--- title: KFC Is Selling Colonel Sanders Christmas Shirts description: KFC is ringing in the holidays by selling festive apparel, such as shirts and wrapping paper, featuring Colonel Sanders in a Santa Claus hat. canonical: https://time.com/5060787/kfc-colonel-sanders-santa-shirt/ author: Lena Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-12T19:46:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:14.729Z og:title: KFC Wants to Put You On Santa's Nice List With Their New Holiday Shirts og:description: Stay warm og:url: https://time.com/5060787/kfc-colonel-sanders-santa-shirt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt267f41a7b1ee7426/6988f4c3db2987650325e0ce/kfc-colonel-sanders-shirt.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: kfc-colonel-sanders-shirt og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: KFC Wants to Put You On Santa's Nice List With Their New Holiday Shirts twitter:description: Stay warm twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt267f41a7b1ee7426/6988f4c3db2987650325e0ce/kfc-colonel-sanders-shirt.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # KFC Wants to Put You On Santa's Nice List With Their New Holiday Shirts by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Dec 12, 2017 7:46 PM UTC  KFC by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Dec 12, 2017 7:46 PM UTC After [edible nail polish](http://time.com/4319203/kfc-nail-polish/) and [Kentucky Fried Chicken sunscreen,](http://time.com/4461631/kfc-introduces-sunscreen-that-smells-like-fried-chicken-to-keep-you-from-turning-extra-crispy/) KFC is embracing winter with some [festive apparel](http://time.com/4854815/kfc-limited-online-shop/). Namely, a [holiday shirt](https://www.kfclimited.com/ProductDetail.aspx?did=27463&pid=235627&logoid=0) with Colonel Sanders’ face front and center decked out in a Santa hat. For their latest marketing trick, [Colonel Sanders](http://time.com/4770024/kfc-romance-novel-mothers-day/) wants to ensure you’re warm enough this winter. The shirt is described as having “enough sleeves to cover your whole arm and even your hands if you happen to have short arms!” It’s long sleeve rather than short sleeve because “most of the world is cold when it’s Christmas season.” The Colonel Sanders Santa outfit will set you back $20. In case you want to get in the holiday spirit KFC-style without donning the attire, the fast food company is also selling [wrapping paper](https://www.kfclimited.com/ProductDetail.aspx?did=28027&pid=234898&logoid=0) for $17\. One of the two rolls of wrapping paper features pieces of fried chicken in a Santa hat and the other has Colonel Sanders in the Santa hat. 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