Comments on: Crimes of Fashion: Christmas Sweaters http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/12/20/christmas-sweaters/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:21:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Julie Stewart-Hays http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/12/20/christmas-sweaters/comment-page-1/#comment-47099 Julie Stewart-Hays Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:36:10 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=2764#comment-47099 Finally, someone who agrees with me. The sooner we all ban together to get these banned, the better. Unfortunately, they keep cropping up in Goodwill Stores everywhere. I also take a stand against women wearing men's crew neck t shirts with mom jeans-just about as flattering! Finally, someone who agrees with me. The sooner we all ban together to get these banned, the better. Unfortunately, they keep cropping up in Goodwill Stores everywhere. I also take a stand against women wearing men's crew neck t shirts with mom jeans-just about as flattering!

]]> By: seanpaune http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/12/20/christmas-sweaters/comment-page-1/#comment-35604 seanpaune Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:20:03 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=2764#comment-35604 Dammit, Jack, can't you just let me rant about random nonsense without being all logical and folklorey all the time?!? (although what you said made perfect sense, and I will be testing this theory by wearing a red pompom nose on my left nipple...) Dammit, Jack, can't you just let me rant about random nonsense without being all logical and folklorey all the time?!? (although what you said made perfect sense, and I will be testing this theory by wearing a red pompom nose on my left nipple…)

]]> By: Meaghan http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/12/20/christmas-sweaters/comment-page-1/#comment-35597 Meaghan Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:20:03 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=2764#comment-35597 Agreed. Agreed.

]]> By: Brenda http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/12/20/christmas-sweaters/comment-page-1/#comment-35589 Brenda Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:20:03 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=2764#comment-35589 I think there is a time for Christmas sweaters. At tacky holiday parties. I think there is a time for Christmas sweaters. At tacky holiday parties.

]]> By: Contrary Jack http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/12/20/christmas-sweaters/comment-page-1/#comment-35610 Contrary Jack Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:20:03 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=2764#comment-35610 As a folklorist, I guess think of Christmas sweaters as being more in the realm of *costume* than the category of *fashion*. Think of it like Mardi Gras masks and Halloween costumes and it may hurt less. Goofiness and gaudiness are part of the point with Christmas sweaters. They have an aesthetic all their own, like Christmas stuff generally. Light displays all around your house are also ugly as hell, except they're part of the festival moment, aren't they? It's all part of the deep human need to ward off the cold (cold weather and cold heart) and the dark (both the longest night of the year and the dark night of the soul). It's hard to take things so seriously when you're wearing Rudolph on your chest with a big red pompom nose on your left nipple. As a folklorist, I guess think of Christmas sweaters as being more in the realm of *costume* than the category of *fashion*. Think of it like Mardi Gras masks and Halloween costumes and it may hurt less. Goofiness and gaudiness are part of the point with Christmas sweaters. They have an aesthetic all their own, like Christmas stuff generally. Light displays all around your house are also ugly as hell, except they're part of the festival moment, aren't they? It's all part of the deep human need to ward off the cold (cold weather and cold heart) and the dark (both the longest night of the year and the dark night of the soul).

It's hard to take things so seriously when you're wearing Rudolph on your chest with a big red pompom nose on your left nipple.

]]> By: Merry Christmas - SeanPAune.com http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/12/20/christmas-sweaters/comment-page-1/#comment-35225 Merry Christmas - SeanPAune.com Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:31:24 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=2764#comment-35225 [...] my recent rant against Christmas sweaters, some how this story from Pete Cashmore at Mashable seems like some sort of cosmic justice against [...] [...] my recent rant against Christmas sweaters, some how this story from Pete Cashmore at Mashable seems like some sort of cosmic justice against [...]

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