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Christmas Jumper Day 2021: The history of festive sweaters as thousands of Scots take part

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Thousands of Scots will pop on their tackiest festive sweaters to mark Christmas Jumper Day today. The event, which is held annually on December 10, sees school children and office workers help to raise money for Save The Children.

Since the event launched in 2012, the charity has raised more than £27 million to help kids in need across the globe. Scots are being urged to decorate old jumpers or pick up preowned ones from a charity shop instead of purchasing a new one this year.

Everyone taking part in the occasion has been encouraged to donate £2 to Save the Children, or £1 for school children. While Christmas Jumper Day is a new phenomenon, the concept of Christmas jumpers has been around for decades, Cambridgeshire Live reports.

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