with the holiday season fast approaching and your party schedule beginning to fill up – just say NO to any urge you may have to wear a ‘christmas sweater’. instead of wearing a sweater with a reindeer, snowman, or holiday motif on it, opt for a cranberry colored velvet blazer or matte-metallic silver sweater with a faux fur trim collar. both are chic alternatives that will leave santa (and all your friends and family) saying ‘ho-ho-ho’, not ‘no-no-no’.
also, when attending a christmas party - don’t overdo the glitz and ‘christmas spirit’ with your outfit (see above). remember, you are going there to have fun and mingle with friends and family - not compete with the christmas tree! 
have you seen any holiday fashion fouls that were just complete train wrecks?! do share…and hopefully you weren’t looking in the mirror!
i think the biggest offeder i have witnessed is someone wearing a christmas tree sweater with matching christmas tree earings that actually blinked! and of course, she had to have the socks to match! omg…keep the spirit inside/outside your home - not on your body!
December 4th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Amen sister on both tips. I had an old boss who was an explosion of holiday motif wool right down to the socks. When is that ever ok?! And there is a clear distinction between your Tina Turner Halloween costume, your New Year’s party dress and the outfit that you wear to a holiday party. No matter how rough the economy please don’t try to extend those looks. For the sake of us all.
~ humps.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
I almost fell out of my chair when I read the ‘competing with the tree remark’! You are so funny…although I think I would be way to stressed out to attend a Christmas party you are at because you will probably be using me for inspiration for your next post!!! LOL - always a good read! Happy Holidays to you, too!
December 8th, 2008 at 9:22 am
I agree. I think it is so silly to wear outrageous holiday sweaters. I think all women that wear such a sweater need to be on a special edition of “What Not To Wear.”
December 15th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
My stepmother owns at exactly one Christmas-themed sweater/shirt/blouse for EVERY DAY of December. (That’s not a typo — she has 25 of these pathetic get-ups.) Her excuse is that her kindergarten students like the blinking/jingling/sparkling designs. But she’s been retired from teaching for 10 years!
PS - I’d love a cranberry velvet blazer — where do you suggest I shop for one?
January 3rd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
You are very funny! I completely agree. My mom was so proud of herself for finally buying that Christmas sweater she had always thought would be “fun.” What could I say? “Now you need to work on your Halloween wardrobe!”