Papillon Christmas Sweatshirt: Embroidered Papillon in a Santa Hat Tangled in Christmas Lights

This Papillon Christmas sweatshirt shows a white Papillon with black and tan patches and a fluffy plumed tail, standing in a red Santa hat with the plug of a string of Christmas lights in its mouth while the lights loop around its legs and trail out across the chest. It is a ready-made design: choose the color and size, add a name or icon on the sleeve if you like, and we stitch it to order. Every stitch is 100% real embroidery, stitched into the fabric rather than printed.

What is on the Papillon Christmas sweatshirt?

The Papillon Christmas sweatshirt has 2 parts:

• The Papillon and its lights: stitched in the center of the chest. The Papillon is white with black and tan patches on its head and back and a cream plumed tail curled over its back, wears a red Santa hat with a white pom-pom, and holds a black plug in its mouth. The black light string with red, yellow, green and blue bulbs wraps around its legs and trails out to the left.
• The sleeve (optional): a name, initials or short word and an icon from the font and icon chart, in the font and thread color you choose, on the left or right sleeve.

Which color should you choose?

Pick a color in the options above and the photos switch to it, so you can see the design on that color before you order.

The white Papillon stands out most on deep and mid-tone colors. On light colors the white coat looks softer while the black and tan patches, the red hat and the bulbs keep the design clear, on colors close to the red hat, the hat blends a little, and on the darkest colors the black cord and the black patch fade so the bulbs seem to float.

How do you order your sweatshirt?

To order your sweatshirt, follow 4 steps:

• Choose the sweatshirt color and size in the options above.
• Choose whether to add sleeve embroidery.
• If you add it, type the name or initials, then pick the icon, font, thread color and sleeve.
• Add it to your cart; we email a free design proof before we stitch.

How do you add a name or icon on the sleeve?

Sleeve embroidery is optional and goes on one sleeve. Type a short name or your initials, such as your Papillon’s name, and pick an icon, a font and a thread color from the charts in the photos, or leave the icon off. White thread is preselected because it reads best on the dark sweatshirts; pick Black or another dark thread for the light colors.

Is it a Papillon Santa hat sweatshirt with Christmas lights?

Yes. The Papillon wears a classic red Santa hat with white trim, and the string of Christmas lights is the joke of the design: it has pulled the plug and wrapped itself up in the lights, like a small dog helping to decorate the tree. If you like this kind of design, the bulldog Christmas lights sweatshirt has an English bulldog puppy chewing the lights too.

Is it a Papillon Christmas sweater?

It works as a Papillon Christmas sweater, but the garment is a fleece crewneck sweatshirt, not a knit sweater or an ugly sweater. It is made for people, not for your dog, and it is soft enough to wear from the first decorations to New Year.

Is it a good gift for a Papillon lover?

Yes. It suits a Papillon mom or dad, a toy breed owner or anyone who loves a small, busy dog, and it makes an easy Christmas or Secret Santa gift. Add their dog’s name or initials on the sleeve to make it personal.

Is there a hoodie or T-shirt version?

There is no hoodie, but there is a T-shirt: the same Papillon comes on our Papillon Christmas lights shirt, a short-sleeve T-shirt. The color and size options above are for the crewneck sweatshirt.

What happens after you order?

We email you a free digital design proof, and you can ask for unlimited edits. Once you approve it, we embroider your sweatshirt to order and ship it from the USA; the estimated delivery date is shown on this page. To receive it by Christmas Day, order by December 8 in the U.S. or by November 23 outside the U.S.

Which size should you choose?

Each piece is made to order, so it is not eligible for size exchanges. Open the size guide on this page and compare the measurements with a top you already own before you order; we suggest sizing up if you are between sizes.

How should you wash an embroidered sweatshirt?

To keep the embroidery bright and flat, follow 4 steps:

• Turn the sweatshirt inside out before washing.
• Wash it cold on a gentle cycle.
• Tumble dry low or hang it to dry.
• Iron on the reverse side, never directly on the embroidery.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Papillon printed or embroidered?

It is embroidered. The Papillon, its Santa hat, the lights and the sleeve name are stitched in thread, so they have a raised texture you can feel and will not crack or peel like a print.

Can the Papillon look like my own dog?

This Papillon is a ready-made design. To stitch your own dog’s face from a photo, choose the custom dog Christmas sweatshirt.

Are there other dog Christmas designs?

Yes. More designs are in our dog Christmas sweatshirts and embroidered Christmas sweatshirts.