Embrace Your Rudolph

We just went to our friends' ugly holiday sweater party a few nights ago.  My talented wife created a masterful Christmas Tree outfit for herself.  I'm serious, everyone knew she was a Christmas tree.  Turns out she had struggled to find an ugly sweater for me, though I honestly didn't care.  I was just grateful she picked something up for me at all...well, so I thought.  As I put on the sweater vest, the first thing I noticed was that it was way too small for me.  Tiny in fact, despite the tag saying large.  What gives I thought?  Next, I found that it buttoned left to right, versus right to left.  "This thing has been sewn backwards", I announced.  "Hey, wait a minute, look at these holiday patches?  Babe, this is a girl's sweater!"  Laughing hysterically, she responded sheepishly, "I know, isn't it great?"  Finally, she added two more critical items, the way too short holiday tie that plays Christmas music and a reindeer hat.  "Now, this is truly ridiculous.  I look like Rudolph!", I exclaimed.  Time for Preston to get all bothered and start to complain and criticize her choice for me.  Nope, not this time.  "Stop, drop, and be", I think instead.  Look at my best friend's gleeful face.  Much better to be positive and playful, don't you think?  Besides, I shouldn't worry about what others think anyway, especially if I can get some laughs.  A little self deprecating humor never hurt anyone.  Besides, wasn't it Rudolph's shiny, red, nose that made him so special?