The joys of the holiday season are often counteracted by the ugliness of seasonal accoutrements. For every warm holiday cookie, there is an annoying gift fruitcake. For every wonderful present you get, there is another one you can’t possibly fathom using. And for everything else wonderful about the holiday season, there is the horror of the Christmas sweater.
As has become all too clear of late, hideous holiday sweaters are enjoying a resurgence in popularity; nearly 40,000 were listed on eBay in 2010 alone. Thanks to a variety of websites, some serious, some snarky (links listed at end of post), here are some of the ugliest sweaters you will ever see, both in and out of ugly sweater parties.
1. Evil Peekaboo Frosty
Frosty is either hiding (justifiably embarrassed) or waiting to pounce.
This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2010.