Tis’ the season for sweaters, especially your ugly holiday sweaters. We are well aware of the blatant fact of how tacky and ridiculous you look, but hey, why not? It is just being festive. Who cares anyway, it is funny right? Go, rush to the very back of your closet and dig out those crumbled sweaters from last season.

Yet, you have already worn your favorite and probably most clever sweater. If your ugly holiday sweater was that ugly, it was probably pretty memorable. Most likely, it has been worn on the occasions of spirit days or the ever so popular ugly sweater parties.

The realization has hit you; frankly you cannot ever wear this again. Now I, myself am a repeat offender of this; I am a proud owner of the basic cats with Santa hats dancing around the Christmas tree, the morbid bearded Santa with the ever so shedding white fur, and the one with “Happy Elfin’ Holiday,” however so punny.

Yet these ugly holiday sweaters are of no use to me now. At max the same sweater is funny enough for two different occasions. Soon enough, those around you will be sick of your clever ugly sweaters and begin to question your sanity. Desperately one feels the need to upstage your last year’s sweater and once again go out in search. The cycle of ugly holiday sweaters repeats itself.

Now when considering buying an ugly holiday sweater; be honest with yourself. Just like how honest your parents were when they told you the truth about Santa.

Will you ever wear this more than once? Is this idiotic, yet mildly entertaining sweater worth more than your hard earned paycheck? Did you plaster a fake smile on your face for hours while rude and clueless customers pester you, just to spend it on a one time use sweater? Do you have enough space in your closet to store these for the other eleven months of the year?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then go for it. Hey you might as well; you are just getting in the holiday spirit. Lastly, with the words of a classic ugly holiday sweater: “Happy Elfin’ Holiday.”