# Ladies, do you wear holiday-themed clothing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040 "2005-11-14T19:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/1 "2005-11-14T19:59:17Z")
You know, like a schoolteacher might wear? Cute cardigans, or funny earrings, or silly socks? Some of the seasonal clothing isn’t too bad, but the pink bunnies and smiling witches ad 3-D snowman sweaters are a little … much for my taste. (I’m only 25, by the way.) I think [this sweater](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5443840727&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1) is OK, but [this one](http://cgi.ebay.com/BEREK-BEADED-TEXAS-SANTA-WESTERN-CHRISTMAS-SWEATER-L_W0QQitemZ5441191435QQcategoryZ63866QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) is over-the-top. How 'bout you? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/2 "2005-11-14T20:12:00Z")
My goodness, but that’s a hideous sweater. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/3 "2005-11-14T20:20:37Z")
The first one isn’t too bad-not my style, but it’s just a generic “winter” sweater. So it’s all right. The second one is a crime against fashion. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/4 "2005-11-14T20:25:06Z")
Honestly, I wouldn’t be caught dead in either. I take to wearing a lot plain stuff in winter. Simple sweaters, hoodies, jeans, sneakers, black pea coat, etc. I’m not into holiday clothes, they make me think of my grandma and her sequined Christmas/ Halloween/ 4th of July clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/5 "2005-11-14T20:30:05Z")
I don’t like socks. I wear sandals 10 months out of the year in Upstate NY. In order to persuade myself to wear socks when the temp drops too cold even for me, I do buy brightly-colored cute socks. Some of them happen to be holiday socks. And that’s the extent of it. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/6 "2005-11-14T20:30:18Z")
They both suck. Unfortunately, my in laws are all about the Christmas Bomb Sweater. I might even find one under the tree. Then I’ll have to remove the turkey and put my head in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/7 "2005-11-14T20:37:25Z")
I ask this because my husband’s mom’s side of the family seems to love them. We do a Yankee Trader gift exchange with them for Christmas every year, and half the ladies over 50 show up wearing them. Three years in a row, a holiday sweater was one of the gifts. You should have seen the number of times they changed hands! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/8 "2005-11-14T20:42:51Z")
Good Gawd no. Never. Ick. My mom and sister, OTOH, love them. My sister even breaks out the Christmassy earrings and socks. Her favorite outfit **shudder** is BRIGHT red pants with a green sweatshirt that shows a kitten tangled up in ribbons. I remind myself that insanity is hereditary and I’m not related by blood. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/9 "2005-11-14T20:47:31Z")
I do have two pairs of earrings shaped like tree ornaments – one of red balls (sic), and one of purple, six-pointed stars – and I’ve been known to wear those when dressing up (with a plain white silk blouse and tuxedo pants, long hair down). ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/10 "2005-11-14T20:49:43Z")
Those sweaters should be removed from _society_. And, no, I don’t wear holiday themed clothing. I do own a pair of tights with stylized holly leaves on them, but they were a gift. ---
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/11 "2005-11-14T20:58:17Z")
I’m definitely ok with the themed socks, but the sweaters are no less than hideous…and that’s EXACTLY why I own some. This year will be our second annual Don We Now Our Gay Apparel party. Guest are required to wear such things. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/12 "2005-11-14T22:17:14Z")
Sometimes. Not as often as my mother (who teaches three year olds, and thus finds lots of excuses for interesting socks in winter). Since I’m aiming for a career with a lot of involvement with customers, I’m thinking that I might buy some more “seasonal” but not _too_ “seasonal” items. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/13 "2005-11-14T22:21:15Z")
Both those jumpers are vile, in my opinion. I do wear a white T-shirt with red HO HO HO written on it, with either green or red slacks. It doesn’t look as atrocious as it sounds. Really. Oh, and I wear Christmas Tree earrings in the week before Christmas. It’s all rather different from when I was little, of course. Christmas Day was major dressing up day - hats, gloves, stockings, new dress. Totally out of place in 100+ temperatures. ---
**Author:** ![power\_sawyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@power\_sawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/power_sawyer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/14 "2005-11-14T22:21:42Z")
I’m not a lady. But I like to dress for the holidays. I have one tie with a little man carrying a Christmas tree. And another tie with a man wearing a barrel that reads IRS. And one with a ship and 1492 for Columbus day. If I find more of that genre, you can be sure I will collect them. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/15 "2005-11-14T22:32:34Z")
I have one light blue sweater with a huge white-beaded snowflake on it. It’s very pretty and I only get to wear it about two months a year. I also have a pair of red and black socks with snowflakes on them. Some friends of mine do a “white elephant” gift exchange after Christmas every year, where we swap unwanted presents. At the same time we have an “ugliest holiday sweater” contest. It’s very entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/16 "2005-11-14T22:32:41Z")
The juvenile look isn’t my style. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/17 "2005-11-14T22:43:03Z")
I don’t do any seasonal dressing (I don’t dress up for Stampede, either). Some people like to, and fine for them. It just isn’t my thing. I would probably wear the blue and white sweater, but I’d have to be in danger of freezing to death to wear the other one. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/18 "2005-11-14T23:14:45Z")
I like fun socks, but otherwise no. I would not wear either sweater. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/19 "2005-11-14T23:15:59Z")
Heehee. When I was in high school, one day in early December my mother brought home a Grinch sweatshirt for me. She earnestly told me that I could wear it every day, if I wanted to. She would wash it every night. I’m not sure I _ever_ wore it, actually. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040/20 "2005-11-14T23:26:08Z")
> [@ladydisco](#): > > This year will be our second annual Don We Now Our Gay Apparel party. Guest are required to wear such things. Good times. I’m a guy, and as such never liked any of that kind of stuff. But man, the possibilities of intentionally misunderstanding “Don We Now Our Gay Apparel” are just hilarious. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-wear-holiday-themed-clothing/331040.md?page=2)