Tuxedo Cat Christmas Shirt Santa Hat Holiday Gift

The scarf is what stays with you first: a knit band with a snowflake pattern and a short fringe, wound loosely around the neck of a tuxedo cat as if someone had just tied it on and stepped back to admire the result. Above it, a Santa hat sits a little crooked, its pom-pom resting near one ear, and the cat looks straight out with round green eyes, calm, like an animal who has already claimed the best spot beside the tree. The hat stays on.

A Tuxedo Cat Christmas Shirt With a Snowflake Scarf and a Crooked Santa Hat

This tuxedo cat Christmas shirt is made for anyone who shares a home with a black-and-white cat and can’t picture December without one nearby. The cat sits upright with its white paws together and a white-tipped tail curling up on one side, surrounded by holly leaves, berries, pinecones, and ornaments painted with stripes and snowflakes. Tiny gold stars drift between the branches, which gives the whole scene the feel of an old holiday card that happens to have a cat in the middle of it.

Tuxedo cats already look dressed for a party, with their white bibs and neat little socks, so the Santa hat seems almost natural on this one. We drew it for the cat parent whose own tuxedo has a stocking hanging on the mantel, and for the sister or friend who sends out cat photos every December. It makes a holiday gift for a cat lover who will recognize their own cat in that tilted hat. In some households the cat gets a wrapped toy every year, and that household will understand this design right away.

Picture it on the morning the presents come out, or on the evening someone finally untangles the lights. The cat in the print would be right there with you, only a little more composed. The ornaments hang at different heights, so the eye travels from the striped bauble near the paws up to the snowflake one beside the hat, much like a tree you have been decorating for an hour. Hard to miss.

When Else Does a Santa-Hatted Cat Belong, Besides Christmas Morning?

The holly and the snowflake ornaments keep the mood wintry from the first tree-trimming night in late November through the last cookie swap of the season, so the shirt fits a whole month of gatherings and not only the 25th. A quiet evening at home with the cat on your lap counts too.

Wear it once the tree is lit, and the cat in the scarf will have company on the sofa.