I had an aunt that gave everyone one of her nieces and nephews an ugly Christmas sweater for Christmas. We all hated it. We were all forced to wear it. It wasn’t an enjoyable part of my childhood. It was a miserable experience. 

Well now, it’s a thing. People have ugly Christmas sweater parties. I get it. We get nostalgic for the things from our childhood, no matter how awful they might’ve been. Parties like this are fun. It’s great seeing people trying to find a truly awful sweater. It’s not like it was hard. They’re everywhere. However, with that said, someone’s always out there to ruin the fun. 

If you’re wearing a sports team’s “ugly sweater” you’re not meaningfully participating. It’s the equivalent of buying a jersey. You’re wearing team merchandise. Also, the point of the ugly sweater party was to highlight the truly awful ugly sweaters we either had to wear growing up or had to see on an overly festive relative. 

When the product made is intentionally “ugly”, either the sweater or the concept has jumped the shark. Please continue the parties. However, instead of regarding the unoriginal, support the person who made a truly awful sweater and is proud of it. Turning your back on them is like turning your back on Mugatu and the piano neck tie. You don’t want to deal with those consequences. 

If you really want an ugly Mets item this winter, I suggest going on the Internet to find this jersey:

  
If you do that, you’ll have my respect. 

Merry Christmas.