Hear me out: the idea of ugly Christmas Sweaters is getting commercialized.
I don’t mean to say that they are a bad thing. I have 13. Obviously I love them.
But somewhere along the line, ugly sweaters became a brand, and the originality of the hilarious tradition lost its spark.
I received my first Christmas sweater from my grama Miller, who didn’t think it was ugly at all. I continued to shop for these unique sweaters from Salvation Army and Goodwill where they were donated by someone else’s grandma who thought they were beautiful. Now, companies sell mass-produced ugly sweaters to make a dollar.
These sweaters that are a staple of many winter lives deserve more appreciation. They deserve to be made not just to be ugly but beautiful as well.
“Jordyn! How do you expect me to make a sweater that is supposed to be both beautiful and ugly simultaneously?” you might ask.
Well, let me tell you.
