You've heard of Christmas and Easter. You've also heard of Pentecost and Christ the King Sunday, but have you heard of "Ugly Christmas Sweater Sunday?"
Ugly Christmas Sweater Sunday (UCS) is the newest addition to the Christian calendar and it always falls on the Sunday after Christmas Day. It's becoming a new tradition in churches all around the world. Some churches do not even know it exists even though their church members dress as if they did know.
Sanctuaries will be filled to overflowing on Christmas Eve but the energy in church on that first Sunday after Christmas Day is like no other. People look forward to this neglected Sunday all year long.
There is hope for that really deplorable Christmas sweater that we saved because it was a gift but vowed that we would never wear in public. UCS Sunday is the perfect day to wear that sweater! Knowing that your friends and fellow church goers will be wearing their ugly Christmas sweaters to church gives you the needed confidence to wear your sweater as well.
It's that time of year to dig through your closet and rummage through the garbage bags in the basement that are filled with clothes from your past and find that Christmas sweater you were hoping to never lay eyes on again. UCS Sunday is just around the corner. You might need to clean it up a bit and have it ready to wear. There is nothing more embarrassing than attending a UCS Sunday worship service and wearing your normal church clothes. That is so uncool. People might snicker at you.
Remember, the uglier the better, as long as it is rated G for all audiences. Just remember to not do what I did one UCS Sunday. I complimented someone on their ugly Christmas sweater and they had no idea what I was talking about.
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