Christmas jumper

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Christmas jumper
An example of a 1980s Christmas jumper
Typejumper

A Christmas jumper (also Christmas sweater) is a

roll neck (or "turtleneck") top-pulled garment. It can generally be said that embellishments such as tinsel, reindeer, or sparkles make a sweater "ugly," in terms of ugly sweaters.[1]

History

In the United Kingdom, Christmas jumpers became popular during the 1980s after a variety of television presenters such as

Amazon reporting an increase in sales of 600% in 2011, and the trend has been followed by a number of celebrities.[9] Ugly Christmas Sweater Contests are held annually in the United States.[10]

Christmas jumpers and T-shirts in a British supermarket, 2016

In 2012, the British newspaper

metal band Slayer released one as part of their merchandise range.[11]

The charity Save the Children runs an annual Christmas Jumper Day each year in December using the slogan "Make the world better with a sweater". It encourages people to raise money for the charity by wearing their Christmas jumpers on a specific day.[12] The New York Times reported in 2012 that a major venue for sweater sales are independent company websites, with ugly-sweater themed names.[13]

Environmental charity Hubbub reported in 2019 that up to 95% of Christmas jumpers are made using plastic, and that two-fifths of them are worn only once. A spokeswoman for Hubbub described the Christmas jumper as "one of the worst examples of fast fashion" and urged people to "swap, buy second-hand or re-wear" rather than buy new.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Just Whose Idea Was the Ugly Christmas Sweater?".
  2. ^ a b c Epstein, Robert (16 December 2012). "Bring Modern: Christmas jumpers". The Independent. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  3. ^ Sweeney, Ken (29 November 2011). "Tubridy in stitches after Toy Show jumpers labelled a crime". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Party through the pain". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 December 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
  5. ^ Murphy, Claire (23 November 2009). "Toy show jumper dilemma for Ryan". Evening Herald. Independent News & Media. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  6. ^ Byrne, Gay (13 February 2010). "The chameleon of Montrose". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  7. ^ a b Hickman, Leo (14 December 2012). "Show us your Christmas jumper – for Save the Children". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d Cumming, Ed (13 December 2012). "How Christmas jumpers came in from the cold". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  9. ^ "The big Christmas jumper comeback". The Daily Mirror. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  10. ^ "SLIDESHOW: FOX13 News Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest". WHBQ-TV. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Slayer's new merch includes ugly Christmas jumper". NME. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  12. ^ Gripper, Ann (14 December 2012). "#XmasJumperDay: UK wears its Christmas jumpers in aid of Save The Children". The Daily Mirror. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  13. ^ Guy Trebay (16 December 2012). "Bad Taste, All in Fun". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Most Christmas jumpers contain plastic, environmental charity warns". BBC. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

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