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14  Ugly Christmas Sweaters Every College Kid Needs

Because your outfit should always be a top priority

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14  Ugly Christmas Sweaters Every College Kid Needs
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The holiday season is full of parties.

Cookie swaps, White Elephant parties, New Year's Eve blowouts...

Whether you have ever been invited to (or actually attended) one or not, odds are, you have heard of an Ugly Christmas Sweater party.

If you have never been to or understood the premise of an Ugly Christmas sweater party, allow me to help you out. Like most parties, this particular breed of shindig will involve food and games, but the most important event of the night is the Ugly Sweater contest. The winner may or may not get a prize (beyond the strange pride of knowing that your peers believe you have been wearing the ugliest outfit all night), but the memories that you will make will be more than enough of an award. To enter, all you need is your most festive Ugly Christmas sweater and a sense of humor.

Allow me to further help you by starting your search for you:

For the gym buff

We may always tell ourselves that we will never be that guy, and some of us are more successful than others, but we all know that guy. You know, the one that's always at the gym, talking about the gym, or thinking about picking up your stack of text books and blasting out a set of curls in the middle of the library.

Yes, that guy.

No matter how much you may not want to admit it, you have to invite that guy to your party because, at the end of the day, he needs social interaction (outside the realm of barbells) too. Heck, you may even be that guy and you know you want to take a rest day so you can party it up every once in a while.

Fear not, there's a sweater that will be both a conversation-starter and a visual reminder of all of the gains you have made since last Christmas.

For the "The Bachelor" fan

If you're the type of person that obsesses over every single rose ceremony in "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette", this sweater is for you.

While you may already have your group of "Bachelor" and/or "Bachelorette" friends established, this sweater puts a fun holiday spin on it that might even expand your group to include people that don't watch the show. Think about it, this sweater is not only a fun and festive holiday garment, but an all-inclusive garment as well.

College is about laughing at all of the stupid cliques that formed in high school, and moving past them, so why not get the ball rolling with a holly jolly top?

For the frat guy

Admit it, you knew that any list that included the words "every college student" would eventually get to something alcohol-themed. Well, my friends, we have reached that point.

For every "gym buff" on campus, there are three or four frat guys setting up a pong table in the dark basement of a stinky frat house. Every college campus has a team of Olympic pong table-setters.

All this means is that they would definitely be useful in a party setting. Make sure they remember their role and gift them one of these sweaters. Everyone will thank you, even them.

For the sorority girl

And for every frat guy, there is a sorority girl.

The sorority girl (and the frat guy, for that matter) comes in many forms. Some of them are more involved in the group than others and they all have different personalities. But one thing remains: they like to get at least a little dressed up for fun parties.

That's exactly what makes this sweater perfect for sorority girls everywhere. It's cute, comfy, and festive: all of the things the typical sorority girl requires for a fun Christmas party. Time to toss on a cozy sweater, get lit, and dance 'till Santa comes!

For the Rudolph lover

Some of us like to remember that we are adults now, but some of us refuse to grow up.

Seriously, don't make me call to make my own dentist appointments because that is more adulting than I can handle. '

For those of us that haven taken the pledge to remain forever five years old, there are cute sweaters like this that pull from the childhood classics and bring them a little closer to the college party scene. It's a nice, subtle way to say "I'm not an adult anymore, but I'm not afraid to act a little silly."

For the pun-lover

This one might go fall into the "kids who never want to grow up" category, but it definitely deserves its own spot.

No matter how many "that's what she said" jokes you can make now that you're an "adult", you know you will always find cute and clever puns downright hysterical.

Tickle your funny bone this year with a cute "ninja-bread men" sweater. Bonus points if you can think of your own. DIY and classy puns are always in style!

For the kid that's a little...odd

Yeah, we don't really know what that kid is doing either, but they sure spice things up!

You know who we're talking about. That kid that always shows up wearing something that's just weird enough to make you wonder if he (or she) missed the memo or if his (or her) sense of style (or humor) is beyond you.

Either way, he's fun to have around, so I had to include a sweater for the kid that's just a little strange.

For the meme master

If you know anything about the younger generations in the weird, web-based world of 2018, you know that we are all at least somewhat fluent in one language: memes.

Some of us just know the "golden oldies" and some of us pride ourselves in knowing a little more beyond the basics.

Then there's the special brand of college kid that spends hours on the Internet, quizzing themselves hourly in order to master the art of the meme and boasting about their knowledge on Reddit.

Yeah, they're a little weird and they can be kind of annoying, but they always know exactly what to say, er..."meme," to make everyone laugh.

For the "Elf" lover

Another thing that college kids are known for is quoting everything that can be seen on a screen (TV shows, movies, Vines...we really are an antisocial generation).

When Christmas time rolls around, we have an abundant well of resources to pull from when the discussion turns merry and bright, but we will always stick to the goofiest movie we can think of: "Elf".

Tug on a nice Mr. Narwhal sweater and just try to keep from making a cotton headed ninny-muggins out of yourself tonight, okay?

For the "Scrubs" fan

If movies aren't really your thing, but bingeing Netflix shows really is your thing, here's a sweater for you.

Even though Netflix somewhat recently added "Scrubs" to its never-ending list of TV shows it has ripped from our cold, sleep deprived hands, you can always channel your inner Bob Kelso during the holidays.

You know who has two thumbs and can only watch "Friends" so many times before we are going to start demanding the return of our other favorites as well? This generation.

Netflix, you dirty old scrooge, you've been warned.

For the one that's always smiling

So maybe there's a little bit of an "Elf" fan in all of us. It's buried deeper some than others, but it's there nevertheless.

With that in mind, think about what you've always heard from your parents, your teachers, your weird old neighbor that thought of you as their grandchild when you were a kid and still calls you on your birthday: a smile can make anyone's day and it costs nothing.

While this sweater will set you back a whopping $70, the smiles it will bring are priceless...but you might want to look for a coupon code just to be safe.

For the Netflix Nerd

Seriously, there's not much to do to procrastinate in college anymore. At some point, every method you can think of will fail you and you will have to start your homework at some point.

Every method, that is, except for Netflix.

Netflix, you have only failed us when you have taken away our favorite shows, but we will continue to forgive you as long as you keep giving us bingeworthy Netflix originals like "Stranger Things".

Okay, fine. You caught me. I've only included a cool, "Stranger Things"-themed sweater on this list to convince you that we need our shows back.

C'non...haven't we been on the nice list long enough to get some of our favorite "toys" back? Or maybe some new ones, if nothing else?

For the Instagram guru

One of the best things about going to a party is collecting a new onslaught of photos to blast all over your Instagram for weeks to come.

At least, that's how some people see it.

If you consider yourself to be one of those people that is constantly screaming "do it for the 'gram", I believe I have found the perfect sweater for you. Slip it on, grab your closest friends, adjust every single lamp in the room and stand on a stack of teetering chairs until you get the perfect lighting, and snap a picture for your followers. Trust me, you look great.

For the classic couple

Who's to say that matching outfits, outside of Halloween parties, is "weird" or "clingy"?

Nobody. Don't listen to the haters. If you're one of those people that pushes through the grit of Halloween just so you can enjoy the merrymaking of Christmas, I have found the perfect matching sweaters for you and your significant other.

There's an extra perk in this one if you like "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" and even more of a perk if your significant other can pick up on the reference before you have to tell them yourself.

Still wary about going to a party in a sweater that is, by definition, not attractive in any way?

Fine. Just remember that you chose stay home instead of sucking it up for a night. Remember that feeling when everyone else is talking about how much fun they had next semester.

You could have played along, but you said no.

To sacrifice your pride or to not sacrifice your pride: that is the holiday question.

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