Mixed Dogs Christmas Shirt Reindeer Antlers Santa Hat Lights Christmas Tree

One strand of colored lights winds through this whole lineup. It circles a border collie’s shoulders, loops around a husky’s red scarf, and trails down to a small French bulldog sitting between two wrapped presents. The lights never break. The dogs share them the way people share a blanket on a cold night, leaning in without being asked. At the far end, a tree topped with a gold star stands as tall as the last dog in line.

Mixed Dogs Christmas Shirt With Reindeer Antlers, Santa Hats and a Tree at the End of the Row

Our Mixed Dogs Christmas Shirt shows a row of dogs in reindeer antlers and Santa hats, wrapped in string lights beside a decorated tree, and it suits anyone who shares a home with more than one dog or simply cannot choose a favorite breed. A boxer in the middle wears a red scarf with a white pompom. A golden retriever rises above it with antlers strung in tiny bulbs. A sheltie in a Santa hat sits beside the tree, and a Boston terrier wears antlers at the very end of the row. Two presents rest at their paws, one in red paper with white snowflakes and one in green with white stripes. Big dogs and small dogs share one row. Nobody gets cropped out.

Most of us know a dog who waits beside the tree while the boxes get opened. We designed this print with that dog in mind, and with the person who sits on the floor next to them untangling lights. It works as a dog lover Christmas shirt for the evening you trim the tree or the walk around the block to see what the neighbors hung up. A house with a single dog still finds that dog somewhere in the row. The scarves, bows and antlers keep the mood warm and a little silly, the way a dog in a Santa hat always is. At a gift swap, it tells the room who shares your couch before anyone asks.

Where does a row of dogs in antlers and Santa hats fit into the holiday season?

The design reads as Christmas from the first week of December through the last family dinner, and it suits tree trimming nights and holiday card shoots alike. Because the dogs appear as a mixed group instead of one named breed, it also works for anyone who simply loves dogs.

Somewhere between the boxer’s red scarf and the tree’s gold star, there is a spot in the row for the dog on your couch.