It's almost
tradition, every year at Christmas time the office gang has a lovely potluck
lunch. Everyone brings their special dish, we all sit together and enjoy the
great food and good laughs. This year I decided to wear my ‘Ugly Christmas
Sweater’.
I wore it during
breakfast at home with my kids - thinking they would get a kick out of it. To
my surprise there was no reaction! Nothing! No funny look, no side glances…
Nothing!
I walked into the
office and it was laugh after laugh. ‘Where did you get that’ and ‘Did you
really make it?’ Everyone had something to say about it.
Afterwards, I went
directly from the office to my kid’s school for their Christmas Carol Sing. The
children at the school didn't say anything about my crazy sweater, not one of
them!
But all the
parents and teachers had something to say or were giving me that funny look and
side glance. I had to explain to everyone "what" I was wearing – even
to people I didn’t know.
Later that
evening, I asked my kids at dinner what they all thought of my special outfit.
All 3 of them piped right up! Hands down, they all loved it! My daughter went
into great detail about why she loved it so much. She thought it was especially
beautiful because of the massive Santapicture on the front, with the
"pink/purple puffball", but what really did it for her was the bright
yellow fringe along the bottom.
You see, she
didn't give me that funny look or side glance in the morning, because she loved
it! Actually she has asked me to make her one very similar to it for next year.
I guess it's all
in what you make of it, like they say -beauty is all in the eye of the beholder
Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year to All!
