The holiday party dress code has shown no signs of stopping. Does opting out make you a Grinch?
I was invited to an ugly Christmas sweater party, but the sweaters always struck me as waste of money and bad for the environment. And I don’t own one. Am I allowed to sit this dress code out, or does that make me a Grinch? — Tom, Kansas City, Mo.
It may be time to redefine the Ugly Christmas Sweater, or U.C.S. (Let’s just go with the abbreviation.) After all, the styles we now consider typical for such garments — synthetic creations in the worst versions of red and green bedecked in holiday
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