Why a t-shirt beats a jumper
A novelty jumper is usually acrylic, usually sleeved, and usually worn in a warm office. A printed t-shirt can be layered under a cardigan if the room is cold, and worn on its own if the heating is on. It also survives the rest of the winter, which a jumper with a reindeer on it rarely does.
The other argument is price and storage. A jumper is one wear for one event; a tee goes into the normal rotation. If the event is at work, nobody is grading the knit quality.
Pick a design that reads across a room
The mistake is a design that only works close up. At a desk three metres away, fine line work turns into a grey smudge. Bold shapes, two or three colours and a short line of text are what survive distance, and they photograph well, which matters if the day is being documented for the team chat.
Dark shirts carry Christmas reds and golds well. Black and navy are the two colours the Christmas designs are printed on, and both are forgiving of a Christmas dinner.
Getting it in time
Every shirt is printed when the order is placed, not pulled from a shelf. Production takes one to two working days after the order, then it is in transit, tracked. Order before 13:00 UK time on a working day and it starts the same day. Nothing is dispatched on a bank holiday.
For Christmas Day, order by Thursday 3 December on the standard service. The last date we promise a parcel at the door is Wednesday 23 December, and express transit is three to seven working days if you are cutting it fine.
Which shelf to look on
If the office is doing a theme, the jumper-print shelves are the closest thing to knitwear without the wool: Fair Isle patterns, cross stitch and camper vans. If the room is more likely to appreciate a joke, the funny Christmas shelf is the one.
For a group, the Santa and elf shelves photograph well together, and they run in sizes S to 5XL, so the whole team can order from the same place rather than three people turning up in the same jumper.
Questions
- Can I wear a t-shirt to Christmas jumper day instead?
- Yes. A printed Christmas t-shirt does the same job as a novelty jumper and gets worn again afterwards. If the organiser is strict about knitwear, layer it under an open cardigan.
- Will it arrive before Christmas?
- Order by Thursday 3 December on the standard service. Production takes one to two working days, then UK standard transit is five to twelve working days, express three to seven.
- What sizes does it come in?
- S to 5XL, one unisex cut, measured flat with 1-2 cm of tolerance. The size guide has chest and length in both centimetres and inches for every size.
- Can I wear it after Christmas?
- That is the point of it. Unlike a novelty jumper, a printed tee goes into normal rotation, and the designs that are funny rather than festive work all year.
Where to look next
Every shelf these guides mention is linked in the panel beside this page, and the full catalogue is on all collections.