PICTURE: There’s A Brand New Alternative To The Famous Christmas Jumper And We’re Loving It

It’s the most wonderful time of the year... It’s the last few days of November ladies and gents – we know, terrifying right? – and with it comes Christmas parties, catch-ups with old friends and of course, the now famous 12 pubs of Christmas pub-crawl. While there’s an absolutely ridiculous amount of people going to this 12 pubs in Vegas, everyone here in the Emerald Isle is busy hunting out the best bargains on Christmas jumpers (we still have our eyes on this Late Late Toy Show one). In the meantime though, if Christmas jumpers aren’t really your thing, then never fear, as one Irish woman has come up with a unique alternative to the woolly geansaí. Carrie unveiled the Christmas Jumper Brooches earlier this week and describes them as being “hand-crafted with the utmost attention and TLC”. “They will alleviate the problems that normal Christmas Jumper wearers (forthwith knowns as ‘past-its’) endure,” she writes. “There will be no more sweating like Santa stuck in a chimney… you will no longer have to step over people in Penneys trying to get a suitable jumper that every single one of your friends doesn’t have.” A bit bonkers, or simple genius? We haven’t quite decided… You can check it out here.