Author: Alan Kozeluh Updated: 5:55 PM CST December 18, 2020 SAN ANTONIO — On National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg made a surprise appearance to a group of seniors having a virtual ugly Christmas sweater party. “I kind of felt like I was a kid, you know, seeing the real Santa,” said Armando Ramirez. “That’s kind of how I felt like, 'Wow, that’s … the mayor.” Ramirez feels like he started his lockdown before March. He had to retire early when he started losing his eyesight and it began affecting his work. “The past year and a half, I found myself closing in because I didn’t have that type of networking that I was used to doing before.”