Growing up in the ’80’s, I pretty much think all sweaters were “ugly.”  Perhaps a better word would be garish.  So I am loving this recent trend of having “ugly” Christmas sweater contests!  They’re silly and it’s a light-hearted thing to do.  Truth be told, I think some of them are cute.  I have one with a whole village that lights up and I really like it.  My husband just had an “ugly” Christmas sweater day at work.  Next year I’m going to get him one that says, “Yeti Christmas.”  It would be a fun follow up to the shirt I got him last year that reads, “Big Foot doesn’t believe in you either.”  It’s not my thing but it makes him happy.  Anyway, I had to bring the little one in for a check up and her pediatrician’s office was completely decked out!  There were “ugly” Christmas sweaters aplenty.  We saw reindeer antlers, candy cane headbands, bells jingling from elf hats, light up Christmas bulb necklaces — and then there was this guy.  He was proudly rocking the sweater his mother had made for him.  What a cool mom and an even cooler son to wear it!  The sweater had everything — Santa, stockings, a Christmas tree, a penguin, a gingerbread house, a Christmas garland draped with colored ornaments, mistletoe, poinsettias, a snowman Christmas card etched in tinsel, girl and boy gingerbread people and, perhaps funniest of all, lace doilies on his back covering him like shoulder pads in a football game.  It was the sweater to end all sweaters.  American actress, writer, and Saturday Night Live alum Kristen Wiig said, “There’s something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.”  This one certainly made me laugh and brought with it a good dose of Christmas cheer.  Long live “ugly” Christmas sweaters.