Ugly Christmas Sweater

It's that time of year again.... when I wish I had not tossed the christmas sweaters of my past.  I had some amazing sweaters over the years.  The most memorable was a pink and white oversized sweater with a christmas tree that covered the entire front of the sweater.  It had tiny, shiny ornaments with gold glittery ribbon decorating the tree.  This was way before the "ugly sweater" craze... I just couldn't believe my mom bought this for me and expected me to wear it... But I did, as requested for some family christmas events... (the pink one on the left is similar) My mom has a collection of some really elaborate knitted, embroidered, sequins and decorated sweaters that has defined the ugly sweater.  When the boys found 

cardigan christmas sweater

these a few years ago, in Nana's closet, they were so excited to borrow them that my mom didn't understand why they would wear them... Then she discovered it was for ugly christmas sweater day at school. At first, I think she was offended because they are expensive pretty sweaters but then she came to campus one year and found out how much fun kids were having wearing this style. It's was a family tradition for a while.  ​I think I'll send a sweater to my son in Colorado to pass on what my mom did, maybe he will keep them.