Microsoft’s ugly Christmas sweater is back, in 2023 it pays tribute to Windows XP

Christmas is just around the corner. The nougat, the lottery, the New Year’s Eve bells are back and… Microsoft’s ugly Christmas sweater. In 2023, with a tacky design based on Windows XP. All in order.

The tradition of wearing a hideous wool Christmas sweater, with hurtful designs of snowmen, reindeer and Christmas trees, is very Anglo-Saxon. A couple of decades ago, Microsoft, half-jokingly, embraced tradition, giving away some ugly Christmas sweaters, as they call them, to its employees.

Our eyes have cried blood with the sweater inspired by Clippy, Windows 95, and Paint. And in 2023, the Windows XP-inspired sweater arrives.

This is Microsoft’s 2023 ugly Christmas sweater

Over time, this tradition has been consolidated, and has even become fashionable. Microsoft began giving away these horrible sweaters to users. In recent years, he has even put them up for sale.

The 2023 model is the desktop wallpaper Windows Xp. It’s called Bliss background, and it’s based on a photograph of a green hill and a blue sky with white clouds in Sonoma County, California:

It doesn’t hurt the eyes as much as previous models, but it’s still terribly ugly. So they’ve nailed it again.

It is surprising that they have not included the Windows logo, or another clue that this is a Microsoft sweater. The only element that gives it away is the mouse cursor.

If you are dying to wear it, like everything nerd of Windows, you can buy it in a lot of sizes in the Xbox store, with shipping to Spain. It costs 64 euros plus shipping costs.

Microsoft will donate all proceeds from the sales of its ugly Christmas sweater to the NGO The Nature Conservancy, which fights to conserve the environment.

Microsoft’s 2023 ugly Christmas sweater has been revealed, inspired by Windows XP. And it’s as horrible as ever. A new success for Satya Nadella’s company.