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Santa On The Move, Swinging a Lasso of Christmas Lights

Santa has traded the sleigh for a saddle. Here he rides a leaping reindeer in a brown cowboy hat, one arm raised, whipping a string of colorful Christmas bulbs around like a lasso. The reindeer wears a snowflake bandana and a row of gold bells that seem to jingle right off the design. Above them both, the words Santa On The Move spread out in puffy red and green letters, with snow heaped on top of “Santa” as if he rode in straight through a blizzard. It is a tiny Western movie set at the North Pole.

This ugly Christmas sweater belongs to the relative who arrives at the holiday gathering already grinning, the one who wants the laugh before anyone has taken off a coat. It is made for men and women alike, so it passes easily from one person to the next, and it looks right at a table where everyone is trying to out-silly each other. Pair it with jeans and boots if you want to lean all the way into the cowboy joke.

Reindeer Riding Yeehaw Ugly Christmas Sweater With Cowboy Boots Down Both Sleeves

The Western story keeps going well past the center scene. Cowboy hats with a sprig of holly in the band, tall boots, and little gold bells repeat along both sleeves, separated by strands of Christmas lights and scattered snowflakes. Bells everywhere. A red ribbed collar and cuffs frame the cream background, and bands of green and red diamonds run across the shoulders and around the hem in a classic Fair Isle rhythm. The hem joins in. Every hat and boot sits beside a bulb or a snowflake, so the cowboy theme and the Christmas theme stay tangled together from collar to cuff. It is the Yeehaw Christmas sweater for an ugly sweater contest, and for the one family photo where everyone has agreed to be ridiculous.

Where else can Santa’s cowboy hat and jingle bells show up this season?

Beyond the family party, the Santa On The Move sweater suits school and office spirit days, plus any country-style holiday gathering where hats and boots are already part of the dress code. Christmas card photos work well too, since the lasso of lights gives everyone something to point at. Because the joke is Santa himself, no name or date is needed, and the sweater works for anyone ready to play along.

Somewhere between the first toast and the last present, that lasso of lights will collect its share of laughs.