{"id":620,"date":"2012-12-08T16:15:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T21:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/?p=620"},"modified":"2012-12-08T16:15:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T21:15:33","slug":"ugly-christmas-sweaters-its-hip-to-be-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/ugly-christmas-sweaters-its-hip-to-be-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugly Christmas Sweaters. It\u2019s Hip to be Square."},"content":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t help but smile when I see someone at the mall, at a Christmas party or out and about boldly wearing a loud Christmas sweater, embroidered sweatshirt or Santa Claus hat. Normally this comes with slight disregard for traditional fashion sense. It\u2019s festive, it\u2019s fun, it\u2019s something you talk and joke about.<\/p>\n

Ugly Christmas sweaters are colorful. They\u2019re busy. They\u2019re garish.\"\" <\/a><\/p>\n

They\u2019re the opposite of cool, yet they are cool at the same time. They are conversation pieces. Who can find the most ornate, the most creative, the most daring? It\u2019s Christmas and it\u2019s time to celebrate. \u201cFashion can be put on hold when I wear my ugly Christmas sweater,\u201d seems to be the prevailing mood. That\u2019s why ugly Christmas sweaters remain a popular annual trend. \"\" <\/a><\/p>\n

Where do we find our new favorite? To find an ugly Christmas sweater that suits your particular personality and budget takes some doing. If you\u2019ve shopped online for them, they can also carry hefty price tag. Instead of shelling out $35 or $50 for an ugly Christmas sweater, shopping at your local Goodwill can save you plenty. In fact, you can afford to buy several different sweaters at thrift store prices for much less than you would pay for one at retail or online with shipping.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll be pleasantly surprised by the wide selection, quality and variety of sweaters and sweatshirts that Goodwill has. Keep in mind, each Goodwill store has unique ugly Christman sweaters in stock.<\/p>\n

Challenge your friends and relatives. Plan an ugly Christmas sweater party. Ask\u00a0guests to wear an outlandish sweater or sweatshirt to your next gathering.<\/p>\n

Shop Goodwill. You\u2019ll be happy you did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t help but smile when I see someone at the mall, at a Christmas party or out and about boldly wearing a loud Christmas sweater, embroidered sweatshirt or Santa Claus hat. Normally this comes with slight disregard for traditional fashion sense. It\u2019s festive, it\u2019s fun, it\u2019s something you talk and joke about. Ugly Christmas…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,28],"tags":[38,45,69,93,100,107,110,111],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}