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The uglier the sweater, the better.
But where did this tradition come from?
And why do we embrace it so much?
Well, I can give you a little bit of the historical reference.
It started seriously.
What?
Yeah, here's the funny part.
Ugly sweaters were not always meant to be ugly.
What?
In the 1950s through the 1980s, especially in the US and Canada, Christmas sweaters were handmade.
They were given as gifts, considered festive and stylish, positive words.
They often showed snowmen, Santa, winter scenes.
At the time, people wore them seriously.
But fashion changed.
What?
By the 1990s, these sweaters started to feel...
old-fashioned, tacky, embarrassing.
People began wearing them ironically.
What, Sarah, what are you talking about?
Ironically means to do it as a joke, not because you think it's actually good, but you're trying to poke fun of it, have fun with it.