The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for December 20, 2023

Where did you buy it? I want one too.

Festive? No Brutus, it’s ugly.

So what does your ugly sweater look like, Brutus? We must see. Or is it better left to our imaginations?

You be you Brutus! I was in Walmart today so I’ve seen worse!

Let’s remember people, oogly is in the eye of the beholder!!! And that sweater is NOT ……. oogly!!!

/SHMIRK/

It can’t be ugly with Rudolph on the front.

Festively ugly.

I bet the ugly sweater contest at Planet Fitness is a bit different.

The festivities just turned ugly.

His present from Mother Gargle and Brutus went for it. Hook, line and sinker.

Brutus will win the ugly Christmas sweater contest…

Rudolph is giving us the Jim-from-“The Office” look.

No, festive is the sweater with the blinking Rudolf nose and twinkle lights on the wreath.

oh it’s festively ugly

I don’t think your sweater is ugly, Brutus.

The rare occasion when two things can be equally true. That sweaters Ugly AND Festive!

Brutus, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. As long as you think it’s a festive sweater, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.

The reindeer on our hero’s sweater reminds me of Scooby Doo with antlers.

My ugly Christmas Sweater has a sloth. Beat that Brutus

I dress the same way!

Careful there Brutus. With that sweater you might start the New Year as a winner.

It’s great Brutus . Ignore the naysayers .

Some years ago (I believe long enough the statue of limitations has expired or the cheep president/gift giver has) I worked for a company that, at Christmas, the CEO would host a party in NY for his staff and their spouses. His gifts were stock options, Tiffany silver and other high end presents and the dinner was hosted at the St Regas hotel. He retired and the new president and his spouse hosted their first party at some out of town resort and the gifts were ugly Christmas sweaters that we were expected to wear at the next morning’s Christmas brunch buffet. That night my spouse and I decided my company was on the way down and we both resigned from our repective jobs and we moved back to So. Cal. where we are living happily ever after. Gave the sweaters away.

well, it looks festive to me. :J

Brutus you are Stylin.

Maybe it would be better worn on…

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Maybe you should move on to the next comment now…

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I’m warning you, it’s bad…

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Last chance!

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Festivus…

(I told you! ☺)

It is my good friend. It most definitely is. Your intent is what counts. If others consider it tacky, that’s their problem…..

Arnie has no tact. I’m with Brutus. The sweater looks festive to me, too.

It can be both festive and ugly but you just keep doing you, Brutus. And if you happen to back into the prize for ugliest sweater (to a born loser? what a bend in the universe!) act like you planned it!

Tis the season for ugly sweaters, but frankly I think it is festive with a cheerful reindeer.

Some of the 3-D ones with a bunch of bells, lights, garland, etc. can be ugly, but I think most Christmas sweaters are festive and nice-looking, including the one Brutus is wearing. I’d wear that!

“Ugly sweaters puts everybody in a festive Christmas mood, ugly anything too, I look at Veeblefester and I’m in a festive mood” thinks Brutus…

Brutus gets points for covering well in panel two and not blurting out to Arnie his aside to us from panel three.

Oh wait – I forgot. I have two long sleeved t-shirts for Christmas. One has a simple Christmas tree on it, and one has a picture of Santa that says, “Believe.” I forgot about them, since I have had them about 10 years and wore each one once.

it’s sad that we as a society put negative spins on everything, we shame animals for doing what comes naturally and we call other people’s clothes ugly just because they aren’t the average look. whatever happened to building people up instead of trying to tear them down? Wear what you like Brutus, don’t be a slave to self-important people who judge you.

when it comes to clothes, isn’t “festive” another synonym for “ugly”…

They’re nor mutually exclusive.