Chihuahua Reindeer Christmas Shirt Merry Christmas And Happy New Year

A strand of glowing bulbs winds along the ground at the paws of three Chihuahuas, looping from one dog to the next as though they all got tangled in it while settling into place. The lights are small, but they tie the trio together, and they are the first thing that makes the scene feel like a December evening rather than a lineup of dogs in costume. Everything else on the shirt grows out of that glow.

Chihuahua Reindeer Christmas Shirt With Three Dogs in Knit Sweaters

This Chihuahua reindeer Christmas shirt is made for the person whose dog already has a holiday wardrobe and a favorite spot beside the tree. Two of the Chihuahuas wear soft brown antlers, and the one in the middle wears a Santa hat with a white pom-pom swinging off to the side. All three sit in knit sweaters patterned with snowflakes and tiny reindeer, the kind you can almost feel through the print. The dog on the right has its tongue out, caught mid-pant. It breaks the composure of the row in the best way, and it is usually the detail people mention first when they spot the shirt across a room. We designed it for Chihuahua owners who like their dogs a little dressed up and a little undignified.

A Holiday Wish That Begins With an Ampersand

Below the dogs, a single line reads “& HAPPY NEW YEAR,” set between two thin rules. The ampersand matters. It picks up a sentence already in progress, so the antlers, the sweaters and the lights have said Christmas, and the words simply carry that warmth into January. Our print keeps the greeting plain on purpose, which leaves the dogs to do the talking. That makes the shirt easy to wear to the gatherings that fill the end of the year: a cookie swap, a family dinner where everyone is already in matching knits, a New Year’s Eve spent at home with the dog asleep on someone’s lap. Chihuahua lovers who dress for the season will see their own small, opinionated dog in these three. Grandparents who keep a Chihuahua on the couch and sisters who trade dog pictures all December will recognize them too.

How Long Can Three Chihuahuas in Sweaters Stay in the Rotation After January 1?

The printed wish looks ahead to the new year, so the shirt sits just as comfortably on January 2 as on December 24. The knit sweaters and the strand of lights also suit any cold evening through the rest of winter, well after the tree comes down.

The strand of bulbs at the dogs’ paws is the detail worth pointing out to a friend who asks where it came from.