https://www.CNN.com/style/article/ugly-christmas-jumpers/ gives “A cozy history of the ugly Christmas sweater.” Original article is from 2019 and updated in 2021.
My family has never done ugly Christmas sweaters. We decided it was too dangerous — one of the aunts used to knit sweaters for everyone that most of thought of as ugly but which she thought were beautiful. We used to debate whether she was colorblind or just had poor taste in color combinations.
So, instead we do thematic t-shirts and/or wild socks and/or strange headgear for Christmas Eve present opening. We’ve done antlers, knitted Christmas tree hats [complete with ornaments and bells], Venetian masks, cat t shirts, science t shirts, musical bells w/ Christmas carols. When the kids were small we did drums. Noisy but fun.
This year we will be donning banned book t shirts and gifting each other banned books from our past and/or present.
https://www.CNN.com/style/article/ugly-christmas-jumpers/ gives “A cozy history of the ugly Christmas sweater.” Original article is from 2019 and updated in 2021.
My family has never done ugly Christmas sweaters. We decided it was too dangerous — one of the aunts used to knit sweaters for everyone that most of thought of as ugly but which she thought were beautiful. We used to debate whether she was colorblind or just had poor taste in color combinations.
So, instead we do thematic t-shirts and/or wild socks and/or strange headgear for Christmas Eve present opening. We’ve done antlers, knitted Christmas tree hats [complete with ornaments and bells], Venetian masks, cat t shirts, science t shirts, musical bells w/ Christmas carols. When the kids were small we did drums. Noisy but fun.
This year we will be donning banned book t shirts and gifting each other banned books from our past and/or present.