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Christmas jumpers have a new name ... and they're not just jumpers anymore. Americans now call the over-the-top seasonal designs "ugly jumpers" and they're now available as... SHOES DRESSES SUITS FAMILY ROMPERS

Great response to yesterday's post. That's one in the eye for those who say that Advent Calendars are going out of fashion and their days are numbered. (B'dum-tish!) Sorry for the vanity post today but this amazing jumper was sent to me by my dear Dad and it even has an openable window for 24th so you'll have to wait and see what's behind it! Bonus beats: here are some great Maths Advent Calendars you can try... Nrich Primary: https://nrich.maths.org/adventprimary Nrich Secondary:  https://nrich.maths.org/adventsecondary Nrich Plus:  https://plus.maths.org/content/plus-advent-calendar-2017 M Scroggs:  http://mscroggs.co.uk/

Christmas Jumpers! Whether you wear one for charity, or to be ironic, or because Christmas has somehow made you lose your mind and you really like them, there's an increasing esoteric range to choose from. Maths Jumpers! And thanks to our friend Sarah W. for suggesting these two beauties: Though of course I claim intellectual copyright on the second one, producing in 1998 (18 years ago!) the Tesco Value Christmas card:

As people get into the Christmas spirit, so the trend for novelty jumpers is starting to rise again. Whether it's being a special snowflake, a knitted reindeer head, or comedy Christmas pudding boobs, you just can't get away from them. In Saturday's Guardian, journalist Tanya Gold was wearing this exciting Hannukah jumper, complete with grinning dreidels and candelabra: To find out more about dreidels, visit dreidelinfo.com Bonus jumpers! The people of Toronto (like our friends Adam and Hannah) are massive baseball fans, almost as much as they are hockey fans. Their team is the Blue Jays, and in the 2015 season the Jays had two 11-game winning streaks, and claimed the AL East division title on September 30. They also took a five-game series against the Texas Rangers, advancing to the ALCS; a three-game comeback series victory had not been accomplished since 2012 by the San Francisco Giants. So what better way to celebrate than with a Christmas jumper! A Docto...

Apologies to the 22 of you who tried and failed to see yesterday's calendar (web scripting error) and well done to the 3 who just changed the web address to '15' (sneaky hacker's trick for you there). We've always been a fan of Percy Pig and his tasty sweets, now you can celebrate the season with this stylish Percy jumper with sparkling detailing. There's also a video you can watch at  http://www.marksandspencer.com/percy-pig-jumper/p/p22336527 I think the thing we're most impressed about is that M&S managed to get Penelope Cruz to do the modelling.