Ugly Christmas Sweater? No, A Christmas Treasure...

Ugly Christmas sweater parties are a big trend in Canada/ North America, and why not? Ugly Christmas sweaters are awesome! They are everyone's guilty pleasure! Its the one party theme that everyone dresses up for. Why? My  theory is because everyone wishes they could wear them all the time..... If this is true for you, then Christmas in Wales is the place for you! I have seen the transformation from September to Christmas season (there is very little in between, when September is over they start selling Christmas stuff). Christmas sweaters enter the stores beginning of December and are sold out within a week, and that's when the awesomeness begins... ugly Christmas sweaters everywhere- but here they are not ugly, they are beautiful and edgy and stylish. Big Reindeer, Snowmen, Penguins, Snowflakes; the whole lot of Christmas characters on display everywhere. And these are not jokes. People pay up to 40 pounds (64 Canadian Dollars at the moment) for some of these things that in Canada you find at Value village for $1.25.  I am wearing a reindeer right now (although mine did not cost nearly as much) as I type this in a Starbucks (the only coffee shop open until 8 on a Saturday) and I fit in. Way to go Wales for being awesome.