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All of these activities such as spending good time with family and drinking apple wine by the fire encourage getting into the festive holiday mood. So does taking out your ugly Christmas sweaters. You might be really lucky. You might get to show off your tackiest1 side at an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party.

所有诸如与家人共度美好时光，在火炉边喝苹果酒的活动都鼓动着人们进入节日气氛。拿出你的圣诞丑毛衣也是一样。你可能会有幸在一个圣诞丑毛衣派对上炫耀你最俗气的一面。

Ugly Christmas sweaters have appeared with new public acceptance. Theyre no longer creations made by grandmas. They arent items that family members can only get from a thrift store2. They have become a cultural idea. Even celebrities3 are in on the action. The market wants to make money from this cultural idea， especially during the winter time. There are ugly sweater books. There is a race and rewards. All of these celebrate the Santa face showed on the sweater.

圣诞丑毛衣已被大众所接受。它们不再是祖母的作品了，也不再是家庭成员只能从旧货商店买到的东西。它们已经成为一种文化观念，就连名人也参与进来。市场希望从这种文化观念中赚到钱，尤其是在冬天的时候。有关于丑毛衣的书籍，也有赛跑和奖励。所有这些都是为了赞美毛衣上圣诞老人的脸。

The colorful sweaters are harder to get because it becomes more and more popular. This is especially true in thrift stores. It was once very easy to buy the best （I mean， worst） one at thrift stores. And who really wants to buy a full-priced snowman sweater that will be worn only once a year？

这种花里胡哨的毛衣因为越来越受欢迎而越来越难买到，尤其是在旧货店。在旧货店买到最好的（我的意思是，最丑的）一件曾经是很容易的事。还有谁真的想买一件原价的一年只穿一次的雪人毛衣呢？

One option is to shop ugly Christmas sweaters on eBay. You may find yourself bidding4 on a secondhand colorful sweater. Another option is to make a sweater by yourself. This DIY style is a work of love. But it requires lots of time.

购买圣诞丑毛衣的一种选择是在易趣上挑选。你可以竞拍一件二手的花里胡哨的毛衣。另一种选择是自己织一件。这种DIY的方式包含着爱，但很花时间。

Men， women and children have been connecting with the holiday spirit through sweaters for many years. They are decorated5 with snowflakes6. They feature reindeer and Christmas trees. The trend reached new heights in the 1980s and 1990s.

许多年来，男人、女人和孩子们一直通过毛衣与节日气氛联系在一起。毛衣上装饰有雪花，以驯鹿和圣诞树为主题，这一潮流在上世纪80年代和90年代达到了新的高峰。

Search your favourite old style sweater-knitting patterns from eBay， and put Ugly Christmas Sweater Party invitation on your refrigerator. Now is just the right time to pull out your knitting needles and make something wonderfully ugly.

在易趣上找出你最喜欢的旧款毛衣编织图案，并将圣诞丑毛衣派对的请柬贴在冰箱上吧。现在正是拿出你的编织针，织一件丑毛衣的时候了。

Any ugly Christmas sweaters catch your eye this time？

这次有没有圣诞丑毛衣吸引住你的眼球呢？

（英語原文选自：tweentribune.com）