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December 24, 2004
The Christmas Sweater
My Christmas Sweater
This is my Christmas sweater. Does it look very threadbare to you? I got it for Christmas in 1984 when I was in 7th grade. It's never seemed ill-fitting. When I was 12 it didn't seem too large and now it still fits fine. It might be the most perfect sweater ever.
My mom hates it, though. When I was still wearing it in undergrad she was willing to let it go but by 1994 she began to criticize the Christmas sweater. Now it has become a Christmas tradition, along with forcing her to watch at least two cycles of A Christmas Story, for me to wear the sweater in a taunting manner. Last year she pretended like she didn't notice I was wearing it. Oh, she noticed all right.
We're about to leave for the parents' place to eat too much food and open a few gifts. The Christmas sweater is fitting nicely and as it turns 20 years old I can only hope that it will provide another 20 years of Christmas warmth and Christmas joy.
Merry Christmas everyone. Have fun and be safe.
Posted by Half-Cocked at December 24, 2004 04:46 PM
Comments
May I say that I am truly impressed by the Christmas sweater? Really, I am! It doesn't look threadbare, but the photo's kind of dark. That's pretty amazing that it's old enough to be graduated from high school, even flunking a year or two. It gives me hope that I can continue wearing all my clothes well into the future.
Posted by: E. McPan at December 28, 2004 03:25 PM