Did we ever go to the midnight service or Merry Ugly Christmas Sweater morning service? No. Not even when Dad was in the Army, although I do remember a few of the, ‘you will attend’ services being held for special events and we all trooped into church to sing a few hymns (notable because none of us could hold a tune in a bucket!).

Merry Ugly Christmas Sweater,
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But their Merry Ugly Christmas Sweater to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair callson Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancée, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best celebration ever.

Should anyone question why an Merry Ugly Christmas Sweater is able to “celebrate” Christmas in all good conscience, I explain the foregoing to them. As with most Christian celebrations, the pagan aspect is equal to, or greater than, the religious aspects. Easter is another fine example of fertility rites and symbols mixed in with resurrection myths. Celebrating these holidays (Holy Days) does not endorse either paganism or Christianity unless you make it clear that that is what you are doing.