Collection: Christmas Gifts for Conservatives

Why Christmas gifts for conservatives should say Merry Christmas

The best Christmas gifts for conservatives say "Merry Christmas" out loud, because for a lot of them that greeting has quietly become a small act of loyalty. Somewhere along the way store signs and office emails switched to "Happy Holidays," and plenty of people noticed. A shirt that says Merry Christmas without apology tells them you noticed too.

It also helps that Christmas is the one season when a bold shirt is expected. Ugly sweater parties, church potlucks, the family photo and the long morning in pajamas all give a holiday design somewhere to be worn. A Christmas tee is not a gift that waits for the right occasion. December hands it four or five.

How to choose a Christmas gift for a conservative

Start with how the person celebrates, then match the design to the setting.

• For the one who keeps Christ in Christmas. For Unto Us A Child Is Born puts the cross and the star of Bethlehem over Old Glory. It works for Christmas Eve service and the family dinner after it.
• For the one who corrects the cashier. In This House It's Still Merry Christmas says it plainly in retro Christmas card lettering. No fight, just a position.
• For the history buff. Christmas Night 1776, We Crossed Anyway marks 250 years since Washington crossed the Delaware. It is the one design here that works year round.
• For the office party. Naughty List, Congress Is On It gets a laugh from nearly everyone. For more jokes that will not end the party early, see our funny gifts for conservatives.
• For the ugly sweater contest. Pick the eagle in a Santa hat, General Washington as Santa, the Gadsden snake wrapped in lights, the Liberty Bell with holly, or crossed flags with reindeer.

Ugly sweater tee or sweatshirt?

Every ugly sweater design here comes two ways. The tee is a Bella+Canvas 3001 at $27.95 and counts toward the 3 for $69 offer. The sweatshirt is a Gildan 18000 Heavy Blend crewneck at $44.95 and is not part of that offer. Choose the sweatshirt for someone who runs cold, lives up north or will wear it to an outdoor tree lighting. Choose the tee for a crowded party, a warm climate or a shopper on a budget who wants three gifts instead of one. Both are unisex, so men buy their usual size and women who want a closer fit go down one.

If the person on your list is a Trump fan first, our Trump Christmas gifts page has the designs built around him, and for a whole MAGA household headed to the same gathering, try MAGA Christmas gifts.

The Christmas history behind the designs

Christmas night, 1776

By December 1776 the Continental Army had lost New York, retreated across New Jersey, and was running out of men as enlistments expired at the end of the year. That month, Thomas Paine published the first of his American Crisis essays, opening with "These are the times that try men's souls." On Christmas night, George Washington led his troops across the ice-choked Delaware River in a storm. On the morning of December 26 they surprised the Hessian garrison at Trenton and took close to a thousand prisoners. It was a small battle with an enormous effect on morale, and it kept the Revolution alive. This Christmas is its 250th anniversary.

For unto us a child is born

The line comes from Isaiah 9:6, written centuries before the birth of Christ: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given." Christians have read it as a prophecy of the Nativity for nearly two thousand years, and Handel set it to music in Messiah in 1741. It is about as rooted as a Christmas message gets.

Merry Christmas, officially

Christmas did not become a federal holiday in the United States until 1870, when President Ulysses S. Grant signed it into law along with a short list of other national holidays, including New Year's Day and Independence Day. Charles Dickens had already helped make "Merry Christmas" the standard English greeting with A Christmas Carol in 1843. So when a shirt says Merry Christmas since 1776, read it the way it is meant: with a wink, and with the point that the greeting is older than the argument about it.

All about Patriot Feed Shop

Patriot Feed Shop sells patriotic, conservative and Christian apparel and gifts. All designs are original, printed on demand and shipped from US print partners. The Christmas tees are Bella+Canvas 3001, soft ring-spun cotton in a unisex retail fit, $27.95 in S to XL and $29.95 or $31.95 in larger sizes. Through December 8, any 3 eligible tees are $69. The price drops at checkout with no code, which makes it easy to cover a spouse, a parent and a brother in one order. Orders of $50 and up ship free in the US. The date that matters most: order by December 8 for Christmas. Since every piece is printed on demand, do not wait for the last weekend. For more ideas beyond Christmas wear, browse our full gifts for conservatives collection.