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Christmas 2018: Top ugly holiday sweater ideas

In recent years, the combination of Christmas and tacky sweaters has taken on a life of its own. Festive people aspire to wear the ugliest holiday sweater possible. Whether it's including as many adornments as possible, breaking out a ratty and worn polyester pullover or sporting animals in full holiday cheer, here's a roundup of ugly Christmas sweater ideas to inspire you.

Elf Boss
This elf boss sweater from Walmart comes complete with an elf hat hoodie. You'll be the boss of cheese wearing this outfit to a holiday party.

Shiny wreath
What's says Christmas more than a wreath with a little shine? Take your Christmas tackiness to a new level with a shiny wreath pinned to your red or green sweater. For a little extra bling, string some lights to the wreath and load with a battery pack to keep it shining.
 
The fireplace
If the coziness of sitting by a blazing fire in the winter tickles your fancy, you'll love this ugly Christmas sweater idea. This sweater can be pre-purchased with a trimmed fireplace and a pocket in the middle of sweater for your phone. Download an app on your phone to provide virtual flames.


Trim the tree
Get your craftiness ready to whirl with this shiny and embellished sweater. You'll need shiny garland, small ornaments and lots of glue, but the end result is a tree to inspire even the grinchiest with a smidge of Christmas spirit. By the way: Don't forget the ornament to top the tree.

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Sweater suit
Guys, why not combine an ugly Christmas sweater design with a suit jacket for the ultimate tacky holiday homage?  The blue and red snowflake design is eye-catching for all of the wrong reasons.

An ugly tie tree 
For this creation, all of the old ugly ties of Christmases pasts can be put to good use. Gather your ugly Christmas ties and arrange them in a tree pattern on an old sweater. Easy peasy Christmas sweater to don at all your holiday parties in the season.
 
Matching couple sweaters 
Want to look tacky as a pair? Wear the ugliest Christmas sweater connected to one other person to have double the fun and double the tackiness.
 
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Pay homage to Santa's favorite reindeer and favorite helper of them all with this Christmas sweater. Start with a black sweater vest and decorate with big eyes and a red nose. Layer a brown long-sleeved shirt underneath the sweater vest, attaching stems to look like antlers on your sleeves.

Don't forget the pets
This ugly Christmas sweater for dogs, with the classic line from "Home Alone" is a perfect way to celebrate the holidays with humor.