{"id":1910,"date":"2020-12-19T18:02:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T18:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2020-12-19T18:02:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T18:02:24","slug":"an-ode-to-the-ugly-christmas-sweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?p=1910","title":{"rendered":"An Ode to the Ugly Christmas Sweater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1855\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131924186_2873638142925619_589765703576404806_n-1440x1855.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1913\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131924186_2873638142925619_589765703576404806_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?attachment_id=1913\" class=\"wp-image-1913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131924186_2873638142925619_589765703576404806_n-1440x1855.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131924186_2873638142925619_589765703576404806_n-300x386.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131924186_2873638142925619_589765703576404806_n-1193x1536.jpg 1193w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131924186_2873638142925619_589765703576404806_n-800x1030.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/131924186_2873638142925619_589765703576404806_n.jpg 1590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/132004315_193864052441134_4443037053023534848_n-1440x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1914\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/132004315_193864052441134_4443037053023534848_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?attachment_id=1914\" class=\"wp-image-1914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/132004315_193864052441134_4443037053023534848_n-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/132004315_193864052441134_4443037053023534848_n-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/132004315_193864052441134_4443037053023534848_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/132004315_193864052441134_4443037053023534848_n-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/132004315_193864052441134_4443037053023534848_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Poem from the CNN website, see original post <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/18\/us\/national-ugly-christmas-sweater-day\/index.html\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>On the third Friday in December, it&#8217;s exciting to say,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Today is Ugly Christmas Sweater Day!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Tacky sweaters galore! It&#8217;s the holiday season!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Now, please, don&#8217;t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It could be, perhaps, that the timing&#8217;s just right.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It could be that there&#8217;s a Zoom party tonight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It seems that the most likely reason of all,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>May be the big smiles they bring to us all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Make it festive or funny or snarky or sweet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>There might be a contest and someone to beat.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>They come covered in sparkles, sequins and bells.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It needs to be extra in order to sell.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Make it tacky and wacky to bring Christmas cheer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Find one with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Whatever you do, just don&#8217;t be a Grinch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Just make one at home if you&#8217;re in a pinch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grab the glitter! Go get the ribbons and bows!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A string of Christmas lights will make sure it glows.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Whos down in Whoville will be very proud.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Your boring old sweater is now ugly and loud.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>When the day comes to close, safely tuck it away.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You will need to wear it again next year anyway.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[829,865,864],"class_list":["post-1910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-poem","tag-christmas-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1910"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1915,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions\/1915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}