Funny Dad Christmas Shirt Dear Santa I Try To Be Good

Dear Santa, I Try To Be Good, But I Take After My Daddy

That line sits in thick white letters stacked above a green banner, with a red Santa hat tipped over the first word and a pair of golden bells hanging off the corner. Our funny Dad Christmas shirt turns one small confession into the whole design, and it belongs to the kid who has clearly learned a few things from the man at the head of the table.

Two decorated trees stand on either side of the middle section, each topped with a gold star and surrounded by wrapped gifts. Strings of colored lights run across the top and bottom of the banner. Below the last word, a red sleigh pulls four reindeer across the base, and a pair of striped stockings hang beside the final line. It looks like a letter that has been pinned to the mantel.

A Letter To Santa From The Kid Who Copies Dad

The humor lands because everyone in the house knows where it comes from. Dad tells the same jokes every December, sneaks cookies off the plate before Santa can get to them, and swears he was only checking the lights. The child in this shirt watched all of it and took notes. Putting “Daddy” in the biggest letters on the shirt gives him full credit.

We made this design for Dad and child, for new fathers on a first Christmas, and for grandparents who want to see the family resemblance written out in red and white. It works as a matching pair, with Dad in one and a little one in the other. It also works alone, on a kid who is about to open presents and already has a reputation to defend.

Photos taken in front of the tree will be the obvious place for it. So will the Christmas morning pajama hour, the school holiday party, and the long drive to a relative’s house with the radio playing carols. Santa will have a hard time deciding which list this child belongs on.

Who Else Can Wear This Dad Christmas Shirt?

Anyone who has inherited a dad’s sense of humor can wear it, including grown children, uncles, and nieces. Dads wear it too, since the line is really a joke on them.

Let the reindeer lead the way to the gift pile this season.