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Ugly Christmas sweater season has begun.

Americans seem to think it is fun

to dress themselves not in the season’s finest,

but in the ugliest sweater they can find

to celebrate together a sacred date

forgetting the solemnity of Advent’s long wait

to share with us a love divine.

Trees go up lit by flames to give us warning

that climate change may soon end

the faithful earth upon which life depends.

A cabinet full of ugly sweaters fills,

worn by those who think they are better

than faithful civil servants whose only goal

is to keep America safe and whole.

Executives dodging background checks

don the ugliest sweaters they can find

hoping to make a buck or two

off the game pitting us against each other,

me and you,

against all hope that we can survive

a very dangerous political ride.

The party which once celebrated 

freedom and patriots’ pride

donned ugly sweaters when it realized

white control was on a slip and slide

with the rising hopes of women

and people of color’s growing pride.

The uglier the better the saying goes,

for Christmas sweaters worn by those

who forget the reason for a season,

forget the principles of a constitution,

forget the laws and regulations

which hold together a flawed nation

and allow democracy to thrive.

The time of ugly sweaters has arrived.