Every year we ask readers to submit their animals dressed in their holiday best, and the photos never disappoint. We’ve compiled some of this year’s images to share with you!
Queso (left, owned by Amelia Cutler) and Ari (owned by Cindy Wegener) look like they’re sharing a Christmas secret in Saco, Maine.
Brenda Tananbaum shared this photo of her Jack Russell Terriers, Bert and Ernie, taken at Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport, Conn., by Leslie Newing.
Danilova the Dutch Warmblood and Barli the Bernese Mountain Dog shared a special moment in this photo captured by owner Carol Hall in Westby, Wis.
Searah’s Sweet Coraline, a 10-year-old Connemara pony, looks ready for winter with snow flakes and tinsel braided into her mane in this photo taken at Rivendell Farm in Durham, Conn., by owner Sharon Hirsch.
Sarah Fayad sent this photo of Crimea River, taken by Victoria DeMore at Said Hill Farm in Ocala, Fla.
Daila Boufford and Olaf were all smiles at a holiday-themed paper chase at Fair Hill in Elkton, Md., where their team from Second Nature Farm was dressed for the season: four reindeer ridden by elves, the Grinch, and their trainer dressed as Santa.
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Winnifred the miniature horse came to Days End Farm Horse Rescue (Md.) in 2021 as a neglect case. She now serves as an ambassador, assisting with education and outreach programs. The photo, taken by Leigha Schrader, was submitted by Jill Pokorny.
“I want to wish you a merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart,” says Donna Carney’s Taco in this photo by Norfleet Photography in Sylvania, Ohio.
Elmer, owned by Robert and Jane Smith, looks pleased about a white Christmas at Highland Farm in Merrimac, Mass.
Emma Dyrholm and Ollie are dressed as Santa and Rudolph in Fauquier County, Va. Photo by Jacki Dyrholm.
Hailey Dixon and her off-the-track Thoroughbred gelding Briten Beach look like they’re on Santa’s Nice List in this photo taken by Abby Nowak in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Risk It All (“Lewie”) loves dressing up and has Christmas spirit, says Hannah Walters of Jacksonville, Fla.
Harlow is back again this year, and owner Brooke Schneider, of Phoenixville, Pa., says the 10-year-old corgi has “earned lots of gray hairs over the last year with her human brother Tripp!”
Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings. Miniature horse America’s Sweetheart, owned by Donna James, and Annabelle Becker participated in the holiday parade at a show in Virginia Beach, Va. The photo was submitted by Annabelle’s mom, Heather Becker.
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Valerie Buller of Rough Coat Photography, based near Lancaster, Pa., shared her photo of Irish Wolfhound Henry dashing through the pines.
Holly White sent this photo of her bright bay Flew The Koop (“Koko”), taken by her husband Kevin Baumhover in Lexington, Ky.
Who is happier about Christmas coming, Hadley or her mini, Biscut? “Hadley got Biscut for her first birthday. She goes to the barn every day to feed him, brush him and is learning how to ride,” said Hunter White of Castle Rock, Colo.
Emery and Cora must’ve been extra good this year! They posed with their new pony, Penny Lane, in this photo submitted by Jenna Fabino of Santa Barbara, Calif.
Hawk-Eye (left, Percheron-Haflinger cross) and Dax (Belgian-Haflinger cross), owned and driven by Jodi Gray with coachman Colton Reynolds (age 7), led the Pleasantville Christmas Parade in Pennsylvania. The photo was taken by Monica Aldrich.
Irish Maxi Cob Once An Irishman (“Luke”) and Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Bud Not Buddy (“Bud”) look picture-perfect in this photo submitted by Judith Dunham of Morristown, N.J. Photographer Giana Terranova captured the image.
Kathy Pinera of Emerson, N.J., says her dog Cutty, an 11-year-old hound mix, is definitely on Santa’s nice list. “[He] tolerates the younger, smaller dogs with such love and care, even lets the cats sleep with him,” she reports.
