Chocolate Lab Christmas Sweatshirt: Embroidered Lab Puppy in a Santa Hat and Red Scarf

Meet the pup on our chocolate lab Christmas sweatshirt: a chocolate Labrador puppy lying down with its paws out front, grinning with its tongue out, in a red Santa hat and a red knit scarf. It is a ready-made design, embroidered to order in real thread rather than printed.

What is on the chocolate lab Christmas sweatshirt?

The puppy lies in the center of the chest, head up and turned toward you, like it is waiting for someone to say the word “treat”.

• The puppy: a chocolate brown coat with darker brown outlines and shading, soft floppy ears, round dark eyes with a white glint, a black nose and a pink tongue.
• The hat: a red Santa hat with a white brim and a white pom-pom that flops down beside one ear.
• The scarf: a chunky red scarf looped at the throat, its white fringed tip showing between the front paws.
• The pose: front paws stretched forward and the tail out straight behind, relaxed but alert.

Why a lab puppy in a Santa hat?

Labrador retrievers are known for their friendly nature and their love of food, and chocolate is one of the three classic lab colors, along with black and yellow. A lab puppy lying patiently in a Santa hat captures the moment every lab family knows: the dog is ready for Christmas morning, mostly because Christmas morning tends to involve snacks. The red hat and scarf give the warm brown coat a bright holiday frame, so the design reads as a puppy dressed for the season rather than just a brown dog. The result is an embroidered chocolate lab sweatshirt that says December without a single word on it.

Which color should you choose?

Selecting a color above swaps the photos to that sweatshirt. Light and mid-tone colors make the brown coat stand out, and the red hat and scarf pop against them. On browns close to the coat, the puppy sits close to the fabric and the dark outline does most of the work. On reds close to the hat and scarf, those pieces read more softly.

Who would love a chocolate lab sweatshirt?

Give it to the person whose phone is full of chocolate lab photos, to a family that just brought home a brown puppy, or to someone in your Secret Santa swap. It also works for a family photo in matching sweatshirts, with the real lab front and center. There is no hoodie, but for warmer days there is a T-shirt: the same lab puppy comes on our chocolate lab Santa hat shirt, a short-sleeve version. More labs are in our labrador sweatshirts.

Can you add a name to the sleeve?

Yes. Your lab’s name or your initials can sit on either sleeve, in a font and with an icon picked from the charts in the photos. The thread color is White by default, which stands out on dark sweatshirts, while Black or another dark shade works on the light colors.

Ordering, sizing and care

Your sweatshirt is stitched to order and shipped from the USA, and the estimated delivery date is shown on this page. A free design proof comes by email first, and you can ask for unlimited edits. To receive it by Christmas Day, order by December 8 in the U.S. or by November 23 outside the U.S. We cannot swap sizes on made-to-order pieces, so a quick look at the size guide on this page is worth it. Wash it inside out on cold, and iron around the embroidery, never on it. More holiday breeds are in our dog Christmas sweatshirts.

Frequently asked questions

Can the dog look like my own lab?

This puppy is a ready-made chocolate lab design. To have your own black, yellow or chocolate lab stitched from a photo in a holiday hat, choose the custom dog Christmas sweatshirt.

Is it a chocolate lab Christmas sweater for my dog?

No. It is a fleece crewneck sweatshirt for people in adult sizes, not a knit sweater and not dog clothing.

Is the lab printed or embroidered?

It is embroidered. The short video in the photos shows how our designs are digitized and stitched by machine, so the puppy, hat and scarf have a raised texture that will not crack or peel.