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Free Wear It's that time of year again when Microsoft dispatches its latest Ugly Sweater to The Register, and we spoil a lucky reader that makes us smile by sending you the garment in time for Christmas.

Compared to previous incarnations, 2025's jerseys are a slightly more sober affair.

There are three. The Artifact Sweater features a selection of Microsoft's Ghosts of Christmas Past, from the Internet Explorer and MSN logos through the strangely retro-cool Clippy assistant, and what looks a lot like a Minecraft Creeper. There's one celebrating the Zune, and another for Xbox.

We got our talons on the Artifact Sweater with its multitude of icons. It's almost like someone asked Copilot to spray a sweater with iconography, though if that were true, the result would probably also lack a head hole and sport three arms.