Cat Christmas Shirt Cats Red Double Decker Bus Christmas Tree Presents Santa Hat

Cat Christmas Shirt With a Double Decker Bus Hauling Its Own Tree

A full Christmas tree rides on the roof of this double decker, held down with twine at three points and the trunk sticking out over the edge. It looks like somebody stopped at the tree lot and refused to leave without the tallest one. Six cats lean out of the windows below, and a stack of wrapped presents waits at the tail end of the bus with the bows still on top. We drew the whole ride as one holiday errand that turned into a small parade.

Our Cat Christmas shirt is made for cat people who count the pets as guests at the holiday table. We pictured it on the mom who buys a stocking for every cat in the house and hears about it when one gets overlooked. It also fits the friend who mails cat cards every December and the grandparent who describes the tree-trimming out loud to a tabby on the arm of the chair. The design gives each of them something to point at when the sweater conversation starts: six cats, one bus, and a tree that clearly never fit inside.

Six Windows, Two Raised Paws

Two paws are up on this bus, one from the orange cat upstairs and one from the calico below, as if both spotted someone on the sidewalk. Around them, a black-and-white cat peeks over a scarf, a tabby wears reindeer antlers, a white cat in a Santa hat sits above a sweater covered in tiny trees, and a black cat in a striped bobble hat wears snowflakes. Their faces differ too, with a closed-eye grin here and wide round eyes there, so a cat owner can usually find the passenger who looks like theirs. In a house with several cats, it is easy to match each one to whoever would claim the window seat. The brushy, hand-painted look gives the string of lights along the bus and the bows on the presents the feel of a picture book you set out only in December.

Does the Bus Still Make Sense Once the Tree Comes Down?

The knit hats, scarves and snowflake sweaters read as winter more than a single date, so the bus keeps its place through January and the cold weeks after it. Cat lovers who start wearing holiday prints the day the first decorations go up will find it easy to begin early, too.

Pick the cat you would put in the window seat, and the rest of the bus fills in around it.