--- description: Taylor Swift posted a photo of herself on Twitter decked out head-to-toe in an elf costume. title: Taylor Swift Shows Off Elf-Themed Christmas Outfit image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Taylor Swift Shows Off Elf-Themed Christmas Outfit  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 24, 2015 7:27 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 24, 2015 7:27 PM CUT Taylor Swift [is really in the Christmas spirit](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/680099273715781632 "undefined"). The 26-year-old “Style” singer on Thursday posted a photo of herself on Twitter decked out head-to-toe in an elf costume. “You used to call me on my elf phone,” the pop star wrote, in reference to rapper Drake’s “Hotline Bling” hit. Swift on Wednesday also shared photos of herself and boyfriend Calvin Harris [building a snowman](https://www.instagram.com/p/%5FpJyxfjvH1/ "undefined") with her 23-year-old brother, Austin Swift. “Really proud of ourselves over here,” she wrote on social media. > [](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/680099273715781632) She also spread her Christmas cheer earlier this week [when she left one of her biggest fans “literally speechless” during a surprise visit](http://time.com/4156559/taylor-swift-delaney-clements-cancer-fan/ "undefined"). Swift showed up at 13-year-old Delaney Clements’ home in Grand Junction, Colorado, while en route to Tennessee, _People_ reported. The teen had just entered hospice care at the end of her years-long cancer battle, according to the magazine. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4161267/taylor-swift-elf-costume-christmas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4161267/taylor-swift-elf-costume-christmas/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift Shows Off Elf-Themed Christmas Outfit","datePublished":"2015-12-24T19:27:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:01:39.700Z","description":"“You used to call me on my elf phone\"","url":"https://time.com/4161267/taylor-swift-elf-costume-christmas/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4161267/taylor-swift-elf-costume-christmas/","name":"Taylor Swift Shows Off Elf-Themed Christmas Outfit"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","description":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/I8WlXTNY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-11T16:58:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/I8WlXTNY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4161267/taylor-swift-elf-costume-christmas/","duration":"PT35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4161267/taylor-swift-elf-costume-christmas/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```