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The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Have yourself an ugly sweater Christmas: 10 perfectly terrible holiday knits

Christmas bad ugly sweaters fashion
Jesus and Santa: natural sweater buddies. Photograph: tipsyelves.com

Christmas sweaters are great, aren’t they? They’re a great way to show that you have a sense of humor and are fun.

If you do have a sense of humor and are fun, then you will love this selection of some of the most hilarious Christmas sweaters known to man.

Enjoy!

Everyone has to do it sometime.
Everyone has to do it sometime. Photograph: stupid.com

This combines the banter of a Christmas sweater with the banter of a toilet. Both are funny, hahaha.

Heal, inspire and revive with this Carson sweater.
Heal, inspire and revive with this Carson sweater. Photograph: PR

If you like Ben Carson, chances are you like Christmas. The former neurosurgeon and evangelical Christian has been a crusader against the kind of political correctness that would see the very word Christmas (and crusader) removed from our vocabulary forever. Also, note the price cut – surely due to the unseasonably warm weather and not his ailing presidential campaign.

Jesus and Santa: natural sweater buddies.
Jesus and Santa: natural sweater buddies. Photograph: tipsyelves.com

Who doesn’t like our lord, Jesus Christ? And who doesn’t like Santa Claus? No one, that’s who. Show your support for both figures with this sweater. Also glad to see Santa hasn’t forgotten whose birthday it is. The eggnog is a nice touch.

Go classic with this nativity scene sweater.
Go classic with this nativity scene sweater. Photograph: hubpages.com

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.

Sometimes, being literal is not necessarily best.
Sometimes, being literal is not necessarily best. Photograph: Etsy

The perfect gift for that special someone in your life. Say it with a pair of buttocks.

Watch where you’re walking in this one.
Watch where you’re walking in this one. Photograph: uglychristmassweater.com

Not entirely sure how, or why, a reindeer would force its way through a man’s body. But then I’m no zoologist.

Probably not suitable for work.
Probably not suitable for work. Photograph: toynk.com

The guy modelling this probably had dreams of becoming an actor. “Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t,” he repeats in his head as someone with a budget digital camera takes his picture against a wall.

Don’t forget whose birthday it is.
Don’t forget whose birthday it is. Photograph: tipsyelves.com

I love you, baby Jesus, even if you look very stern in this picture.

Everyone has a crazy cat lady in his or her life.
Everyone has a crazy cat lady in his or her life. Photograph: tipsyelves.com

I actually know quite a few people who would actually really like this.

This one might be the best.
This one might be the best. Photograph: tipsyelves.com

To be fair, this is actually quite funny.

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