Bad Sweater Guy

And ... jazz hands!

It's the Mod Squad -- Bad Sweater division. But we have a question. On the right, he's got little Santa Clauses (Clai?) and snowflakes, in the middle it's Monopoly hotels and holly. And she's got some sort of Christmas bouquet vest. But what, pray tell, is that on the left cardigan? An amorphous monkey snowman wrapped in wool? A horrible parallel dimension where bad sweater guy is a simian? You knitted it, didn't you, you maniacs! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!

Submitted by Bonnie, who wishes us a Merry Christmas. Right back at ya -- and thanks for the nightmares.

Everybody in vests

Much like road workers' safety vests, these serve as a warning: It's time to cut off the eggnog.

Yet another Kristen submission. Must be a scary house this time of year.

Only two days til Christmas ...

... and if you haven't gotten anything, might we suggest a calendar, shirt, mug or lovely refrigerator magnet from Bad Sweater Guy's store? No, we can't guarantee holiday delivery. But a nice e-mail with a link here will fill them with such anticipation, they'll fall into a shock coma and not wake up until it arrives. Really. We've seen it happen. Happy Holidays.

This is not for your eyes

"The box. You opened it. We came."

Yet another Kirsten submission. The lady is prolific (or twisted)

Wascally

The tremendous amount of fur, the radical coloring, the cuddliness. Someone in this picture is hopped up on something, and it isn't the rabbit. Der Ausbeuter agonizing.

Among Friends

A Christmas comic from Worth Gowell. Be sure to send in your own holiday horrors by clicking the link at the left.

Work/Life Balance

The real-life Bad Sweater Guy works for Nintendo. Sometimes it feels like work follows him home from the office. But when you're working on DS and Wii, that's not always a bad thing.

Babes in toyland

The Men of  Sam's Club calendar. They're wild, they're wooly, they're so, so wrong. Yes, at the bottom of that gentleman on the right, the sweater does say "toy land." On the left, the bottom of the sweater says, "didn't quite make it down all the way."

submitted by Kristen

I must not fear. Fear is the mindkiller.

"Put your hand in the box."

"What is in the box?"

"Pain."

submitted by Kristen

Bad Sweater Party People IV

From left to right, Cary, Katie B., Danny and Stephanie close out a dazzling week of co-worker photos. Cary found her bad sweater in the "Grandma" department of the local Fashion Bug. Katie, ever the rebel, went with a bad sweatshirt instead of a sweater. It was a group project donated by the dedicated teachers at Vessels Elementary School in Cypress, Calif. Apparently that's a magnet school -- a magnet of bad taste.

Danny is seen here wearing women's clothing. But Bad Sweaters are gender-neutral, just like those who wear them. Finally, Stephanie proves once again that it's tough to see the forest for the button-covered trees.

Have you sent in photos of your own Bad Sweater friends? Click the link to the left.