come on, I can’t be alone. I bet some of you have holiday sweaters that rival my prize winner. ‘fess up! And don’t throw them out. I bet they are worth $$.
Views and Mews by Coffee Kat 
Am in lust with the Santa sweater…black tights…little black flats…sigh…could you Fedex it?
Reminds me of Bridget Jone’s Diary when Colin First is running around the holiday party in, was it a reindeer sweater the Brits call a jumper his mum gave him?
Had a much needed good morning giggle, so thanks for that.
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You are so right about the black sweater. It’s long and tunic-y. I have black velvety tights and it’s wonderful. Also wonderful with the tights and boots. The sweater is from 1990 and I still wear it! Perhaps men don’t pull off the holiday sweaters as well.
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Men and their addled fashion sense…don’t get me started.
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I hear a blog post fomenting in your head!
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Anything with a cat on it can’t be ugly. Every cat is a unique & beautiful work of art.
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Exactly! Some folks have no taste or style!
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I love your Santa sweater. beautiful. And here in the UK Christmas sweaters are on all the catwalks this season! Everyone’s wearing them!
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Good! I’m in style somewhere. I saw another ad in today’s paper for yet another ugly sweater party and it showed a guy in a Christmas sweater.
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I have lots of ugly sweaters that I wear. Just none with holiday themes. Maybe I should broaden my horizons. Lately, I have been into zip up sweatshirts of many colors. The hood is always handy for cold neck moments. I have not seen any holiday themed sweats. But, I don’t shop which explains the many ugly sweaters that I am still wearing.
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I’ll keep my eye out for you!
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I think that someone who can wear a holiday sweater with Santa eyes that light up is someone confident, someone self-assured…someone who grabs the reindeer by the horns and takes charge! I don’t have any holiday sweaters, but I’m sorely tempted to get one with naughty reindeer…don’t look too closely, it’s X rated http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=reindeer+humping+sweater&qpvt=reindeer+humping+sweater&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=E5664B6CE1CFE94172D289BB203B4C29B55A0D64&selectedIndex=4
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I’ve ordered two. I hope I got your size right. Good thing we don’t live near each other (we are actually about 4 hours apart) we would get into real trouble!
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Let’s see…do I have this right? A party, a gathering to determine the ugliest sweater???? That is just wrong! Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. And perhaps if more of us subscribed to that thought, we could get rid of such a negative thing. The ugliest sweater, indeed! Oh and by the way, I don’t think that winner is ugly…Too bad all those negative Nellies can’t just enjoy the beauty as seen through someone elses eyes. I love my seasonal sweaters.
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Yes, you wear seasonal sweaters and tops and I love them! I think you have excellent taste!
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Love the comment about the one with the tassels – ha! 🙂
don’t have any, but I have some rocking holiday socks – reindeer, Santa, elves, and jingle bells 🙂
MJ
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There were a lot of crazy sock people at work. I always thought that they didn’t quite have the courage to put their crazy on their chest!
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Just because of your post, I wore my “Santa Paws” sox today 🙂 You’re right — not wearing the crazy up front!
You have to look for it .. in my case! MJ
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Sad to say I don’t own an ugly sweater, but I do love them on other people. They look so cheerful. A little cheer is not a bad thing. I will look for an ugly sweater tomorrow and it will have to go with black velvet slacks. 🙂
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Now that’s the spirit!
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I’ve never had a holiday sweater– ugly or beautiful. I’m much too much of a plain jane to feel comfortable wearing one. However, if that is what you want to wear– have at it. Whatever gets your jingle on is fine by me.
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I don’t have enough holiday sweaters. I wish I had more. We should start a backlash against people calling our sweaters ugly. This campaign against holiday sweaters reminds me of a similar one against fruitcakes. It was so successful that even the good fruitcakes seem to have disappeared. (My mother made a fantastic fruitcake.)
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My sister-in-law would love you. She is the only one in our family who likes fruitcakes and she would agree with you. You can’t find them these days, especially the good ones.
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Never had one. Never wanted one. And would never wear one. Gives me a headache just thinking about it. Bah! 🙂
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Not wild and crazy, huh!
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Two comments — have you read MFK Fisher? I’m reading a collection of hers right now. You sometimes remind me of her….
Also, about ugly sweaters… This month I’m attending a celebration for the recently elected NH Poet Laureate and asked her, “What does one generally wear to December cocktail parties in New Hampshire?” No matter what people generally do, for her party she would prefer people wear really nice attire, specifying (because evidently people do wear them unless they’re told not to?), “no ugly sweaters/sweatshirts.”
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Not familiar with Fisher but you can be sure I will look her up to see if it’s a compliment!
So would you like to borrow my dangly Christmas ball earrings? They have glitter all over them which occasionally gets into your food.
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It’s a compliment. She’s sassy, and quite brilliant. What I adore about her is, she has the courage to tell it the way she sees it.
I love glitter but have never eaten it–sounds daring! Which means I’m in. Yes.
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Hahaha . . . aah! I gave all my ugly sweaters to Goodwill when I moved to Florida . . . to give them a chance to win FIRST prize at an Ugly Sweater Party. Now, when I wish to be festive, I wear a bright red sweater over a green top or a heather green sweater over a bright red top. And pin on a tiny Christmas tree.
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My sweaters would be way too warm for you anyway. Red works. I can do classy holiday for special occasions but usually with black.
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I do not own even one festive sweater, but that probably has more to do with living in south Texas than my lack of tackiness or frivolity. I do, however, own a Halloween dress, covered in sequined pumpkins and ghosts, so I guess maybe that counts? No Santa sweaters or elf-bedecked sweaters for me, but I always enjoy seeing what comes out of people’s closets when the holiday season approaches. Fuzzy beards and twinkling eyes included.
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A Halloween dress? Wow!
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You know that I can rival you with my collection and because I still work, I add to it every year! What’s Christams without a festive sweater, t-shirt or sweatshirt?!!!!!! Tis the season!
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I knew I’d hear from you! Your collection is bigger than mine and I love it!
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