Ugly Christmas: the lesser known Christmas.

A lot of people think Ugly Christmas sweaters are just ugly sweaters celebrating Christmas. Not true! Ugly Christmas sweaters are sweaters that celebrate Ugly Christmas, a different holiday than Christmas. 

For starters, children only ever get the same gift for Ugly Christmas: boxing gloves. They then use those boxing gloves to fight their siblings for a second present: a one way ticket the heck out of this crap hole town.

Who delivers the gifts for Ugly Christmas? It's not Father Christmas, that's for sure. It's Stepfather Christmas. He doesn't have a beard like Santa. He has a goatee. And he doesn't wear a red suit. He wears a Charlotte Bobcats starter jacket and jeans that are too tight. And he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. He just wishes you'd keep it down while he's watching the Steelers game.

He does have 9 reindeer, though. They're all mounted in his man cave.

We could go on and on about how awful Ugly Christmas is, but what's the point? If you don't know, consider yourself lucky! Still, despite how terrible it is, everyone has a hard time sleeping on Ugly Christmas Eve. Maybe it's something about the comfort of routine, of knowing what to expect, even if it's something you don't want. Or maybe it's the methamphetamine-laced candy canes. Nobody knows.

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