Christmas is filled with wonderful traditions that we all look forward to each and every year: decorating the tree; decorating the house; opening presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning; drinking egg nog; having dinner with family; singing Christmas carols; stuffing stockings; etc, etc, etc.
There are an endless number of joyful traditions families participate in over the holidays, which is why our collective love for Christmas and the holiday season is so boundless.
However, there is one tradition that I think we all can agree has overstayed its welcome*: the garishly ugly Christmas sweater. You know the ones I’m talking about. And if you don’t, all have to do is look below, because we have put together a gallery of some of the most awful Christmas sweaters ever photographed. And make sure you go all the way to the end. We saved the two best for last.
Perhaps instead of just chestnuts roasting on an open fire, we should toss these sweaters on there too…
This first picture, along with one more below, is posted courtesy of http://www.
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And now, as promised, I saved the next two pictures for the end as a reward for those of you who scrolled all the way down.
I’m not sure that there are really words to describe what is going on in the first one, except to say that she must have been forced to wear that nefarious sweater against her will and it’s not cool for the man to make her then be photographed in it. Bad form sir.
And finally, there is the man whose smile and sweater for a sublime manifestation of the Christmas spirit.
Kudos to you Epic Christmas Sweater Guy. Your unabashed joy and unbridled Christmas sweater enthusiasm almost makes me want to take back every condescending word I said above and go pull on an ugly sweater right now.
Almost.
* – You know what, after going the process of finding and posting all of these pictures, one thing stood out: everyone is smiling from ear to ear while being photographed wearing the hideously ugly sweaters. So I guess it’s not a tradition that we could all agree to do without it. In fact, it seems like everyone is pretty well happy with it (except for the crying woman) and that the tradition of ugly sweaters on Christmas is just one more example of how powerful the Christmas spirit can be and how the joyful the holiday season is.
Love the Christmas sweater photos!!
Some of these are truly gruesome… thanks for gathering them up here!
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Couldn’t stop laughing at the white sweater with the huge ass santa doll plastered on it!!
why are there no black/latino/ asian people wearing the sweaters, haa?
SWEATER TOM!!
My husbands work has an annual “Ugly Christmas Sweater” competition – and if you don’t have one, make one! Perhaps that’s what most of these people were doing?