

If you prefer eight days of presents to just one, then this ugly Hanukkah sweater is the perfect choice. Best of all, you can wrap some tinsel around your exposed arms for that added 3D effect. This is a great sweater for the distinguished gentleman who lives in a warmer climate, such as Hawaii or Florida. This Christmas T-Rex features two Tyrannosaurus Rex’s (Rexi?), each wearing an ugly sweater. It features 8-bit Christmas trees, snowflakes, and a rainbow-colored unicorn looking wistfully at the sky, hoping one day Santa will choose him instead of Rudolph. If you consider yourself an 80s kid, then you’ll probably remember grandma or great aunt Helen giving you one of these sweaters as a non-ironic gift.

Outer Space Cat on Pizza SliceĬat lovers rejoice! This sweater combines not one, not two, but three kitty cats surfing their way through the Milky Way galaxy on slices of ornately decorated pepperoni and cheese pizza.

Christmas tree nipple ring ornaments carefully hung from the moobs add the final pièce de résistance to this masterpiece of a sweater.

Holiday-themed tattoos, Christmas lights around the neck, and a hairy chest and arms make up this lovely sweater. We’re not sure what to call it exactly, but it will definitely turn heads. There are “bad” Christmas sweaters, and then there’s this museum-worthy creation. We’ve combed the internet and found 7 amazingly good “bad” holiday sweaters that we hope will give you some inspiration this year: Hairy Man-Chest Sweater (with Nipple Ornaments) It’s much easier to buy an ugly sweater-or make one if you have the know-how and the time. Amazing thrift store finds are like searching for a needle in a haystack. Nowadays, if you want to raise eyebrows, you have to come with your “A” game. In the early days of bad sweater parties, a simple trip to a discount clothing store in the wintertime was all that was needed to procure a sweater with atrocious colors or mind-boggling ugly patterns.Īs the years have gone by, the ugly bar has been set quite high (or “low” depending on how you look at it). The main goal of an ugly sweater party is to cause as much fashion disgust as possible among your fellow party goers. Something that’s worn once for a holiday photo and then relegated to the deepest, darkest depths of their closets. For many people, an ugly sweater is a gift received from a well-meaning, but fashion-deaf relative such as a great Aunt or Grandma. In 2004, thanks to email, the internet, and social media sites such as, more and more people were introduced to the concept of an ugly sweater party. In the 1980’s Chevy Chase played a dad in several holiday-themed movies as he wore several over-the-top holiday-themed sweaters that looked like his great-grandma made it.
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Mismatching colors, random shapes, and an overall sense of “ this guy clearly lacks fashion sense” made up his wardrobe in the TV sitcom. While it’s hard to pinpoint exactly who came up with the concept, many people credit Bill Cosby and the character he played on the Cosby Show.Ĭliff Huxtable, Cosby’s character, was a highly conservative dad who wore some of the most atrocious 1980s sweaters imaginable. The concept of finding an ugly Christmas sweater and wearing it to a party originated a few decades ago. Others prefer to buy their sweaters online, where ugliness of a sweater is only limited by the imagination of the designer. Some will head on over to their local thrift shop, in the high hopes of uncovering an ugly sweater from the 1980s or 1990s. There are several ways to obtain an ugly sweater. The goal of this time-honored tradition is to find the ugliest, most over-the-top Christmas, Hanukkah, or holiday-themed sweater and then wear it to the event where people will marvel at how horrible it is. The holidays are rapidly approaching and that means office parties, family get-togethers, and of course, ugly sweater parties.
