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Tis the season for festive holiday gatherings. Throughout the years, there’s one event that has proven itself a staple—the ugly Christmas sweater party! It’s where guests come dressed in their favorite (and also their least favorite) top to complete their outfits. You know the kind; the ugly Christmas sweater boasts kitschy knitting and ostentatious trims. For these fetes, the crazier the details, the better. So come Dancer and Prancer, you’re the perfect reindeer additions to an oversized cardigan this holiday season.
The ugly sweater party first started as an excuse to hit the thrift stores or rifle through your parent’s closet as a joke. It’s since gotten even more creative, as designers have started to produce contemporary versions of the now-vintage garments you can add to your cart. Many have taken the essence of these grandma sweaters and made them even funnier by including imagery that’s popular today. From festive sloths to Yetis with mistletoe, the updated versions bring cozy comfort this time of year and are sure to get you noticed at your next ugly sweater party.
Check out some ugly sweater ideas below to bring new meaning to “be there with bells on.”
Looking for ugly sweater ideas? Here are some of the best ugly Christmas sweater ideas you can wear to your next holiday party!
Christmas Tree Tassel Sweater
![Christmas Tree Tassel Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ugly-Sweater-Christmas-Tree-Tassels-01.jpg)
Tipsy Elves | $69.95+
Llama Sweater
![Ugly Sweater Ideas for Your Holiday Party](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ugly-holiday-sweater-1.jpg)
Blizzard Bay | $21.07+
Ted Lasso Christmas Sweater
![Ted Lasso Christmas Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ted-lass-ugly-christmas-sweater-01.jpeg)
Seven Times Six | $44.95
Golden Girls Christmas Sweater
![Golden Girls Ugly Christmas Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ugly-christmas-sweaters-7.jpg)
The Trendy Tribe | $27+
Kid's Sloth Christmas Sweater
![Sloth Ugly Christmas Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ugly-christmas-sweater-2022-01.jpg)
BFUSTYLE | $26.99
Meowy Christmas Pullover Sweater
![meow cat Christmas sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/meowy-ugly-chirstmas-sweater-01.jpeg)
IML | $22
ELF Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins Christmas Cardigan
![ELF Christmas Cardigan](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/elf-cotton-headed-ninny-muggins-christmas-sweater-01.jpeg)
Seven Times Six | $61.95
Friends TV Series Ugly Christmas Sweater
![friends tv series Christmas sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/friends-tv-series-ugly-christmas-sweater-01.jpeg)
Seven Times Six |$44.95
Home Alone “Kevin!” Christmas Sweater
![Home Alone Ugly Christmas Sweater with Mom Screaming KEVIN!](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ugly-christmas-sweater-2022-02.jpg)
MemeticShop | $26.99
Gift Wrapped Sweater
![](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ugly-Sweater-Gift-Wrapping-01.jpg)
Tipsy Elves | $59.95+
Black Cat Ugly Christmas Sweater
![Blizzard Bay Ugly Christmas Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ugly-christmas-sweaters-5.jpg)
Blizzard Bay | $20.20
Cat Snowflakes Sweatshirt
![Cat and Snowflake Sweatshirt](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cat-snowflake-ugly-christmas-sweater-01.jpeg)
Lost Gods | $35.98
Christmas Tree Zip-Up Sweatshirt
![Christmas Tree Zip-Up Sweatshirt](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/tree-zip-up-ugly-christmas-sweater-01.jpeg)
Mad Engine | $30
DJ Santa Clause Ugly Christmas Sweater
![DJ Santa Christmas Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DJ-Santa-Ugly-Christmas-Sweater-01.jpeg)
Lost Gods | $31.98
Christmas Sweater
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For G and PL | $41.99
Light Up Christmas Sweater
![Ugly Sweater Ideas for Your Holiday Party](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ugly-holiday-sweater-3.jpg)
Tipsy Elves | $36+
Happy Birthday Jesus Sweater
![Ugly Sweater Ideas for Your Holiday Party](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ugly-holiday-sweater-4.jpg)
Tipsy Elves | $39.95
Unicorn Christmas Cardigan
![Unicorn Christmas Cardigan](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ugly-Sweater-Unicorn-Cardigan-01.jpg)
Tipsy Elves | $39.95 +
Disney Mickey Mouse Christmas Crew Neck Sweater
![Mickey Mouse crew neck sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/mickey-mouse-crew-neck-christmas-sweater-01.jpeg)
Mickey Mouse | $49.99
Politically Correct Holiday Sweater
![Ugly Christmas Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ugly-christmas-sweater-update-2020-2.jpg)
Blanket Boss | $84.99
Sweater Weather Christmas Sweater
![Sweater Weather Christmas Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sweater-wather-christmas-sweater-01.jpeg)
A New Day | $30
Disney Minnie Mouse Christmas Crew Neck Sweater
![Minnie Mouse Christmas Crew Neck Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/minnie-mouse-christmas-crew-neck-sweater-01.jpeg)
Minnie Mouse | $49.99
Light Show Light Up Sweater
![Light Up Light Show Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ugly-Sweater-Light-Up-01.jpg)
Tipsy Elves | $36+
Holiday Blazer
![Men's Holiday Blazer](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ugly-Sweagters-Holiday-Blazer-01.jpg)
Tipsy Elves | $69.95
Patchwork Sweater
![Ugly Christmas Sweater](https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ugly-christmas-sweater-update-2020-1.jpg)
Blanket Boss | $84.99
This article has been edited and updated.
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