Cute Tabby Cat Christmas Shirt Fa La La Purr

The Carol Gets Stuck on Its Last Word

Fa. La. La. Then the carol stops short and the last word turns into a purr. The lettering stacks in a rounded retro script, each line a little larger than the one above, until Purr swells across the bottom with curling flourishes of its own. It is the kind of line people hum under their breath while hanging an ornament. Our Christmas cat design lets that pun do the singing while a tabby in a Santa hat sets the mood.

The tabby sits in the middle with eyes closed and a small, easy smile, wrapped in a loop of string lights that has wound around it from shoulder to paws. Its white paws rest over the strand as if holding it in place. Two jingle bells hang from ribbon bows near its chest, and the pom-pom of the hat rests beside one ear. It looks like a cat who gave up on the tangle a while ago and decided the tangle was fine. We drew it for the person who has stood in front of a half-lit tree, working a knotted strand loose while a cat watched from the couch, and laughed instead of sighing.

Cute Tabby Cat Christmas Shirt, Tangled in Bells and Lights

This Cute Tabby Cat Christmas Shirt is a holiday tee for anyone who shares a home with a tabby, or who simply wishes they did. Snowflake ornaments sit on either side of the lettering, holly and pine fill the gaps, and small stars scatter around the words like sparks off the bulbs. It is a busy, warm scene, the way a living room looks on Christmas Eve when everyone has found a seat and nobody wants to move. For many cat owners the pet is the one who keeps December calm. It sleeps through the wrapping and supervises the baking from a safe shelf. A shirt that borrows that attitude suits the person who narrates the whole season out loud and answers for the cat. A sister or a roommate usually knows exactly who that is. Pull it on for a cookie swap or a quiet evening with the lights turned low.

Who besides a tabby owner would wear a smiling Santa cat?

Anyone fond of cats and carols, including people who share a home with a different cat or with none at all. The Fa La La Purr wordplay and the calm, closed-eyed face carry the idea on their own, so no tabby at home is needed.

Keep an eye on the bow at the bottom of the lettering, because the bell hanging from it is the one your own cat would go after first.