Christmas is the season where you can openly make fun of someone’s outfit, particularly the ugliest Christmas sweater you’ve ever seen. In Rockland, the party is a tradition, now, and the gaudiest sweaters came with blinking mini lights, appliqué, tinsel and other decorations.

Throw in a fundraiser, and presto! You’ve got contributions for a good cause — helping the Pope Memorial Humane Society of Knox County, in Thomaston.