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Anyone itching to sport their wackiest holiday sweater without shame has a legitimate reason to do so during Cooper-Siegel Community Library's upcoming Victorian tea and luncheon.

If you have one with flying reindeer or Frosty, now's the time to wear it, reference librarian Ann Andrews said.

The Crazy Sweater Tea and Lunch will be at noon Dec. 4 at library, 403 Fox Chapel Road.

The cost is $7 and includes lunch and scones. Participants should bring their own teacups.

Andrews this spring instituted a themed tea party every other month and found that the idea caught on quickly.

We have about four book groups going on, a knitting group and music groups. Some of the ladies are always interested in what else they can join, Andrews said. We found that this is a nice social thing, and ladies just like to get together.

This summer, the group sipped their tea while enjoying the gardens outside the library that are kept pristine by members of the Fox Chapel Garden Club. Andrews said that during lunch, the group learned trivia about author Jane Austen.

At Halloween, attendees wore crazy hats, learned tidbits about the Oct. 31 observance and shared legendary Pennsylvania ghost stories.

In December, the guest speaker is scheduled to be Laura Ainsley, assistant curator of education at the Frick Art & Historical Center in Pittsburgh. Ainsley will share Victorian Christmas traditions with the audience.

Some of the customs associated with that era are Christmas caroling, sending cards and decorating trees, Andrews said.

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Crazy sweater tea to be served at Fox Chapels Cooper-Siegel Community Library