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Poodlemas, With a Red Bow Tied to the P

The word arrives first, spelled in arched collegiate letters filled with a green and white checkerboard, the kind of lettering that usually belongs on a varsity sweatshirt. Then there is the bow. A red and white striped ribbon sits on the first P as though someone wrapped the letter itself and left it under the tree. We drew Poodlemas for the people who already say it out loud the moment the decorations come out of storage, and who have a poodle in mind every time they do.

A Poodle Christmas Shirt With Six Dogs in Costume

Below the lettering, six poodles trot toward you in a row, mouths open and ears bouncing. The first wears a Santa coat with a belt buckle and a matching hat. Next comes one in reindeer antlers with jingle bells at its neck. The black poodle has a wide red bow, the apricot one carries a basket of candy canes with a small star-topped tree peeking up behind, the silver one wears a red and green scarf, and the last is wrapped in gold tinsel. Our poodle Christmas shirt keeps the whole parade together on one line, so it reads from across a room as easily as across a kitchen table.

This Poodlemas T-shirt is made for poodle owners and for the relatives who shop for them. Poodles come in a wide range of coat shades, and the row here covers cream, brown, black, apricot, silver and russet, so most owners spot a dog that resembles theirs somewhere in the lineup. Nobody gets left out. A daughter buying for her mother will notice it. So will a friend who watched that poodle grow up from a puppy. The arched checkerboard letters give it the feel of a team jersey, which suits a household that treats the holiday season as something with its own roster. We kept the costumes simple and recognizable, close to what a dog might wear to a holiday gathering, so the humor stays warm and a little quiet. It suits a tree-trimming afternoon with a poodle underfoot, or a slow evening walk past porches strung with lights.

Who Else Wears Poodlemas Besides Poodle Owners?

Groomers and the relatives who only meet the poodle at holiday dinners wear it just as happily, since six costumed dogs and a bow-topped checkerboard headline are easy to enjoy even without a poodle at home.

Under that striped red bow on the P, six poodles are already mid-trot toward whoever opens the box.